Ranavolo, AlbertoAlbertoRanavoloChini, GiorgiaGiorgiaChiniDraicchio, FrancescoFrancescoDraicchioSilvetti, AlessioAlessioSilvettiVarrecchia, TiwanaTiwanaVarrecchiaFiori, LorenzoLorenzoFioriTatarelli, AntonellaAntonellaTatarelliRosen, Patricia HelenPatricia HelenRosenWischniewski, SaschaSaschaWischniewskiAlbrecht, PhilippPhilippAlbrechtVogt, LydiaLydiaVogtBianchi, MatteoMatteoBianchiAverta, GiuseppeGiuseppeAvertaCherubini, AndreaAndreaCherubiniFritzsche, LarsLarsFritzscheSartori, MassimoMassimoSartoriVanderborght, BramBramVanderborghtGovaerts, ReneeReneeGovaertsAjoudani, ArashArashAjoudani2026-06-092026-06-092022978-3-030-74613-12367-3370https://imec-publications.be/handle/20.500.12860/59645The paper describes the activities of the European project SOPHIA, Socio-Physical Interaction Skills for Cooperative Human-Robot Systems in Agile Production. The consortium involves European partners from academia, research organizations and industry. The main goal of the project is to develop a new generation of CoBots and Wearbots and advanced instrumental-based biomechanical risk assessment tools in industrial scenarios to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders and to improve productivity in industry 4.0. Further aim of the project is to create the basis for new ergonomic international Standards for manual handling activities.engProceedings paper10.1007/978-3-030-74614-8_40WOS:001575682400040HAND-HELD DYNAMOMETRYISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETRYCYLINDRICAL HANDLEGRIP FORCERELIABILITYSTRENGTHDIAMETER