Sotiris Makris

TL;DR: In this article, emerging technologies in the automotive assembly are discussed, along with techniques used in the vehicle assembly plants, and concepts integrating various new technologies into supporting both automated and human-based assembly operations are presented and discussed versus this identified inability for mass customization.

TL;DR: A review of recent research and progress on HRI, related to task planning/coordination and programming with emphasis on the manufacturing/production environment and a survey on multimodal communication frameworks is presented.

TL;DR: An overview of symbiotic human-robot collaborative assembly is provided and future research directions for voice processing, gesture recognition, haptic interaction, and brainwave perception are highlighted.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors deal with the design of assembly stations, where human-robot collaborative tasks are carried out, based on the assembly process specifications, different control, safety and operator support strategies have to be implemented in order for the human safety and the overall system's productivity to be ensured.

TL;DR: An intelligent decision-making method that allows human-robot task allocation is proposed and is integrated within a Robot Operating System (ROS) framework that enables the allocation of sequential tasks assigned to a robot and a human in separate workspaces.