Through the ForNextCobot project, we will try to answer in what way do humans, by reconfiguring the arm position and muscle activities, manage the contact tasks interaction dynamics so that these patterns can be utilized while planning the work of the robot that should either replace humans on these tasks or cooperate with humans on the same task.

Tools that combine mathematical models and sensory measurements that estimate the mechanical impedance of humans and robots will be developed, and that will enable us to, on the one hand, analyze human behavior patterns and, on the other hand, give the opportunity to control the robotic closed-loop feedback systems.

Finally, the project result will also be the algorithms for the realisation of the desired mechanical impedance of the robot’s tools by using  the combination of the robot reconfiguration and mechanical impedance of the actuator which controls the movement of that robot.