Papers
169
Total Citations
5,968
H-Index
41
About
Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous navigation, human-robot interaction, swarm robotics, and underwater vehicle control. Based at the National Technical University of Athens, he has made foundational contributions to the field of nonholonomic motion planning, most notably developing the first methodology for articulated nonholonomic robots with guaranteed collision avoidance and convergence properties using novel Lyapunov-based navigation functions — a paper that has garnered over 300 citations. His influential work on multi-agent systems, including distributed swarm aggregation and feedback stabilization for non-point agents, has shaped modern approaches to cooperative robotics. Kyriakopoulos has also been a pioneer in EMG-based human-robot control interfaces, producing multiple highly cited studies demonstrating how electromyographic signals can intuitively command robotic arms, with combined citations exceeding 600 in this area alone. His research extends into neuroscience-inspired hand synergies, underwater vehicle trajectory tracking under uncertainty, and vehicular platoon control. With a portfolio of papers collectively accumulating well over 2,200 citations, Kyriakopoulos stands as a highly impactful figure bridging theoretical robotics with practical, human-centered applications.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Nonholonomic navigation and control of cooperating mobile manipulators304 citations · 2003
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- 4EMG-Based Control of a Robot Arm Using Low-Dimensional Embeddings263 citations · 2010
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- 6An EMG-Based Robot Control Scheme Robust to Time-Varying EMG Signal Features220 citations · 2010
- 7Minimum jerk path generation210 citations · 2003
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- 9A Switching Regime Model for the EMG-Based Control of a Robot Arm144 citations · 2010
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