Emmanouil Orfanoudakis

University of Crete, Technical University of Crete

Papers

Total Citations

164

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About

Emmanouil Orfanoudakis is a leading researcher in humanoid robotics, with a primary focus on robot kinematics, dynamic locomotion, and control systems. His most significant contributions center on the Aldebaran NAO humanoid robot, where he developed complete, exact, analytical solutions for forward and inverse kinematics—a foundational achievement that enables the design of complex, dynamic motions. His 2013 and 2014 papers on this topic have garnered 77 and 73 citations respectively, underscoring their lasting impact on the field. Orfanoudakis has also advanced the challenge of stable, omnidirectional walking in real humanoid robots, proposing novel preview control and inverse system approaches based on the Cart and Table model for dynamic locomotion. His work bridges theoretical kinematics with practical control, providing essential tools for researchers and engineers working on humanoid motion planning. With a career marked by rigorous analytical methods and high-impact publications, Orfanoudakis remains a key figure in enabling more agile and autonomous humanoid robots.