Georgios Lidoris

Technical University of Munich

Papers

12

Total Citations

260

H-Index

7

About

Georgios Lidoris is a pioneering researcher in autonomous mobile robotics, best known for his work on human-robot interaction and navigation in dynamic, unstructured urban environments. His landmark project, the Autonomous City Explorer (ACE), demonstrated a robot capable of navigating unknown city streets without GPS or prior maps, relying instead on natural interactions with pedestrians to build topological representations. This work, published in 2009 and garnering over 110 citations, remains a cornerstone in the field of socially-aware robotics. Lidoris also made significant theoretical contributions to Bayesian state estimation and behavior selection, enabling robots to operate safely in unpredictable, crowded spaces. His research on combined trajectory planning and gaze direction control advanced simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) by optimizing sensor data collection for improved estimation accuracy. Additionally, his system interdependence analysis provided formal methods to identify critical components affecting robustness in complex robotic architectures. With a portfolio of highly cited papers spanning from 2006 to 2011, Lidoris’s work has profoundly influenced the development of autonomous systems that can seamlessly integrate into human environments, bridging the gap between industrial tools and everyday companions.

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Key Achievements

7
H-Index
12
Papers
260
Total Citations
22
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
The Autonomous City Explorer: Towards Natural Human-Robot Interaction in Urban Environments
110 citations · 2009
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2009 (4 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 12
🏛 Institutions: Technical University of Munich

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