Abstract
The digital transition is an accelerating trend common to many fields of human life. Just as informatic and IoT systems have spread in recent years to become large-scale consumer goods, so robots will spread in the future not only in manufacturing, but also in living environments and in the care of elderly and disabled people. The concept of human-centric robotics will be central in industrial (collaborative robotics and mobile collaborative robotics), home (assistive robotics) and biomedical fields (rehabilitation robotics). Innovation in these areas will be possible thanks to recent developments in mechatronics, sensors, artificial intelligence, and hardware and software systems for safe and secure applications. Digital human modeling is a crucial point for effective human-robot interaction. The talk will present some basic techniques for DHM, their implementation in collaborative robotics applications, and future trends in sensors and artificial intelligence techniques for human-robot interaction.
Bio
Giacomo Palmieri is Associate Professor of Mechanics Applied to Machines at the Polytechnic University of Marche. He has research experience in machine mechanics, robotics and biomechanics. He is author of more than 90 publications, 41 of which in peer-reviewed international journals, and 2 textbooks on fundamentals of mechanics and biomechanics. Main research topics are parallel kinematics machines, reconfigurable kinematics machines, micro-mechanics, dynamics of human motion, underwater robotics, collaborative robotics and human-robot collaboration. He is member of the topical advisory panel for Robotics, MDPI for the following topics: collaborative robotics; mechatronics and biomechanics; kinematic and dynamic analysis and synthesis of mechanical and biomechanical systems.