
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Rio Patras, Greece;
Vice President of R&D Council of University of Patras, Governing Board Member for University of Patras at CLEAN AVIATION Joint Undertaking. Scientific interests: Simulation, Planning/Control of Manufacturing Networks, Robotics, Extended Reality, Process Modelling, Maintenance, Development of solutions based on Cloud, IoT, Digital Twin, 5G, AI, PSS, Digital Transformation of Manufacturing Companies, and Implementation of Industry 5.0 practices. Fellow of the: International Academy for Production Research (CIRP), International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 5.2), International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP WG 5.7), European Factories of the Future Association (EFFRA), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Founding Member of the European Aeronautics Science Network/Association (EASN). Authored and Edited “Design and Operation of Production Networks for Mass Personalization in the Era of Cloud Technology”, Elsevier (2022). He is Editorial Board Member in 9 and Guest Editor in 11 Special Issues in International Scientific Journals, has published more than 300 scientific papers and received more than 11.000 citations (h-index: 55).
"Industry 5.0 is a value-driven approach and is based on three interconnected core pillars: 1) human-centricity, 2) sustainability, and 3) resilience. Further to that, Industry 5.0 promotes the Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) in manufacturing and production systems and networks in an attempt to achieve more efficient Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). The contribution of this Webinar is focused on the investigation of the current trends in modern automation and robotic systems, as well as to discuss the expected industrial and societal trends in HMI for the years to come.” - Prof. Dimitris Mourtzis, Session Chair.