Technology packages for industrial robots to enable human-robot collaboration

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The Human-Robotic Collaboration has gained increasing significance in recent years, as robots have become more advanced and versatile, finding applications in various industries. The normative and legal aspects have a high level of maturity, as well as the necessary sensor technology. But due to invest and productivity reasons human robot collaboration is still a niche in the robotics world. Nevertheless, there are applications, when the robot can assist the human in unergonomic or dangerous tasks or when human interaction is necessary. This article shows three real life examples of human robot collaboration, based on industrial robots, equipped with technology packages for hand-guided control (HGC) or power and force limitation (PFL).