Start Date
5-12-2023 3:45 PM
End Date
5-12-2023 5:00 PM
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
Robotics technology has served humans in numerous application fields, especially product assembly in manufacturing contexts. Global competitors and technological advancements result in great challenges and much more complicated working environments for the manufacturing. Human-robot collaboration (HRC) has numerous vital and outstanding advantages to substantially lessen the amount of fixed production costs in comparison to variable costs. HRC provides a great solution to the complex hybrid manufacturing tasks. The cooperation of humans and robots in collaborative tasks can take advantage of the differing strengths from both sides. In this talk, I will give a broad introduction of robotics research and education at Montclair State University. Then I will share some of my research projects focusing on human-robot collaboration in smart manufacturing contexts including robot learning from human demonstrations, human factors in human-robot collaboration, and collaboration quality estimation. Experimental results and discussions in real-world human-robot collaborative contexts will be presented. This talk is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CNS-2104742 and Grant CMMI-2138351.
Biography
Dr. Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Director of the Collaborative Robotics and Smart Systems Laboratory (CRoSS Lab) at Montclair State University. His research focuses on collaborative robotics, smart systems, and their synergistic CRoSS-disciplinary applications in smart manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace, intelligent transportation, smart agriculture, daily assistance, and interactive learning. Dr. Wang is the recipient of NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award and NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Award. The results of his work have been published in multiple peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Dr. Wang is enthusiastic about STEM education and organizes numerous education and outreach programs for K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students.
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Human-Robot Collaboration for Smart Manufacturing: A Sustainable Solution to the Future of Manufacturing
Robotics technology has served humans in numerous application fields, especially product assembly in manufacturing contexts. Global competitors and technological advancements result in great challenges and much more complicated working environments for the manufacturing. Human-robot collaboration (HRC) has numerous vital and outstanding advantages to substantially lessen the amount of fixed production costs in comparison to variable costs. HRC provides a great solution to the complex hybrid manufacturing tasks. The cooperation of humans and robots in collaborative tasks can take advantage of the differing strengths from both sides. In this talk, I will give a broad introduction of robotics research and education at Montclair State University. Then I will share some of my research projects focusing on human-robot collaboration in smart manufacturing contexts including robot learning from human demonstrations, human factors in human-robot collaboration, and collaboration quality estimation. Experimental results and discussions in real-world human-robot collaborative contexts will be presented. This talk is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CNS-2104742 and Grant CMMI-2138351.