Advances in Human-Computer/Robot Interaction for Automation and Process Control
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Nonlinear discrete time and sampled dynamics; Optimal control; Nonlinear control; Sensor networks; Epidemics modeling and control; Robotic vision; Micro manipulator control; Human-systems virtual interaction
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Studies on the interactions between humans and robots have quite a long history, starting from the problems of safe individual actions in shared environments and going on to active cooperation for concurrent activities. At the same time, in the last few years, the possibility of interactions between humans and computers, by means of the numerous generative artificial intelligence systems, whose power is rapidly growing, represents a promising field of research where surprising results can be expected. They allow us to easily establish effective communication methods between humans and systems, where systems can be robotic, industrial, processing, and include home appliances. The inclusion of intelligent interfaces in the systems’ designs allows for the increase in the number of possible users, since they require reduced skill capabilities, as some of these capabilities are moved from the human to the system.
Moreover, the pervasive use of machine learning for adding intelligence to a new generation of devices for industrial use and production improvements breaks new ground to an innovative kind of human–computer and human–robot collaborative work in any field of life.
The massive presence of robotic or robotic-like systems in many industrial processes can take significative advantage of these new possibilities. In addition, the increasing introduction of robots in medical and surgical assistance and human supporting life activities poses the basis for a variety of relevant research and applicative developments. This Special Issue is devoted to collecting this research to become a reference for future works.
Dr. Paolo Di Giamberardino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Human–computer interface
- Cooperative work
- Artificial intelligence
- Smart devices
- Human–robot interaction
- Safe process control
- Virtual interaction
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