On the basis of the Industry 4.0 paradigm, Industry 5.0 is the new rising concept of production environments, bringing benefits for industries, workers and society. Within this new framework, the main focus is put on empowering workers, and designing a human-centric environment in which to operate. In such a way, the transfer of the knowledge from humans to robots, the adaptation of robots behaviors based on the human’s needs, and the improvement of the worker’s conditions will be enabled and facilitated.
Indeed, the following actions are fundamental for the implementation of the Industry 5.0 paradigm:
- adopting human-centric approaches for digital technologies, including artificial intelligence;
- up-skilling and re-skilling workers, in particular considering digital skills;
- modern, resource-efficient and sustainable industries, allowing the transition to a circular economy.
On this basis, the here proposed Research Topic aims to collect contributions in the Industry 5.0 related areas, particularly taking into account human-centric topics.
Considering the new Industry 5.0 paradigm, the here proposed Research Topic aims to address the combined use of robotics in the new production environments. Making use of robotics, in fact, it will be possible to design, implement, test and validate human-based designed factories, providing useful insights and guidelines for the industries of the future.
Methodologies enhancing such an industrial paradigm will allow the implementation of a new concept of production environments, in which the human has a leading role. While some interesting contributions in some focused applications/approaches are available, fully integrated applications targeting the Industry 5.0 paradigm (i.e., designing, implementing, and validating human-centered solutions) are still missing. Therefore, the here proposed Research Topic aims to start closing the gap between the potential benefits that robotics can provide to the industry domain.
Considering the Industry 5.0 paradigm, the main focus of the Research Topic is on the following topics (but not limited to):
- AI applied to human-robot collaboration improvement;
- physical and non-physical human-robot collaboration;
- AI applied to safety monitoring and control in working environments;
- human-centric intelligent exoskeleton design and control for industrial applications;
- work-place ergonomics evaluation, optimization and implementation for human-robot collaboration applications;
- integrated human-centric workplace design;
- human monitoring to improve the working conditions, the mental health, and the production capabilities;
- virtual and augmented reality for a digital management of the work-place, for human-robot collaboration applications;
- human-based optimization (e.g., based on preferences) of processes and applications in collaboration with robots;
- interconnected human-robot data exchange for the optimization of the tasks allocation, motion planning, manipulators coordination.
On the basis of the Industry 4.0 paradigm, Industry 5.0 is the new rising concept of production environments, bringing benefits for industries, workers and society. Within this new framework, the main focus is put on empowering workers, and designing a human-centric environment in which to operate. In such a way, the transfer of the knowledge from humans to robots, the adaptation of robots behaviors based on the human’s needs, and the improvement of the worker’s conditions will be enabled and facilitated.
Indeed, the following actions are fundamental for the implementation of the Industry 5.0 paradigm:
- adopting human-centric approaches for digital technologies, including artificial intelligence;
- up-skilling and re-skilling workers, in particular considering digital skills;
- modern, resource-efficient and sustainable industries, allowing the transition to a circular economy.
On this basis, the here proposed Research Topic aims to collect contributions in the Industry 5.0 related areas, particularly taking into account human-centric topics.
Considering the new Industry 5.0 paradigm, the here proposed Research Topic aims to address the combined use of robotics in the new production environments. Making use of robotics, in fact, it will be possible to design, implement, test and validate human-based designed factories, providing useful insights and guidelines for the industries of the future.
Methodologies enhancing such an industrial paradigm will allow the implementation of a new concept of production environments, in which the human has a leading role. While some interesting contributions in some focused applications/approaches are available, fully integrated applications targeting the Industry 5.0 paradigm (i.e., designing, implementing, and validating human-centered solutions) are still missing. Therefore, the here proposed Research Topic aims to start closing the gap between the potential benefits that robotics can provide to the industry domain.
Considering the Industry 5.0 paradigm, the main focus of the Research Topic is on the following topics (but not limited to):
- AI applied to human-robot collaboration improvement;
- physical and non-physical human-robot collaboration;
- AI applied to safety monitoring and control in working environments;
- human-centric intelligent exoskeleton design and control for industrial applications;
- work-place ergonomics evaluation, optimization and implementation for human-robot collaboration applications;
- integrated human-centric workplace design;
- human monitoring to improve the working conditions, the mental health, and the production capabilities;
- virtual and augmented reality for a digital management of the work-place, for human-robot collaboration applications;
- human-based optimization (e.g., based on preferences) of processes and applications in collaboration with robots;
- interconnected human-robot data exchange for the optimization of the tasks allocation, motion planning, manipulators coordination.