Angeliki Zacharaki

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Angeliki Zacharaki is a leading researcher in the field of safe human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on collaborative robotics and autonomous systems. Her most influential work, the 2020 survey "Safety bounds in human robot interaction," has garnered 283 citations, establishing her as a key voice in defining safety frameworks for robots operating alongside humans. Zacharaki’s major contributions include developing a novel decision-making framework that integrates System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) with Markov Decision Processes, enabling safer human-robot collaboration in industrial settings. Her research addresses the critical challenge of ensuring dependable autonomy, especially in crisis management scenarios where robots must operate in hazardous environments alongside human teams. Zacharaki’s work on dependability levels for autonomous systems has helped shape standards for professional robots designed for market release. Her research is particularly notable for bridging theoretical safety models with practical applications, making her work essential reading for engineers and researchers developing collaborative robots for manufacturing, emergency response, and other high-stakes environments where human safety is paramount.