Behavioral patterns in robotic collaborative assembly: comparing neurotypical and Autism Spectrum Disorder participants.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Industry 4.0, collaborative tasks often involve operators working with collaborative robots (cobots) in shared workspaces. Many aspects of the operator's well-being within this environment still need in-depth research. Moreover, these aspects are expected to differ between neurotypical (NT) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) operators.

Methods

This study examines behavioral patterns in 16 participants (eight neurotypical, eight with high-functioning ASD) during an assembly task in an industry-like lab-based robotic collaborative cell, enabling the detection of potential risks to their well-being during industrial human-robot collaboration. Each participant worked on the task for five consecutive days, 3.5 h per day. During these sessions, six video clips of 1

SUBMITTER: Mondellini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637657 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature