Dataset for collaborative robotics

Abstract

This dataset represents the physical interactions collected by the robot’s sensors during a collaborative effort between humans and robots. The experiment was conducted at the Sheffield Robotics laboratory at the University of Sheffield, UK, utilizing a KUKA LBR iiwa 7 R800 serial manipulator. Thirty participants, consisting of 14 males and 16 females, participated, including both students and faculty members. Participants were instructed to guide the robot’s end effector through a two-dimensional maze situated on a horizontal plane. Each participant performed the same task 15 times, resulting in 450 complete interaction sequences. All data files are provided in CSV (comma-separated values) file format, which allows data to be stored in a table-structured format. The complete dataset is publicly available via the Mendeley Data repository (DOI: 10.17632/4fr33dkrjt.3).

Metadata

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Almohamade, S.S. Clark, J.A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9230-9739 Law, J.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Keywords:	collaborative robot; cybersecurity of robots; human–robot interaction; biometric authentication; KUKA LBR iiwa; force-torque sensing
Dates:	Accepted: 8 May 2026 Published (online): 10 May 2026 Published: 10 May 2026
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield)
Date Deposited:	11 May 2026 13:45
Last Modified:	11 May 2026 13:45
Status:	Published
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.3390/data11050114
Related URLs:	Dataset
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:240987