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Nikolaos Kardaris is a leading researcher in assistive robotics, specializing in human-robot interaction (HRI) for the elderly and individuals with movement impairments. His work centers on developing intelligent, multimodal interfaces that combine audio, visual, and gesture recognition to enable natural and effective human-robot communication. Kardaris’s major contributions include pioneering frameworks for multimodal human action recognition, as evidenced by his highly cited 2016 paper (118 citations), and the development of the I-Walk lightweight robotic rollator, which provides cognitive and mobility assistance. He also played a key role in the I-Support project, creating a robotic platform for assistive bathing (74 citations). His research has advanced social HRI by integrating automatic gesture and speech recognition into assistive devices, and he has contributed valuable resources to the field, including a multimedia gesture dataset and annotation tools. With a portfolio of work that spans from foundational algorithms to real-world robotic platforms, Kardaris has significantly shaped the landscape of assistive robotics, improving quality of life for aging populations and those with mild cognitive deficits.