Edge robotics and emerging platforms with sensing and human interaction capabilities

Robotics is rapidly developing and changing. There is a clear trend toward enabling and improving human-robot interaction and the manual guidance of robots in industrial environments. The robotic community is expanding its portfolio of open-source software solutions to ease the implementation of new robotic platforms. This article provides a short overview of practicable architectures for modern robotic platforms and the role of edge robotics, with a quick discussion of the implications and current research trends for social and industrial robotics. The recent literature is reviewed. This work foresees interesting new developments for social and industrial robotics in the future.