Publications

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Journal Papers

1. An Adaptive Actuation Mechanism for Anthropomorphic Robot Hands
   George P. Kontoudis, Minas Liarokapis, Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, Tomonari Furukawa
   Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2019
2. On the Development of Adaptive, Tendon-Driven, Wearable Exo-Gloves for Grasping Capabilities Enhancement
   Lucas Gerez, Junan Chen, Minas Liarokapis
   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2019

Conference Papers

1. An Adaptive, Humanlike Robot Hand with Selective Interdigitation: Towards Robust Grasping and Dexterous, In-Hand Manipulation
   George P. Kontoudis, Minas Liarokapis, Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis
   IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Toronto, Canada, 2019
2. A Compliant, Underactuated Finger for Anthropomorphic Hands
   George Kontoudis, Minas Liarokapis, Kyriakos Vamvoudakis
   IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Toronto, Canada, 2019
3. A Compact Ratchet Clutch Mechanism for Fine Tendon Termination and Adjustment
   Lucas Gerez, Minas Liarokapis
   IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Auckland, New Zealand, 2018
4. Open-Source, Anthropomorphic, Underactuated Robot Hands with a Selectively Lockable Differential Mechanism: Towards Affordable Prostheses
   George P. Kontoudis, Minas V. Liarokapis, Agisilaos G. Zisimatos, Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hamburg, Germany, 2015
5. Open-Source, Affordable, Modular, Light-Weight, Underactuated Robot Hands
   Agisilaos G. Zisimatos, Minas V. Liarokapis, Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Chicago, USA, 2014
6. Open-Source, Low-Cost, Compliant, Modular, Underactuated Fingers: Towards Affordable Prostheses for Partial Hand Amputations
   Minas V. Liarokapis, Agisilaos G. Zisimatos, Melina N. Bousiou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Chicago, USA, 2014
7. Task-Specific Grasp Selection for Underactuated Hands
   Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis, Charalampos P. Bechlioulis, Minas V. Liarokapis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, China, 2014
8. Quantifying Anthropomorphism of Robot Hands
   Minas V. Liarokapis, Panagiotis K. Artemiadis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013

Workshop Papers

1. OpenBionics: An Open-Source Initiative for the Creation of Affordable, Modular, Light-Weight, Underactuated Robot Hands and Prosthetic Devices
   Minas V. Liarokapis, Agisilaos G. Zisimatos, Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   2nd ASU Rehabilitation Robotics Workshop, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, 2014

Technical Reports

1. How to Create Affordable, Anthropomorphic, Personalized, Light-Weight Prosthetic Hands
   George P. Kontoudis, Minas V. Liarokapis, Agisilaos G. Zisimatos, Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   Control Systems Lab, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2015
2. How to Create Affordable, Modular, Light-Weight, Underactuated, Compliant Robot Hands
   Agisilaos G. Zisimatos, Minas V. Liarokapis, Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis, George P. Kontoudis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos
   Control Systems Lab, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 2015