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George Nikolakopoulos

George Nikolakopoulos

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
38
Citations
6926
World Ranking
7965
National Ranking
77

George Nikolakopoulos publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George Nikolakopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 387 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

George Nikolakopoulos D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where George Nikolakopoulos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

George Nikolakopoulos is affiliated with Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. Their research spans engineering and computer science, with extensive publications in aerospace engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, control and systems engineering, computer networks and communications, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Robotics and Automated Systems
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

Recent papers authored or co-authored by George Nikolakopoulos are:

  • "Deploying MAVs for autonomous navigation in dark underground mine environments," 2020, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • "Artificial Intelligence for Safety-Critical Systems in Industrial and Transportation Domains: A Survey," 2023, ACM Computing Surveys
  • "Intelligent authentication of 5G healthcare devices: A survey," 2022, Internet of Things
  • "Multimodality robotic systems: Integrated combined legged-aerial mobility for subterranean search-and-rescue," 2022, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • "Exploration-RRT: A multi-objective Path Planning and Exploration Framework for Unknown and Unstructured Environments," 2021, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George Nikolakopoulos include:

  • Christoforos Kanellakis
  • Björn Lindqvist
  • Sumeet Gajanan Satpute
  • Sina Sharif Mansouri
  • Anton Koval

George Nikolakopoulos has contributed to a wide range of publication venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • 2022 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)
  • Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems

Their work reflects extensive experience in control and robotics, evident from a significant number of publications across related subfields and major topics in engineering and computer science.

Best Publications

  • Model predictive quadrotor control: attitude, altitude and position experimental studies

    Kostas Alexis;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Switching model predictive attitude control for a quadrotor helicopter subject to atmospheric disturbances

    Kostas Alexis;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Survey on Computer Vision for UAVs: Current Developments and Trends

    Christoforos Kanellakis;George Nikolakopoulos

  • A state-of-the-art review of structural control systems:

    Tarek Edrees Saaed;George Nikolakopoulos;Jan-Erik Jonasson;Hans Hedlund

  • Full quaternion based attitude control for a quadrotor

    Emil Fresk;George Nikolakopoulos

  • Coordination of Helicopter UAVs for Aerial Forest-Fire Surveillance

    K. Alexis;G. Nikolakopoulos;A. Tzes;L. Dritsas

  • Advanced Nonlinear PID-Based Antagonistic Control for Pneumatic Muscle Actuators

    Georgios Andrikopoulos;George Nikolakopoulos;Stamatis Manesis

  • Power Conservation through Energy Efficient Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Dionisis Kandris;Panagiotis Tsioumas;Anthony Tzes;George Nikolakopoulos

  • Cooperative coverage path planning for visual inspection

    Sina Sharif Mansouri;Christoforos Kanellakis;Emil Fresk;Dariusz Kominiak

  • A survey on Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks and applications

    A. Gkikopouli;G. Nikolakopoulos;S. Manesis

  • A survey on pneumatic muscle actuators modeling

    Eleni Kelasidi;Georgios Andrikopoulos;George Nikolakopoulos;Stamatis Manesis

  • On Trajectory Tracking Model Predictive Control of an Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter Subject to Aerodynamic Disturbances

    Kostas Alexis;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Model predictive quadrotor indoor position control

    Kostas Alexis;Christos Papachristos;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Intelligent authentication of 5G healthcare devices: A survey

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  • Piecewise Affine Modeling and Constrained Optimal Control for a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle

    George Andrikopoulos;George Nikolakopoulos;Ioannis Arvanitakis;Stamatis Manesis

  • Artificial Intelligence for Safety-Critical Systems in Industrial and Transportation Domains: A Survey

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  • Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile Client-Centric Networked Controlled System

    Anthony Tzes;George Nikolakopoulos;Ioannis Koutroulis

  • Deploying MAVs for autonomous navigation in dark underground mine environments

    Sina Sharif Mansouri;Christoforos Kanellakis;Dariusz Kominiak;George Nikolakopoulos

  • Remaining Useful Battery Life Prediction for UAVs based on Machine Learning

    Sina Sharif Mansouri;Petros Karvelis;Georgios Georgoulas;George Nikolakopoulos

  • Multimodality robotic systems: Integrated combined legged-aerial mobility for subterranean search-and-rescue

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  • Principal Component Analysis of the start-up transient and Hidden Markov Modeling for broken rotor bar fault diagnosis in asynchronous machines

    G. Georgoulas;M. O. Mustafa;I. P. Tsoumas;J. A. Antonino-Daviu

  • Experimental model predictive attitude tracking control of a quadrotor helicopter subject to wind-gusts

    Kostas Alexis;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Nonlinear MPC for Collision Avoidance and Control of UAVs With Dynamic Obstacles

    Björn Lindqvist;Sina Sharif Mansouri;Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi;George Nikolakopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Tzes
Anthony Tzes New York University Abu Dhabi
Kostas Alexis
Kostas Alexis Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jose A. Antonino-Daviu
Jose A. Antonino-Daviu Universitat Politècnica de València
Chrysostomos D. Stylios
Chrysostomos D. Stylios University of Ioannina
Joel W. Burdick
Joel W. Burdick California Institute of Technology
John Lygeros
John Lygeros ETH Zurich
Stefano Stramigioli
Stefano Stramigioli University of Twente
Roberto Sabatini
Roberto Sabatini RMIT University
Theoharis Theoharis
Theoharis Theoharis Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Antero Arkkio
Antero Arkkio Aalto University

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