Human-Robot Collaboration as a new paradigm in circular economy for WEEE management

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dc.contributor.authorRenteria, Arantxa
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez-de-los-Mozos, Esther
dc.contributor.institutionRobótica Médica
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
dc.description.abstractE-waste is a priority waste stream as identified by the European Commission due to fast technological changes and eagerness of consumers to acquire new products. The value chain of the Waste on Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has to face several challenges: the EU directives requesting collection targets for 2019–2022, the costs of disassembly processes which is highly dependent on the applied technology and type of discarded device, and the sale of the obtained components and/or raw materials, with market prices varying according to uncontrolled variables at world level. This paper presents a human-robot collaboration for a recycling process where tasks are opportunistically assigned to either a human-being or a robot depending on the condition of the discarded electronic device. This solution presents some important advantages; i.e. tedious and dangerous tasks are assigned to robots whereas more value-added tasks are allocated to humans, thus preserving jobs and increasing job satisfaction. Furthermore, first results from a prototype show greater productivity and profitable projected investment.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationRenteria , A & Alvarez-de-los-Mozos , E 2019 , ' Human-Robot Collaboration as a new paradigm in circular economy for WEEE management ' , Procedia Manufacturing , vol. 38 , pp. 375-382 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.048
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.promfg.2020.01.048
dc.identifier.issn2351-9789
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProcedia Manufacturing
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.keywordsCollaborative robots
dc.subject.keywordse-waste
dc.subject.keywordsCircular economy
dc.subject.keywordsCollaborative robots
dc.subject.keywordse-waste
dc.subject.keywordsCircular economy
dc.subject.keywordsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsArtificial Intelligence
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
dc.titleHuman-Robot Collaboration as a new paradigm in circular economy for WEEE managementen
dc.typeconference output
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