Michalis Xenos
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327
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About
Michalis Xenos is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction, usability engineering, and agricultural robotics. His scholarship has made a particularly notable impact in the emerging field of human-robot interaction (HRI), where he has focused on designing intuitive, usable interfaces for teleoperated robotic systems. Xenos is perhaps best known for his contributions to agricultural robotics, including the design and development of a semi-autonomous vineyard sprayer and rigorous usability evaluations of its interaction modes — work that has collectively garnered nearly 200 citations. A cornerstone of his research is a widely cited taxonomy of usability guidelines for robot teleoperation (2014, 105 citations), which synthesized existing literature through card sorting and focus groups to provide practitioners with structured design principles. His studies comparing expert users with end-users such as farmers reflect a commitment to inclusive, real-world HRI design, extending beyond laboratory settings. More recently, Xenos has explored tangible user interfaces as alternatives to conventional input devices for robotic control. Through his body of work, he has helped establish usability evaluation as an essential component of agricultural robotics development, contributing meaningfully to making robotic systems more accessible and practical for non-expert operators.
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- 2Usability Guidelines for the Design of Robot Teleoperation: A Taxonomy105 citations · 2014
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