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Bridging Ethnography and Design in HRI: Making Space for Diverging Perspectives

PUBLICATION DATE:
3 March, 2024
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Stine S. Johansen, Jared W. Donovan, Markus Rittenbruch

Ethnography and design go hand in hand in human-centered research. However, while design is receiving increasing interest within the Human-Robot Inter...

Journal

What Affects Human Decision Making in Human–Robot Collaboration?: A Scoping Review

PUBLICATION DATE:
2 February, 2024
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Yuan Liu, Glenda Caldwell, Markus Rittenbruch, Muge Belek Fialho Teixeira, Alan Burden, Matthias Guertler

The advent of Industry 4.0 has heralded advancements in Human–robot Collaboration (HRC), necessitating a deeper understanding of the factors influen...

Conference Paper

Force Controlled Robotic Surface Finishing with Variable Tool Centre Point (TCP)

PUBLICATION DATE:
8 August, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Balci, B, Roberts, J, Donovan, J & Corke, P

Written by Barış Balcı Balci, PhD researcher from QUT funded through the IMCRC and the Australian Cobotics Centre. IEEE Robotics and Automation S...

Conference Paper

Optimal Workpiece Placement Based on Robot Reach, Manipulability and Joint Torques

PUBLICATION DATE:
7 July, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Balci, B, Donovan, J, Roberts, J, Corke, P

Workpiece placement with respect to an industrial robot plays an important role in robotic manufacturing due to its influence on the configuration-dep...

Conference Paper

When is a robot a cobot? Moving beyond manufacturing and arm-based cobot manipulators

PUBLICATION DATE:
7 July, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Guertler, M., Tomidei, L., Sick, N., Carmichael, M., Paul, G., Wambsganss, A., Hernandez Moreno, V., Hussain, S

Collaborative robots (“cobots”) have attracted growing attention in academia and industry over the last years. Due to in-built safety feat...

Conference Paper

Mapping Socio-Technical Dependencies to Enable the Successful Adoption of Collaborative Robots in Industry

PUBLICATION DATE:
5 May, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Guertler, M, Brackemann, Burden, A, Caldwell, G
Journal

Preliminary Analysis of a Redundancy Resolution Method for Mobile Manipulators used in Physical Human Robot Interaction

PUBLICATION DATE:
5 May, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Fernandez, L, Carmichael, M

Adding mobility to a manipulator significantly increases its reachable workspace, allowing it to perform a wider variety of tasks. However, this advan...

Book Chapter

It’s Coming Home Down Under – The Potential of Digital Work to Overcome Australia’s Challenges in Reshoring Manufacturing

PUBLICATION DATE:
4 April, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Guertler, M, Sick, N, Deuse, J

Over the past decades, the world has seen a continuous increase of globalisation and interconnectedness – in part supported by advances in digital c...

Conference Abstract

Cobots and decent work

PUBLICATION DATE:
2 February, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Laundon, M

The use of cobots (collaborative robots) is expanding in industrial settings. Differing from traditional robots by requiring close human proximity and...

Conference Paper

Illustrating Robot Movements

PUBLICATION DATE:
3 March, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Johansen, S, Donovan, J & Rittenbruch, M

In efforts to disseminate research on human-robot interaction, many researchers use illustrations in the form of sketches, photographs, and 3D models ...

Report

Guidelines for Safe Collaborative Robot Design and Implementation

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Guertler M, Carmichael M, Paul G, Sick N, Tomidei L, Hernandez Moreno V, Wambsganss A, Amin M, Cockburn J, Frijat L, Hussain S

This document provides an overview of the comprehensive guidelines. It describes relevant definitions of working with collaborative robots, summarises...

Report

Advancing Manufacturing Case Studies

PUBLICATION DATE:
7 July, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Williams, P, Hearn, G, Rodriguez, J

To inform a review of progress against the priority action areas (PAAs) outlined in Advancing Manufacturing Skills: A Skills, Training and Workforce D...

Journal

Towards human–robot collaboration in construction: current cobot trends and forecasts

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Burden, A, Caldwell, G and Guertler, M

Collaborative robots, or cobots, provide opportunities for their use in a range of complex scenarios in different industries, including construction. ...

Conference Abstract

Management capabilities for the transition to Industry 4.0: an advanced manufacturing SME case study

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Laundon, M, Williams, P, Hearn, G & Rodrigues, J.R

Management capabilities for the transition to Industry 4.0: an advanced manufacturing SME case study. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management...

Conference Paper

A Novel Passive Grasping Robot Control Framework Towards Vision-Based Industrial Steel Bar Conveyor Removal

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Gunasinghe, D, Suddrey, G, Lamont, R, Mount, J, Sukkar, F, Vidal-Calleja, T, & Roberts, J

In the steel bar manufacturing industry bars of shorter length are occasionally produced that do not match the required batch length. Currently human ...

Conference Paper

A Life-Cycle Framework to Manage Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange in Open Organisations

PUBLICATION DATE:
5 May, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Guertler, M, Adams N, Caldwell, G, Donovan, J, Hopf, J and Roberts, J

Successful research and development requires interdisciplinary collaboration, often across organisational boundaries and for extended timeframes, such...

Conference Paper

“Cobots” and manufacturing: A bibliometric study

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Hearn, G., Casali, G.L., Channa, N.A.

This article provides a bibliometric overview of scholarly work published in collaborative robotics, often known as “Cobots” in recent decades. Th...

Workshop

Empowering People in Human-Robot Collaboration: Bringing Together and Synthesising Perspectives Workshop

PUBLICATION DATE:
11 November, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Johansen, S, Senaratne, H, Burden, A, Howard, D, Caldwell, G, Donovan, J, Duenser, A, Guertler, M, Mcgrath, M, Paris, C, Rittenbruch, M, Roberts, J

The workshop brought together academic researchers and industry practitioners representing multiple disciplines of Human-Computer Interaction, Robotic...

Journal

Special issue on human robot collaboration – Construction Robotics

PUBLICATION DATE:
1 January, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Reinhardt, D and Caldwell, G

The fourth industrial revolution is defined by advancing robotics, increasing automation in manufacturing, ubiquitous computing, internet of things, a...

Conference Paper

Hybrid Digital Crafts With Collaborative Robotics

PUBLICATION DATE:
7 July, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Burden, A, Donovan, J, Caldwell, G and Belek Fialho Teixeira, M

Bespoke manufacturers that fabricate for architecture and design rely on skill artisans such as patternmakers to remain profitable. Collaborative robo...

Conference Paper

Employing AR/MR Mockups to Imagine Future Custom Manufacturing Practices

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Franze, A, Caldwell, G, Rittenbruch, M, & Belek Fialho Teixeira, M

Versatile augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) technologies align with custom manufacturers’ resource constraints and support their requirement...

Conference Paper

Beyond Pure Technology – The Cognitive and Organisational Impacts of Cobots

PUBLICATION DATE:
12 December, 2022
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Tomidei, L, Sick, N, and Guertler, M; Frijat, L; Carmichael, M; Paul, G; Wambsganss, A; Hernandez Moreno, V; Hussain, S

Work environments are radically changing with the adoption of new technologies. As the trend for automation grows collaborative robots or “cobots”...

Conference Abstract

Cobots and Decent Work

PUBLICATION DATE:
2 February, 2023
PUBLICATION AUTHOR/S:
Laundon, M

The use of cobots (collaborative robots) is expanding in industrial settings. Differing from traditional robots by requiring close human proximity and...