Georgios Lidoris
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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- 3The autonomous city explorer project: aims and system overview28 citations · 2007
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- 6Information-Based Gaze Direction Planning Algorithm for SLAM10 citations · 2006
- 7System interdependence analysis for autonomous mobile robots8 citations · 2009
- 8The Autonomous City Explorer project6 citations · 2009
- 9A Multi-agent System Architecture for Modular Robotic Mobility Aids6 citations · 2006
- 10System interdependence analysis for autonomous robots4 citations · 2011