Human-Robot Collaboration

The NSF-funded Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) project will advance effective human-robot collaboration (HRC) to reduce electronics remanufacturing costs and improve operator safety, while considering the highly complex unstructured nature of the remanufacturing environment. 

This project will advance human-robot collaboration to reduce electronics remanufacturing costs and improve operator safety. The research crosses boundaries between robotics, sustainable design, human factors, data science and labor economics. 

Liang and PhD students utilize a robot-assisted automation with human-in-the-loop system in this project, as well as in similar projects surrounding structural health monitoring, infrastructure inspection and construction automation.