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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (3): 1-22.doi: 10.3901/JME.2025.03.001

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Cognitive Empowerment for Human-robot Collaboration: Research Progress and Challenges

KOU Yiqun1, YANG Ye1, LIU Jie2, HU Youmin1, LI Lin3, YU Baichuan1, XU Jiahe1, HU Zhongxu1, SHI Tielin1   

  1. 1. School of Mechanical Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074;
    2. School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074;
    3. Nari Group Corporation, State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan 430223
  • Received:2024-08-29 Revised:2024-12-04 Published:2025-03-12

Abstract: In the transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0, a human-centered approach has gradually emerged as a focal point in the field of smart manufacturing. Current human-machine collaboration not only emphasizes technological advancements and efficiency improvements but also stresses the integration of human higher-order cognitive thinking with machine computational capabilities to achieve cognitive empowerment. Based on this premise, this study reviews existing research on cognitive empowerment in human-machine collaboration, focusing on key areas such as interactive perception, task planning and execution, and skill learning. The challenges of multimodal information integration, task reasoning, dynamic decision-making, and skill knowledge representation are highlighted. Furthermore, methods are proposed to support human-machine cognitive using knowledge graph construction technologies, as well as to optimize tasks and facilitate dynamic decision-making in complex environments through the application of knowledge graph reasoning techniques. Building upon an analysis of the limitations in current research on cognitive empowerment in human-machine collaboration, this study also forecasts the future directions for deep cognitive collaboration within intelligent manufacturing environments.

Key words: human-machine collaboration, cognitive empowerment, knowledge graph, knowledge representation, multimodal perception

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