The abilities and limitations of today's industrial robots are reviewed and compared to similar human parameters. The robot abilities were determined from a survey of 282 current robot models. This discussion is held within the general framework of a skills analysis approach to robot task...

In this work, a new method to resolve conflict situations (Mcr) common in collaborative facility design using computer support tools is developed. The method uses traditional human conflict resolution approaches that have been used successfully by others. It incorporates principles for...

This research investigates the design of Task Administration Protocols (TAPs) for effective task allocation and administration in collaborative production/service systems. Customer-focused and concurrent engineering service systems process tasks more effectively as a result of the power of...