Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) offers the potential to combine human intuition and expertise with robotic strength and precision, revolutionizing workplace efficiency. However, ensuring intuitiveness, safety, and comfort in these interactions is crucial. One significant factor in optimizing HRC is improving worker posture through adaptive robotic movements, which can personalize workstations and enhance both acceptance and productivity.

Industry 5.0’s approach to developing new smart-production systems is characterized by user-centric design approaches. User-centred designs centralize the end-user by prioritizing their needs and experience, and this is captured by involving the end-user in different stages of product development. The involvement of end-users in the design process serves two key functions. Firstly, it helps capture end-users’ needs and expectations of the product, alongside factors such as product usability and accessibility.

Aircraft maintenance is a highly demanding field, especially when it involves challenging environments like the aircraft fuel tank. With its confined spaces and hazardous air quality, ensuring the safety of maintenance personnel is no small task. However, in the face of the aeronautics industry’s ongoing digital transformation, the focus is shifting towards not only improving safety but also enhancing efficiency and equipping the workforce with the necessary skills to navigate these complex environments.