Physical Human-Robot Interaction and Robot Manipulation

Dear colleagues,

While robotics scientists are moving toward the creation of humanoid robots thought to be able to work alongside humans in human-centric and unstructured environments, industries are faced with even more complex tasks that require important technological advances and, in particular, human-like features in the new generation of robotic systems. Whether they are designed to work with humans, e.g., in homes, schools and hospitals, performing high-level tasks, or designed to replace them in repetitive manufacturing tasks or hazardous and high-risk environments, robots should be able to perceive the external world in order to perform such challenging applications and in order to interact with the external environment in a safe manner.

This Special Issue collects the experience of academic and industrial scientists in order to discuss and present state-of-the-art technologies used to confront the most relevant problems in human–robot interaction application and autonomous object grasping and manipulation.

Potential submission topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Tactile/Force Sensor Technology;
• Vision Sensory Systems;
• Object Recognition;
• Object Grasping and Manipulation;
• Human-Robot Cooperative Systems;
• Human-Robot Interaction Control Algorithm;
• Trajectory Planner Algorithm for Grasping and Unintended Collision Avoidance.

Dr. Andrea Cirillo
Dr. Salvatore Pirozzi
Guest Editors

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