Christos Gkournelos

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 866 citations indexed

About

Christos Gkournelos is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christos Gkournelos has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 866 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 12 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christos Gkournelos's work include Manufacturing Process and Optimization (12 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (12 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (9 papers). Christos Gkournelos is often cited by papers focused on Manufacturing Process and Optimization (12 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (12 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (9 papers). Christos Gkournelos collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Spain and Luxembourg. Christos Gkournelos's co-authors include Sotiris Makris, George Michalos, Niki Kousi, Sotiris Aivaliotis, Spyridon Koukas, Panagiotis Karagiannis, Apostolis Papavasileiou, Konstantinos Dimoulas, Christos Giannoulis and Christos Konstantinou and has published in prestigious journals such as CIRP Annals, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Applied Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christos Gkournelos

21 papers receiving 838 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An LLM-based approach for enabling seamless Human-Robot collaboration in assembly
    2024 49 citations Christos Gkournelos, Christos Konstantinou et al. CIRP Annals profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christos Gkournelos Greece 14 525 308 170 151 102 22 866
Niki Kousi Greece 18 707 1.3× 303 1.0× 200 1.2× 151 1.0× 114 1.1× 27 1.1k
Spyridon Koukas Greece 13 446 0.8× 228 0.7× 225 1.3× 120 0.8× 126 1.2× 20 838
Panagiotis Karagiannis Greece 11 331 0.6× 263 0.9× 248 1.5× 127 0.8× 143 1.4× 23 771
Bernard Schmidt Sweden 14 279 0.5× 309 1.0× 126 0.7× 111 0.7× 60 0.6× 36 694
Robin Passama France 9 238 0.5× 441 1.4× 166 1.0× 181 1.2× 105 1.0× 26 812
Jeremy A. Marvel United States 14 308 0.6× 475 1.5× 189 1.1× 169 1.1× 118 1.2× 68 841
Panagiota Tsarouchi Greece 15 718 1.4× 630 2.0× 157 0.9× 219 1.5× 214 2.1× 15 1.3k
Rasmus Andersen Denmark 12 310 0.6× 349 1.1× 136 0.8× 174 1.2× 63 0.6× 35 733
Luis Pérez Spain 6 283 0.5× 126 0.4× 189 1.1× 108 0.7× 35 0.3× 7 594
Riccardo Minto Italy 8 355 0.7× 286 0.9× 62 0.4× 99 0.7× 146 1.4× 17 701

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christos Gkournelos

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Penalva, Mariluz, et al.. (2025). Parameters optimization of short carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide 6 printed using Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM). The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
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Aivaliotis, Sotiris, Apostolis Papavasileiou, Charalambos Konstantinou, et al.. (2024). An interactive Augmented Reality based framework assisting operators in human-robot collaborative assembly operations. Procedia CIRP. 126. 170–175. 2 indexed citations
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Konstantinou, Christos, et al.. (2024). Leveraging Generative AI Prompt Programming for Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly. Procedia CIRP. 128. 621–626. 4 indexed citations
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Gkournelos, Christos, Christos Konstantinou, & Sotiris Makris. (2024). An LLM-based approach for enabling seamless Human-Robot collaboration in assembly. CIRP Annals. 73(1). 9–12. 49 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arkouli, Zoi, et al.. (2024). A multi-purpose robot perception system enabling closed-loop control for zero defect manufacturing in gluing processes of large parts. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 181. 104778–104778. 5 indexed citations
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Gkournelos, Christos, et al.. (2023). Praxis: a framework for AI-driven human action recognition in assembly. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 35(8). 3697–3711. 16 indexed citations
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Ibarguren, Aitor, et al.. (2022). Robot Coordination: Aeronautic Use Cases Handling Large Parts. Designs. 6(6). 116–116. 2 indexed citations
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Aivaliotis, Sotiris, et al.. (2022). An augmented reality software suite enabling seamless human robot interaction. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 36(1). 3–29. 35 indexed citations
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Michalos, George, et al.. (2022). A Human Robot Collaborative Cell for automating NDT inspection processes. Procedia CIRP. 115. 214–219. 1 indexed citations
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Kousi, Niki, et al.. (2021). Enabling Flexibility in Manufacturing by Integrating Shopfloor and Process Perception for Mobile Robot Workers. Applied Sciences. 11(9). 3985–3985. 28 indexed citations
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Kousi, Niki, et al.. (2021). Digital Twin for Designing and Reconfiguring Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Lines. Applied Sciences. 11(10). 4620–4620. 77 indexed citations
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Gkournelos, Christos, et al.. (2021). AR based robot programming using teaching by demonstration techniques. Procedia CIRP. 97. 459–463. 25 indexed citations
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Gkournelos, Christos, et al.. (2021). Virtual reality environment for industrial robot control and path design. Procedia CIRP. 100. 133–138. 27 indexed citations
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Andronas, Dionisis, et al.. (2021). Model-Based Robot Control for Human-Robot Flexible Material Co-Manipulation. 1–8. 11 indexed citations
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Kousi, Niki, et al.. (2019). Enabling Human Robot Interaction in flexible robotic assembly lines: an Augmented Reality based software suite. Procedia CIRP. 81. 1429–1434. 40 indexed citations
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Aivaliotis, P., et al.. (2019). Power and force limiting on industrial robots for human-robot collaboration. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 59. 346–360. 62 indexed citations
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Gkournelos, Christos, Niki Kousi, Sotiris Aivaliotis, et al.. (2019). Model based reconfiguration of flexible production systems. Procedia CIRP. 86. 80–85. 15 indexed citations
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Kousi, Niki, Panagiotis Karagiannis, Christos Gkournelos, et al.. (2019). Towards seamless human robot collaboration: integrating multimodal interaction. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 105(9). 3881–3897. 106 indexed citations
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Michalos, George, Niki Kousi, Panagiotis Karagiannis, et al.. (2018). Seamless human robot collaborative assembly – An automotive case study. Mechatronics. 55. 194–211. 153 indexed citations
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Gkournelos, Christos, Panagiotis Karagiannis, Niki Kousi, et al.. (2018). Application of Wearable Devices for Supporting Operators in Human-Robot Cooperative Assembly Tasks. Procedia CIRP. 76. 177–182. 46 indexed citations

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