Dr Manolis Chiou

Manolis Chiou

Lecturer

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
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Research

Human-Robot Teaming, Human-Robot Interaction, Variable Autonomy, Mixed-Intitiative robotic systems

Interests

My research focuses on Human-Robot Teaming and Human-Robot Interaction, aiming to develop robotic systems and AI for seamless collaboration between humans and robots, using their complementing competencies to achieve shared goals. A significant focus of my work is the study of human-robot teams and the interactions between humans, AI, and robots, drawing on methods from AI, robotics, human factors, and cognitive science. I emphasise application-driven research in safety-critical and hazardous environments via Variable Autonomy paradigms where humans collaborate with robots capable of dynamically changing their level of autonomy and autonomous behaviours.

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Multimodal AI

2024

Relevant PublicationEditorial: Variable autonomy for human-robot teaming
Theodorou A, Chiou M, Lacerda B and Rothfuß S
Frontiers in Robotics and Ai, Frontiers vol. 11 
06-11-2024
bullet iconWho’s in charge here? A survey on Trustworthy AI in Variable Autonomy Robotic Systems
Methnani L, Chiou M, Dignum V and Theodorou A
Acm Computing Surveys, Association For Computing Machinery (Acm) 
08-02-2024

2023

bullet iconExperimental Evaluation of Model Predictive Mixed-Initiative Variable Autonomy Systems Applied to Human-Robot Teams
Ramesh A, Braun CA, Ruan T, Rothfuß S, Hohmann S, Stolkin R and Chiou M
2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
04-10-2023
bullet iconModel Predictive Degree of Automation Regulation for Mobile Robots Using Robot Vitals and Robot Health
Braun CA, Ramesh A, Rothfuß S, Chiou M, Stolkin R, Hohmann S and Chiou E
22nd IFAC World Congress
14-07-2023
bullet iconA Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Operator Intent Recognition for Teleoperated Mobile Robot Navigation
Tsagkournis E, Panagopoulos D, Petousakis G, Nikolaou G, Stolkin R, Chiou M and Chiou E
22nd IFAC World Congress
14-07-2023
bullet iconModel Predictive Control of the Degree of Automation Optimizing Robot Health
Braun CA, Ramesh A, Rothfuß S, Chiou M, Stolkin R and Hohmann S
2023 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI)
26-05-2023

2022

bullet iconA Hierarchical Variable Autonomy Mixed-Initiative Framework for Human-Robot Teaming in Mobile Robotics
Panagopoulos D, Petousakis G, Ramesh A, Ruan T, Nikolaou G, Stolkin R and Chiou M
2022 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS)
19-11-2022
bullet iconA Taxonomy of Semantic Information in Robot-Assisted Disaster Response
Ruan T, Wang H, Stolkin R and Chiou M
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)
10-11-2022
bullet iconRobot-Assisted Nuclear Disaster Response: Report and Insights from a Field Exercise
Chiou M, Epsimos G-T, Nikolaou G, Pappas P, Petousakis G, Mühl S and Stolkin R
2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
27-10-2022
bullet iconA Negotiation-Theoretic Framework for Control Authority Transfer in Mixed-Initiative Robotic Systems
Rothfuß S, Chiou M, Inga J, Hohmann S and Stolkin R
2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
12-10-2022
bullet iconRobot Vitals and Robot Health: Towards Systematically Quantifying Runtime Performance Degradation in Robots Under Adverse Conditions
Ramesh A, Stolkin R and Chiou M
Ieee Robotics and Automation Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 7 (4), 10729-10736.  
20-07-2022

2021

bullet iconFessonia: a Method for Real-Time Estimation of Human Operator Workload Using Behavioural Entropy
Chatzithanos P, Nikolaou G, Stolkin R and Chiou M
2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
20-10-2021
bullet iconA Bayesian-Based Approach to Human Operator Intent Recognition in Remote Mobile Robot Navigation
Panagopoulos D, Petousakis G, Stolkin R, Nikolaou G and Chiou M
2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
20-10-2021
bullet iconMixed-initiative Variable Autonomy for Remotely Operated Mobile Robots
Chiou M, Hawes N and Stolkin R
Acm Transactions On Human-Robot Interaction, Association For Computing Machinery (Acm) vol. 10 (4), 1-34.  
02-09-2021
bullet iconTrust, Shared Understanding and Locus of Control in Mixed-Initiative Robotic Systems
Chiou M, McCabe F, Grigoriou M and Stolkin R
2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
12-08-2021
bullet iconRobot Vitals and Robot Health: An Intuitive Approach to Quantifying and Communicating Predicted Robot Performance Degradation in Human-Robot Teams
Ramesh A, Chiou M and Stolkin R
Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
08-03-2021