Purpose

In the present era of Industry 4.0, the manufacturing automation is moving toward mass production and mass customization through human–robot collaboration. The purpose of this paper is to describe various human–robot collaborative (HRC) techniques and their applicability for various manufacturing methods along with key challenges.

Design/methodology/approach

Numerous recent relevant research literature has been analyzed, and various human–robot interaction methods have been identified, and detailed discussions are made on one- and two-way human–robot collaboration.

Findings

The challenges in implementing human–robot collaboration for various manufacturing process and the challenges in one- and two-way collaboration between human and robot are found and discussed.

Originality/value

The authors have attempted to classify the HRC techniques and demonstrated the challenges in different modes.

中文翻译：

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工业 4.0 的人机协作环境中的挑战和机遇——最新评论

目的

在当今工业 4.0 时代，制造自动化正在通过人机协作向大规模生产和大规模定制发展。本文的目的是描述各种人机协作 (HRC) 技术及其对各种制造方法的适用性以及关键挑战。

设计/方法/方法

分析了近期大量相关研究文献，确定了各种人机交互方法，并对单向和双向人机协作进行了详细讨论。

发现

发现并讨论了在各种制造过程中实施人机协作的挑战以及人机之间单向和双向协作的挑战。

原创性/价值

作者试图对 HRC 技术进行分类，并展示了不同模式下的挑战。