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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Norway
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
49
Citations
8266
World Ranking
2978
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Kostas Alexis is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics including Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Robotic Locomotion and Control, Advanced Vision and Imaging, Robotics and Automated Systems, and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

Kostas Alexis has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Field Robotics, and the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), among others.

Recent publications include:

  • Graph-based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots, 2020, Journal of Field Robotics
  • CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, 2022, Science Robotics
  • Present and Future of SLAM in Extreme Environments: The DARPA SubT Challenge, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • CERBERUS: Autonomous Legged and Aerial Robotic Exploration in the Tunnel and Urban Circuits of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge, 2022, Field Robotics
  • Autonomous Teamed Exploration of Subterranean Environments using Legged and Aerial Robots, 2022, 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers including Mihir Kulkarni, Mihir Dharmadhikari, Nikhil Khedekar, Paolo De Petris, and Shehryar Khattak.

Best Publications

  • Receding horizon “next-best-view” planner for 3D exploration

    Andreas Bircher;Mina Kamel;Kostas Alexis;Helen Oleynikova

  • 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

  • CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge

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  • Model Predictive Control for Trajectory Tracking of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Robot Operating System

    Mina Kamel;Thomas Stastny;Kostas Alexis;Roland Siegwart

  • Receding horizon path planning for 3D exploration and surface inspection

    Andreas Bircher;Mina Kamel;Kostas Alexis;Helen Oleynikova

  • Graph-based subterranean exploration path planning using aerial and legged robots

    Tung Dang;Marco Tranzatto;Shehryar Masaud Khan Khattak;Frank Mascarich

  • Three-dimensional coverage path planning via viewpoint resampling and tour optimization for aerial robots

    Andreas Bircher;Mina Kamel;Kostas Alexis;Kostas Alexis;Michael Burri

  • Uncertainty-aware receding horizon exploration and mapping using aerial robots

    Christos Papachristos;Shehryar Khattak;Kostas Alexis

  • Structural inspection path planning via iterative viewpoint resampling with application to aerial robotics

    Andreas Bircher;Kostas Alexis;Michael Burri;Philipp Oettershagen

  • Coordination of Helicopter UAVs for Aerial Forest-Fire Surveillance

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

  • Motion Primitives-based Path Planning for Fast and Agile Exploration using Aerial Robots

    Mihir Dharmadhikari;Tung Dang;Lukas Solanka;Johannes Loje

  • Graph-based Path Planning for Autonomous Robotic Exploration in Subterranean Environments

    Tung Dang;Frank Mascarich;Shehryar Khattak;Christos Papachristos

  • Present and Future of SLAM in Extreme Environments: The DARPA SubT Challenge

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  • Complementary Multi–Modal Sensor Fusion for Resilient Robot Pose Estimation in Subterranean Environments

    Shehryar Khattak;Huan Nguyen;Frank Mascarich;Tung Dang

  • Design of small hand-launched solar-powered UAVs: From concept study to a multi-day world endurance record flight

    Philipp Oettershagen;Amir Melzer;Thomas Mantel;Konrad Rudin

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

    Kostas Alexis;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Fast nonlinear model predictive control for multicopter attitude tracking on SO(3)

    Mina Kamel;Kostas Alexis;Markus Achtelik;Roland Siegwart

  • Robust Model Predictive Flight Control of Unmanned Rotorcrafts

    Kostas Alexis;Christos Papachristos;Roland Siegwart;Anthony Tzes

  • Model predictive quadrotor indoor position control

    Kostas Alexis;Christos Papachristos;George Nikolakopoulos;Anthony Tzes

  • Aerial robotic contact-based inspection: planning and control

    Kostas Alexis;Georgios Darivianakis;Michael Burri;Roland Siegwart

  • Full Attitude Control of a VTOL tailsitter UAV

    S. Verling;B. Weibel;M. Boosfeld;K. Alexis

  • Integrated Data Management for a Fleet of Search-and-rescue Robots

    Haris Balta;Janusz Bedkowski;Shashank Govindaraj;Karol Majek

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony Tzes
Anthony Tzes New York University Abu Dhabi
Marco Hutter
Marco Hutter ETH Zurich
Lorenzo Marconi
Lorenzo Marconi University of Bologna
Vincenzo Lippiello
Vincenzo Lippiello University of Naples Federico II

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