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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Greece
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
12632
World Ranking
734
National Ranking
6

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
58
Citations
12475
World Ranking
1874
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Greece Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Greece Leader Award
  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to robot motion planning and control of multi-robot systems

Overview

Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and computer science, with significant contributions in subfields such as control and systems engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, aerospace engineering, computer networks and communications, and ocean engineering.

The scientist has produced a substantial body of work in topics including robotic path planning algorithms, distributed control multi-agent systems, robotics and sensor-based localization, adaptive control of nonlinear systems, underwater vehicles and communication systems, robot manipulation and learning, and advanced vision and imaging.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "A Predictive Control Approach for Cooperative Transportation by Multiple Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems" (2021), IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • "Cooperative Impedance Control for Multiple Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems Under Lean Communication" (2020), IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • "Multi-Agent Formation Control Based on Distributed Estimation With Prescribed Performance" (2020), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "A Self-triggered Position Based Visual Servoing Model Predictive Control Scheme for Underwater Robotic Vehicles" (2020), Machines
  • "Physical Human-Robot Cooperation Based on Robust Motion Intention Estimation" (2020), Robotica

Their frequent coauthors include Charalampos P. Bechlioulis, George C. Karras, Panagiotis Rousseas, Sotirios N. Aspragkathos, and Fotis Panetsos. Their collaborative work indicates research activity in multi-robot systems and control.

Regular publication venues for their research are:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Sensors
  • Robotics
  • 2022 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)
  • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

In recognition of contributions to robot motion planning and control of multi-robot systems, they were named an IEEE Fellow in 2017.

Best Publications

  • On the Rendezvous Problem for Multiple Nonholonomic Agents

    D.V. Dimarogonas;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Leader–follower cooperative attitude control of multiple rigid bodies

    Dimos V. Dimarogonas;Panagiotis Tsiotras;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Nonholonomic navigation and control of cooperating mobile manipulators

    H.G. Tanner;S.G. Loizou;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • A feedback stabilization and collision avoidance scheme for multiple independent non-point agents

    Dimos V. Dimarogonas;Savvas G. Loizou;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos;Michael M. Zavlanos

  • EMG-Based Control of a Robot Arm Using Low-Dimensional Embeddings

    P.K. Artemiadis;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Event-triggered control for discrete-time systems

    Alina Eqtami;Dimos V. Dimarogonas;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands

    Marco Santello;Matteo Bianchi;Marco Gabiccini;Emiliano Ricciardi

  • Minimum jerk path generation

    K.J. Kyriakopoulos;G.N. Saridis

  • An EMG-Based Robot Control Scheme Robust to Time-Varying EMG Signal Features

    Panagiotis K Artemiadis;Kostas J Kyriakopoulos

  • Connectedness Preserving Distributed Swarm Aggregation for Multiple Kinematic Robots

    D.V. Dimarogonas;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Brief paper: A connection between formation infeasibility and velocity alignment in kinematic multi-agent systems

    Dimos V. Dimarogonas;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Trajectory Tracking With Prescribed Performance for Underactuated Underwater Vehicles Under Model Uncertainties and External Disturbances

    Charalampos P. Bechlioulis;George C. Karras;Shahab Heshmati-Alamdari;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Automatic synthesis of multi-agent motion tasks based on LTL specifications

    S.G. Loizou;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Sensor-based self-localization for wheeled mobile robots

    A. Curran;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

  • A Switching Regime Model for the EMG-Based Control of a Robot Arm

    Panagiotis K Artemiadis;Kostas J Kyriakopoulos

  • The consumption of bread enriched with betaglucan reduces LDL-cholesterol and improves insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes.

    S. Liatis;P. Tsapogas;E. Chala;C. Dimosthenopoulos

  • Nonholonomic motion planning for mobile manipulators

    H.G. Tanner;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • A Petri-net coordination model for an intelligent mobile robot

    F.Y. Wang;K.J. Kyriakopoulos;A. Tsolkas;G.N. Saridis

  • A Leader-based Containment Control Strategy for Multiple Unicycles

    D.V. Dimarogonas;M. Egerstedt;K.J. Kyriakopoulos

  • Open-source, anthropomorphic, underactuated robot hands with a selectively lockable differential mechanism: Towards affordable prostheses

    George P. Kontoudis;Minas V. Liarokapis;Agisilaos G. Zisimatos;Christoforos I. Mavrogiannis

  • Brief Backstepping for nonsmooth systems

    Herbert G. Tanner;Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimos V. Dimarogonas
Dimos V. Dimarogonas Royal Institute of Technology
Michael M. Zavlanos
Michael M. Zavlanos Duke University
John Lygeros
John Lygeros ETH Zurich
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology
George J. Pappas
George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania
David M. Lane
David M. Lane Heriot-Watt University
Panagiotis Tsiotras
Panagiotis Tsiotras Georgia Institute of Technology
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Darwin G. Caldwell
Darwin G. Caldwell Italian Institute of Technology
Domenico Prattichizzo
Domenico Prattichizzo University of Siena

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