Angeliki Topalidou‐Kyniazopoulou
University of Bonn, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Technical University of Crete, Information Technologies Institute
Papers
9
Total Citations
280
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About
Angeliki Topalidou‐Kyniazopoulou is a leading researcher in mobile manipulation robotics, human-robot interaction, and surgical assistance systems. Her most impactful work centers on the NimbRo Rescue team’s Momaro robot, a centaur-like platform that tackled the DARPA Robotics Challenge, demonstrating robust locomotion and manipulation in disaster-response scenarios (146 citations). She also advanced industrial automation with a real-time object detection pipeline for fast robotic depalletizing (45 citations) and developed semi-autonomous systems for rough-terrain exploration during the DLR SpaceBot Cup (39 citations). Her contributions extend to intuitive human-robot interfaces, including a CASE tool for behavior development and a system for teaching collaborative robots new assembly tasks. Notably, she has pioneered real-time stereo reconstruction for augmenting surgeons’ views during robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS), registering intraoperative scenes to preoperative 3D models. With over 280 total citations, Topalidou‐Kyniazopoulou’s work bridges critical gaps between autonomous rescue robotics, flexible manufacturing, and surgical assistance, making her a versatile innovator in applied robotics.
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- 6A CASE Tool for Robot Behavior Development11 citations · 2013
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