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The success of using robots with flexible manufacturing systems especially designed for small and medium enterprises (SME) depends on the human-machine interfaces (HMI) and on the operator skills. In fact, although many of these manufacturing systems are semi-autonomous, requiring only minor parameterization to work, many other systems working in SMEs require heavy parameterization and reconfiguration to adapt to the type of production that changes drastically with time and product models. Another difficulty is the average skill of the available operators, who usually have difficulty adapting to robotic and/or computer-controlled, flexible manufacturing systems.
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(2007). Interface Devices and Systems. In: Industrial Robots Programming. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-23326-0_4
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