
HUMAN-AUTOMATION COLLABORATION IN
MANUFACTURING: IDENTIFYING KEY
IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS
George Charalambous, Sarah Fletcher & Philip Webb
Department of Integrated Systems, Cranfield University, UK
Human-automation collaboration has commanded significant atten-
tion in manufacturing because of the potential applications, such as
the installation of large sub-assemblies. However, the key human fac-
tors relevant to human-automation collaboration have not yet been
fully investigated. To maximise effective implementation and reduce
development costs for future projects these factors need to be exam-
ined. In this paper, a collection of human factors likely ...