Special issue on workplace violence prevention using security robots. Work, 68 (3) . pp. 821-823. ISSN 1875-9270

Robots are key components of versatile manufacturing due to various environments where they can be configured and reprogrammed for different tasks. Computer programming also involves technical skills in computer systems and in the production process. Robotic programming is a not intuitive job, However, in various traditional and unconventional manufacturing and other workplaces environment, robots are increasingly used. Recent advances in the interaction between human-robots, robot automation, co-working between people, and the interaction between robots-robot have, in addition, contributed to the introduction of more and more robotics in autonomous and intelligent production systems. Such publications are not produced by order or to reinvent science fiction. Actually, they emerged because of the pressures on the international market for cheaper and more diversified goods. This Special Issue is honored to introduce a collection of 14 papers that cover a broad range of exciting topics in social robotics.