Welcome to the

HUman-MAchines INteraction Laboratory (HUMAIN-Lab)

Welcome to the

HUman-MAchines INteraction Laboratory (HUMAIN-Lab)

Scope:
Machines, implemented either in hardware or in software, with whom a human interacts proliferate, furthermore their complexity increases; for instance, the aforementioned machines include devices for communication, computers, robots, costumer service software, and other. This lab pursues the study, analysis and design of both hardware and software that enables the seamless collaboration of humans with machines.
Objectives

Innovation

The operation of a machine in the “physical” environment is typically supported by arithmetic models. However, when a human is involved there might emerge non-numerical data…

Inventiveness

Our orientation is toward the development of machines with a capacity to interact with humans in various applications including education, precision farming, patrolling in the physical environment and other.

Entrepreneurship

Our orientation is toward the conversion of our laboratory prototypes in commercial products.

Vassilis Kaburlasos

Expertise: Computational Intelligence
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Theodoros Pachidis

Expertise: Robotics and Software Engineering

Michail Manios

Technical Staff
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Stamatis Chatzistamatis

Administrative Staff

An Overview of End Effectors in Agricultural Robotic Harvesting Systems – Agriculture 2022, 12(8), 1240

Abstract In recent years, the agricultural sector has turned to robotic automation to deal with the growing demand for food. Harvesting fruits and vegetables is the most labor-intensive and time-consuming among the main agricultural tasks. However, seasonal labor shortage of experienced workers results in low efficiency of harvesting, food losses, and quality deterioration. Therefore, research efforts focus on the automation of manual harvesting operations. Robotic manipulation of delicate products in unstructured environments is challenging. The development of suitable end effectors…

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Robot intelligence technology for skillful viniculture based on the lattice computing paradigm – ROBOTMEET2022, Edinburgh, Scotland

Download ROBOTMEET2022_KaburlasosSlides.pdf Download ROBOTMEET2022_KaburlasosVideo.mp4 Citation V. G. Kaburlasos, “Robot intelligence technology for skillful viniculture based on the lattice computing paradigm”, International Meet & Expo on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (ROBOTMEET2022), Edinburgh, Scotland, 18-20 August 2022.

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Grapevine Plant Image Dataset for Pruning – Data 2022, 7(8), 110

Abstract Grapevine pruning is conducted during winter, and it is a very important and expensive task for wine producers managing their vineyard. During grapevine pruning every year, the past year’s canes should be removed and should provide the possibility for new canes to grow and produce grapes. It is a difficult procedure, and it is not yet fully automated. However, some attempts have been made by the research community. Based on the literature, grapevine pruning automation is approximated with the…

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Efficacy of a Robot-Assisted Intervention in Improving Learning Performance of Elementary School Children with Specific Learning Disorders – Children 2022, 9(8), 1155

Abstract (1) Background: There has been significant recent interest in the potential role of social robots (SRs) in special education. Specific Learning Disorders (SpLDs) have a high prevalence in the student population, and early intervention with personalized special educational programs is crucial for optimal academic achievement. (2) Methods: We designed an intense special education intervention for children in the third and fourth years of elementary school with a diagnosis of a SpLD. Following confirmation of eligibility and informed consent, the…

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Potentials for decision support in business processes through a multi-layer network embeddings approach, 32nd EURO Conference, Espoo, Finland, 2022

Abstract In a business process, we expect multiple related entities to interact. For example, in the Order-to-Cash process, one can observe the events that are recorded with respect to the orders, to the packages, or to the items that are included in the order. Each case notion carries only a part of the aspects of the overall situation, thus, reducing the process to a single case notion means to deliberately neglect certain facets of reality, and moreover, it conceals a major risk to present features of one…

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