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
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Multimodal AI
2024
Editorial: Variable autonomy for human-robot teamingTheodorou A,
Chiou M, Lacerda B and Rothfuß S
Frontiers in Robotics and AI,
Frontiers vol. 11
06-11-2024 
Who’s in charge here? A survey on Trustworthy AI in Variable Autonomy Robotic SystemsMethnani L,
Chiou M, Dignum V and Theodorou A
Acm Computing Surveys,
Association For Computing Machinery (Acm) 08-02-20242023
Experimental Evaluation of Model Predictive Mixed-Initiative Variable Autonomy Systems Applied to Human-Robot TeamsRamesh A, Braun CA, Ruan T, Rothfuß S, Hohmann S, Stolkin R and
Chiou M 2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). vol. 00, 5291-5298.
04-10-2023 Model Predictive Degree of Automation Regulation for Mobile Robots Using Robot Vitals and Robot HealthBraun CA, Ramesh A, Rothfuß S,
Chiou M, Stolkin R, Hohmann S and Chiou E
22nd IFAC World Congress.
14-07-2023 A Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Operator Intent Recognition for Teleoperated Mobile Robot NavigationTsagkournis E, Panagopoulos D, Petousakis G, Nikolaou G, Stolkin R,
Chiou M and Chiou E
22nd IFAC World Congress.
14-07-2023 Model Predictive Control of the Degree of Automation Optimizing Robot HealthBraun CA, Ramesh A, Rothfuß S,
Chiou M, Stolkin R and Hohmann S
2023 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI). vol. 00, 000381-000386.
26-05-2023 2022
A Hierarchical Variable Autonomy Mixed-Initiative Framework for Human-Robot Teaming in Mobile RoboticsPanagopoulos D, Petousakis G, Ramesh A, Ruan T, Nikolaou G, Stolkin R and
Chiou M 2022 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS). vol. 00, 1-6.
19-11-2022 A Taxonomy of Semantic Information in Robot-Assisted Disaster ResponseRuan T, Wang H, Stolkin R and
Chiou M 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR). vol. 00, 285-292.
10-11-2022 Robot-Assisted Nuclear Disaster Response: Report and Insights from a Field ExerciseChiou 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). vol. 00, 4545-4552.
27-10-2022 A Negotiation-Theoretic Framework for Control Authority Transfer in Mixed-Initiative Robotic SystemsRothfuß S,
Chiou M, Inga J, Hohmann S and Stolkin R
2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). vol. 00, 921-928.
12-10-2022 Robot Vitals and Robot Health: Towards Systematically Quantifying Runtime Performance Degradation in Robots Under Adverse ConditionsRamesh 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
Fessonia: a Method for Real-Time Estimation of Human Operator Workload Using Behavioural EntropyChatzithanos P, Nikolaou G, Stolkin R and
Chiou M 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). vol. 00, 1325-1331.
20-10-2021 A Bayesian-Based Approach to Human Operator Intent Recognition in Remote Mobile Robot NavigationPanagopoulos D, Petousakis G, Stolkin R, Nikolaou G and
Chiou M 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). vol. 00, 125-131.
20-10-2021 Mixed-initiative Variable Autonomy for Remotely Operated Mobile RobotsChiou 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 Trust, Shared Understanding and Locus of Control in Mixed-Initiative Robotic SystemsChiou M, McCabe F, Grigoriou M and Stolkin R
2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). vol. 00, 684-691.
12-08-2021 Robot Vitals and Robot Health: An Intuitive Approach to Quantifying and Communicating Predicted Robot Performance Degradation in Human-Robot TeamsRamesh A,
Chiou M and Stolkin R
Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction., 303-307.
08-03-2021
