Dr Manolis Chiou

Manolis Chiou

Lecturer

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/people/profiles/manolischiou.html
Centre for Multimodal AI
Centre for Human-Centred Computing
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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

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2024

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

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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