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Task Allocation: Contemporary Methods for Assigning Human–Robot Roles

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The 21st Century Industrial Robot: When Tools Become Collaborators

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Abstract

Human Robot Collaboration (HRC) is considered as a major enabler for achieving flexibility and reconfigurability in modern production systems. The motivation for HRC applications arises from the potential of combining human operators’ cognition and dexterity with the robot’s precision, repeatability and strength that can increase system’s adaptability and performance at the same time. To exploit this synergy effect on its full extent, production engineers must be equipped with the means for optimally allocating the tasks to the available resources as well as setting up appropriate workplaces to facilitate HRC. This chapter discusses existing approaches and methods for task planning in HRC environments analysing the requirements for implementing such decision-making strategies. The chapter also highlights future trends for progressing beyond the state of the art on this scientific field, exploiting the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin techniques.

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Kousi, N., Dimosthenopoulos, D., Aivaliotis, S., Michalos, G., Makris, S. (2022). Task Allocation: Contemporary Methods for Assigning Human–Robot Roles. In: Aldinhas Ferreira, M.I., Fletcher, S.R. (eds) The 21st Century Industrial Robot: When Tools Become Collaborators. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, vol 81. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78513-0_12

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