Cognitive Assistant Supported Human-Robot Collaboration covers the design and development of cognitive assistants in the smart factory era, its application domains, challenges, and current state-of-the-art in assistance systems with collaborative robotics and IoT technologies, standards, platforms, and solutions. This book also provides a sociotechnical view of collaborative work in human-robot teams, investigating specific methods and techniques to analyze assistance systems. This provides readers with a comprehensive overview of how cognitive assistants function and work in human-robot teams.

• Introduces fundamental concepts of cognitive assistants and human-robot collaboration
• Investigates the optimization capabilities of human-cyber physical systems
• Discusses planning and implementation of cognitive assistant projects
• Explores concepts and design elements of human collaborative workspaces