Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion
This paper explores strategies for fostering efficient vocal communication and collaboration between human workers and collaborative robots (cobots) in assembly processes. Vocal communication enables the division of attention of the worker, as it frees their visual attention and the worker’s hands,...
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| description | This paper explores strategies for fostering efficient vocal communication and collaboration between human workers and collaborative robots (cobots) in assembly processes. Vocal communication enables the division of attention of the worker, as it frees their visual attention and the worker’s hands, dedicated to the task at hand. Speech generation and speech recognition are pre-requisites for effective vocal communication. This study focuses on cobot assistive tasks, where the human is in charge of the work and performs the main tasks while the cobot assists the worker in various peripheral jobs, such as bringing tools, parts, or materials, and returning them or disposing of them, or screwing or packaging the products. A nuanced understanding is necessary for optimizing human–robot interactions and enhancing overall productivity and safety. Through a comprehensive review of the relevant literature and an illustrative example with worked scenarios, this manuscript identifies key factors influencing successful vocal communication and proposes practical strategies for implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dad924157b4445f1ba428642abd1c49e2025-01-24T13:20:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-0115272610.3390/app15020726Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and DiscussionYuval Cohen0Maurizio Faccio1Shai Rozenes2Industrial Engineering Department, Tel Aviv Afeka Academic College of Engineering, Tel Aviv 69988, IsraelDepartment of Technical Management of Industrial Systems, University of Padova, 35122 Padova, ItalyIndustrial Engineering and Technology Management Department, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 58102, IsraelThis paper explores strategies for fostering efficient vocal communication and collaboration between human workers and collaborative robots (cobots) in assembly processes. Vocal communication enables the division of attention of the worker, as it frees their visual attention and the worker’s hands, dedicated to the task at hand. Speech generation and speech recognition are pre-requisites for effective vocal communication. This study focuses on cobot assistive tasks, where the human is in charge of the work and performs the main tasks while the cobot assists the worker in various peripheral jobs, such as bringing tools, parts, or materials, and returning them or disposing of them, or screwing or packaging the products. A nuanced understanding is necessary for optimizing human–robot interactions and enhancing overall productivity and safety. Through a comprehensive review of the relevant literature and an illustrative example with worked scenarios, this manuscript identifies key factors influencing successful vocal communication and proposes practical strategies for implementation.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/726cobothuman–robot communicationvocal communicationvocal interfaceauditory communicationauditory interface |
| spellingShingle | Yuval Cohen Maurizio Faccio Shai Rozenes Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion Applied Sciences cobot human–robot communication vocal communication vocal interface auditory communication auditory interface |
| title | Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion |
| title_full | Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion |
| title_fullStr | Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion |
| title_short | Vocal Communication Between Cobots and Humans to Enhance Productivity and Safety: Review and Discussion |
| title_sort | vocal communication between cobots and humans to enhance productivity and safety review and discussion |
| topic | cobot human–robot communication vocal communication vocal interface auditory communication auditory interface |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/726 |
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