Publications

2025

A Review of Personalisation in Human-Robot Collaboration and Future Perspectives Towards Industry 5.0, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

J. Male, R. Pieters

Preprint of article A Review of Personalisation in Human-Robot Collaboration and Future Perspectives Towards Industry 5.0, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

Active exploration and working memory synaptic plasticity shapes goal-directed behavior in curiosity-driven learning, Cognitive Systems Research,

Q Houbre, R Pieters

Preprint of article Active exploration and working memory synaptic plasticity shapes goal-directed behavior in curiosity-driven learning, Cognitive Systems Research,

Bidirectional Verbal Communication in Human-Robot Collaboration, IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control

R. Ojanen, R. Pieters

Preprint of article Bidirectional Verbal Communication in Human-Robot Collaboration, IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control

LMPVC and Policy Bank: Adaptive Voice Control for Industrial Robots with Code Generating LLMs and Reusable Pythonic Policies, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

O. Parikka, R. Pieters

Preprint of article LMPVC and Policy Bank: Adaptive Voice Control for Industrial Robots with Code Generating LLMs and Reusable Pythonic Policies, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

Evaluating Pointing Gestures for Target Selection in Human-Robot Collaboration, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

N. Sassali, R. Pieters

Preprint of article Evaluating Pointing Gestures for Target Selection in Human-Robot Collaboration, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

Knowledge-Based Planning For Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks, IEEE Access

A. Angleraud, M. Netzev, R. Pieters

Open Access of article Knowledge-Based Planning For Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks, IEEE Access

2024

Sensor-based human–robot collaboration for industrial tasks, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (RCIM)

A. Angleraud, A. Ekrekli, K. Samarawickrama, G. Sharma and R. Pieters

Open Access of article Sensor-based human–robot collaboration for industrial tasks, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (RCIM)

Automatic Robot Path Planning for Active Visual Inspection on Free-Form Surfaces, IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

O. Tasneem and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Automatic Robot Path Planning for Active Visual Inspection on Free-Form Surfaces, IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

6D Assembly Pose Estimation by Point Cloud Registration for Robotic Manipulation, IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

K. Samarawickrama, G. Sharma, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Preprint of article 6D Assembly Pose Estimation by Point Cloud Registration for Robotic Manipulation, IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

Instructing Hierarchical Tasks to Robots by Verbal Commands, IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)

P. Telkes, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Pre-print of article Instructing Hierarchical Tasks to Robots by Verbal Commands, IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)

6DoF Assembly Pose Estimation dataset for Robotic Manipulation, Data in Brief

K. Samarawickrama and R. Pieters

Open Access of article 6DoF Assembly Pose Estimation dataset for Robotic Manipulation, Data in Brief

2023

Squeeze-in Functionality for a Soft Parallel Robot Gripper, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)

M. Netzev, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Pre-print of article Squeeze-in Functionality for a Soft Parallel Robot Gripper, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)

Seq2Seq Imitation Learning for Tactile Feedback-based Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

W. Yang, A. Angleraud, R.S. Pieters, J. Pajarinen and J.K. Kämäräinen

arXiv of article Seq2Seq Imitation Learning for Tactile Feedback-based Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Exploring the Personality Design Space of Robots: Personality and Design Implications for Non-Anthropomorphic Wellness Robots, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

A Chowdhury, A Ahtinen, C-H Wu, K Vaananen, D Taibi and R Pieters

Multi-label Annotation for Visual Multi-Task Learning Models, IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)

G. Sharma, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Pre-print of article Multi-label Annotation for Visual Multi-Task Learning Models, IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)

Co-speech Gestures for Human-Robot Collaboration, IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)

A. Ekrekli, G. Sharma, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Pre-print of article Co-speech Gestures for Human-Robot Collaboration, IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC)

2022

OpenDR: An Open Toolkit for Enabling High Performance, Low Footprint Deep Learning for Robotics, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

N. Passalis, S. Pedrazzi, R. Babuska, W. Burgard, D. Dias, F. Ferro, M. Gabbouj, O. Green, A. Iosifidis, E. Kayacan, J. Kober, O. Michel, N. Nikolaidis, P. Nousi, R. Pieters, M. Tzelepi, A. Valada, and A. Tefas

Preprint of article OpenDR: An Open Toolkit for Enabling High Performance, Low Footprint Deep Learning for Robotics, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

SingleDemoGrasp: Learning to Grasp From a Single Image Demonstration, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

A. Mehman Sefat, A. Angleraud, E. Rahtu and R. Pieters

Preprint of article SingleDemoGrasp: Learning to Grasp From a Single Image Demonstration, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

Robotic grasping in agile production, Deep Learning for Robot Perception and Cognition, Deep Learning for Robot Perception and Cognition (Book chapter)

A. Mehman Sefat, S. Ahmad, A. Angleraud, E. Rahtu and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Robotic grasping in agile production, Deep Learning for Robot Perception and Cognition, Deep Learning for Robot Perception and Cognition (Book chapter)

Evaluation of cyber security in agile manufacturing: Maturity of Technologies and Applications, IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)

H. Arnarson, F. Kanafi, T. Kaarlela, U. Seldeslachts and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Evaluation of cyber security in agile manufacturing: Maturity of Technologies and Applications, IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)

2021

Coordinating Shared Tasks in Human-Robot Collaboration by Commands, Frontiers in Robotics and AI

A. Angleraud, A. Mehman Sefat, M. Netzev and R. Pieters

Open Access of article Coordinating Shared Tasks in Human-Robot Collaboration by Commands, Frontiers in Robotics and AI

Automatic Dataset Generation From CAD for Vision-Based Grasping, International Conference on Advanced Robotics

S. Ahmad, K. Samarawickrama, E. Rahtu and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Automatic Dataset Generation From CAD for Vision-Based Grasping, International Conference on Advanced Robotics

Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

A. Hietanen, J. Latokartano, A. Foi, R. Pieters, V. Kyrki, M. Lanz, J.-K. Kämäräinen

Open Access of article Benchmarking pose estimation for robot manipulation, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Digital innovation hubs for robotics – TRINITY approach for distributing knowledge via modular use case demonstrations, Procedia CIRP

M. Lanz, J. Reimann, A. Ude, N. Kousi, R. Pieters, M. Dianatfar, S. Makris

Open Access of article Digital innovation hubs for robotics – TRINITY approach for distributing knowledge via modular use case demonstrations, Procedia CIRP

Novel Planar Continuum Robot with Spiral Pulley Actuation and Gear Synced Body, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)

D. Mohamadi, T. Minav and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Novel Planar Continuum Robot with Spiral Pulley Actuation and Gear Synced Body, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)

"How are you today, panda the robot?"- Affectiveness, playfulness and relatedness in human-robot collaboration in the factory context, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

A. Chowdhury, A. Ahtinen, R. Pieters, and K. Väänänen

Preprint of article "How are you today, panda the robot?"- Affectiveness, playfulness and relatedness in human-robot collaboration in the factory context, IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)

Monolithic vs. Hybrid Controller for Multi-objective Sim-to-Real Learning, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

A. Dag, A. Angleraud, W. Yang, N. Strokina, R.S. Pieters, M. Lanz and J.-K. Kämäräinen

Full text of article Monolithic vs. Hybrid Controller for Multi-objective Sim-to-Real Learning, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Technical Maturity for Industrial Deployment of Robot Demonstrators, International Conference on Advanced Robotics

A. Tirmizi, M. Dianatfar, M. Lanz, R. Pieters, T. Pitkäaho, T. Kaarlela, S. Pieskä, N. Kousi, A. Zoga, V. Valjus, M. Deniša and A. Ude

Preprint of article Technical Maturity for Industrial Deployment of Robot Demonstrators, International Conference on Advanced Robotics

Mobile and adaptive User interface for human robot collaboration in assembly tasks, International Conference on Advanced Robotics

D. Monakhov, J. Latokartano, M. Lanz, R. Pieters and J.-K. Kämäräinen

2020

Balancing Exploration and Exploitation: A Neurally Inspired Mechanism to Learn Sensorimotor Contingencies. In: Saveriano M., Renaudo E., Rodríguez-Sánchez A., Piater J. (eds) Human-Friendly Robotics 2020. HFR 2020. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 18. Springer

Q. Houbre, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Balancing Exploration and Exploitation: A Neurally Inspired Mechanism to Learn Sensorimotor Contingencies. In: Saveriano M., Renaudo E., Rodríguez-Sánchez A., Piater J. (eds) Human-Friendly Robotics 2020. HFR 2020. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 18. Springer

User Experience Goals for Designing Industrial Human-Cobot Collaboration, NordiCHI '20: Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

A. Chowdhury, A. Ahtinen, R. Pieters and K. Vaananen

Full text of article User Experience Goals for Designing Industrial Human-Cobot Collaboration, NordiCHI '20: Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Soft Robotic Gripper with Compliant Cell Stacks for Industrial Part Handling, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

M. Netzev, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters

Open Access of article Soft Robotic Gripper with Compliant Cell Stacks for Industrial Part Handling, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Representation, Execution, and Interaction for Human-Robot Cognitive-Enabled Handover Tasks, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), workshop on human-robot handovers.-

A. Angleraud, M. Netzev and R. Pieters

Full text of article Representation, Execution, and Interaction for Human-Robot Cognitive-Enabled Handover Tasks, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), workshop on human-robot handovers.-

Concept for distributed robotics learning environment - Increasing the access to the robotics via modularisation of systems and mobility, Procedia Manufacturing

M. Lanz, N. Siltala, R. Pieters, J. Latokartano

Open access of article Concept for distributed robotics learning environment - Increasing the access to the robotics via modularisation of systems and mobility, Procedia Manufacturing

Q. Houbre, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters, "An Inhibition of Return Mechanism for the Exploration of Sensorimotor Contingencies," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Rome, Italy.

Q. Houbre, A. Angleraud, R. Pieters

Preprint of article Q. Houbre, A. Angleraud and R. Pieters, "An Inhibition of Return Mechanism for the Exploration of Sensorimotor Contingencies," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Rome, Italy.

Virtual Teaching for Assembly Tasks Planning, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Rome, Italy.

A. Angleraud, R. Codd-Downey, M. Netzev, Q. Houbre, R. Pieters

Preprint of article Virtual Teaching for Assembly Tasks Planning, 2020 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Rome, Italy.

AR-based interaction for human-robot collaborative manufacturing, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

A. Hietanen, R. Pieters, M. Lanz, J. Latokartano and J.-K. Kämäräinen

Open Access of article AR-based interaction for human-robot collaborative manufacturing, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Exploration and Exploitation of Sensorimotor Contingencies for a Cognitive Embodied Agent. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence 2020.

Q. Houbre, A. Angleraud, R. Pieters

Full text of article Exploration and Exploitation of Sensorimotor Contingencies for a Cognitive Embodied Agent. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence 2020.

2019

Cognitive Semantics For Dynamic Planning In Human-Robot Teams, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

A. Angleraud, Q. Houbre, M. Netzev and R.S. Pieters

Preprint of article Cognitive Semantics For Dynamic Planning In Human-Robot Teams, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)

Teaching Semantics and Skills for Human- Robot Collaboration, Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, Special Issue on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

A. Angleraud, Q. Houbre and R.S. Pieters

Open Access of article Teaching Semantics and Skills for Human- Robot Collaboration, Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, Special Issue on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Many faced Robot - Design and Manufacturing of a Parametric, Modular and Open Source Robot Head, 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR 2019)

M. Netzev, Q. Houbre, E. Airaksinen, A. Angleraud and R.S. Pieters

Preprint of article Many faced Robot - Design and Manufacturing of a Parametric, Modular and Open Source Robot Head, 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR 2019)

Learning environment for robotics education and industry-academia collaboration, Procedia Manufacturing

M. Lanz, R. Pieters and R. Ghabcheloo

Open Access of article Learning environment for robotics education and industry-academia collaboration, Procedia Manufacturing

Proof of concept of a projection-based safety system for human-robot collaborative engine assembly, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

A. Hietanen, A. Changizi, M. Lanz, J. Kämäräinen, P. Ganguly, R.S. Pieters and J. Latokartano

Preprint of article Proof of concept of a projection-based safety system for human-robot collaborative engine assembly, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

Architecture for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration: Multi-Modal Communication in Virtual Reality for Efficient Task Execution

B. Shu, G. Sziebig and R. Pieters

Preprint of article Architecture for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration: Multi-Modal Communication in Virtual Reality for Efficient Task Execution

2018 :

Exogenous Auditory Attention with Dynamic Neural Fields. Social Cognition in Humans and Robots, socSMCs/EUCognition Summit, Hamburg, Germany.

Q. Houbre, A. Angleraud, R.S. Pieters

Review of vision-based safety systems for human-robot collaboration, Procedia CIRP

R.J. Halme, M. Lanz, J. Kämäräinen, R.S. Pieters, J. Latokartano. A. Hietanen.

Open Access of article Review of vision-based safety systems for human-robot collaboration, Procedia CIRP

Human-Robot Interactive Learning Architecture using Ontologies and Symbol Manipulation, in 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).

A. Angleraud, Q. Houbre, V. Kyrki, R.S. Pieters.

Preprint of article Human-Robot Interactive Learning Architecture using Ontologies and Symbol Manipulation, in 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).

Depth-sensor–projector safety model for human-robot collaboration, in Workshop on Robotic Co-workers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, Spain,.

A. Hietanen, R.J. Halme, J. Latokartano, R.S. Pieters, M. Lanz, J. Kämäräinen.

Preprint of article Depth-sensor–projector safety model for human-robot collaboration, in Workshop on Robotic Co-workers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, Spain,.

2017 :

Probabilistic Mapping of Human Visual Attention from Head Pose Estimation, Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Computational Intelligence. Research Topic: Intentions in HRI.

A. Veronese, M. Racca, R.S. Pieters and V. Kyrki.

Open Access of article Probabilistic Mapping of Human Visual Attention from Head Pose Estimation, Frontiers in Robotics and AI: Computational Intelligence. Research Topic: Intentions in HRI.

Technology Disruptions as Enablers of Organizational and Social Innovation in Digitalized Environment, ETLA working papers, 45.

H. Koski, H. Melkas, M. Mäntylä, R.S. Pieters, et al.,

Full text of article Technology Disruptions as Enablers of Organizational and Social Innovation in Digitalized Environment, ETLA working papers, 45.

Robotics in Care Services: A Finnish Roadmap.

L. Hennala et al.

Full text of article Robotics in Care Services: A Finnish Roadmap.

2016 :

Human-Aware Interaction: A Memory-inspired Artificial Cognitive Architecture, in Proceedings of the European Association for Cognitive Systems (EUCog) meeting.

R.S. Pieters and V. Kyrki