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Veska Georgieva is a robotics researcher specializing in adaptive control, human-robot interaction, and autonomous navigation for mobile robots. Her work focuses on enabling differential drive mobile robots to intelligently follow and interact with humans in dynamic environments. In her most cited paper (2018, 11 citations), she proposed an adaptive velocity controller that incorporates actuator dynamics for precise path following. She further advanced human-robot collaboration by developing adaptive control schemes for autonomous human following, where robots maintain a desired distance from a person using leader-follower formations and look-ahead concepts (2021, 5 citations; 2020, 4 citations). Georgieva has also contributed to practical perception systems, including a real-time laser obstacle detection system for navigation (2019, 3 citations) and vision-based line tracking control using onboard cameras (2018, 2 citations). Her research bridges theoretical control design with real-world applications in service robotics, assistive technology, and autonomous systems. With a growing body of work addressing the critical challenge of safe and adaptive human-robot coexistence, Georgieva’s contributions are laying the groundwork for more responsive and intelligent mobile robots.