Anastasios I. Mourikis
University of Minnesota, University of California, Riverside, Twin Cities Orthopedics, University of Minnesota System
Papers
21
Total Citations
1,032
H-Index
16
About
Anastasios I. Mourikis is a prominent robotics researcher whose work centers on mobile robot localization, multi-robot systems, and probabilistic state estimation. His research has made foundational contributions to cooperative localization — the challenge of enabling teams of robots to accurately determine their positions by sharing sensor information. His 2006 paper on multi-robot cooperative localization (234 citations) established key analytical bounds on positioning uncertainty, while subsequent work on observability-consistent Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) estimators addressed critical reliability issues in these systems. Mourikis has also tackled the practical challenges of resource-constrained robot formations, developing optimal sensor scheduling strategies that balance bandwidth and communication limitations. Beyond cooperative systems, his contributions extend to motion tracking using fixed-lag smoothing, stochastic cloning Kalman filters for processing relative-state measurements, and Cooperative SLAM performance prediction. A particularly applied contribution is his autonomous stair-climbing algorithm for tracked vehicles (118 citations), demonstrating his range from theoretical estimation to real-world autonomy challenges. Collectively, his body of work — spanning rigorous mathematical analysis and practical implementation — has significantly shaped how researchers approach consistency, efficiency, and accuracy in robotic localization and navigation.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Performance analysis of multirobot Cooperative localization234 citations · 2006
- 2Autonomous Stair Climbing for Tracked Vehicles118 citations · 2007
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- 5Motion tracking with fixed-lag smoothing: Algorithm and consistency analysis92 citations · 2011
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- 8On the Performance of Multi-robot Target Tracking35 citations · 2007
- 9On the treatment of relative-pose measurements for mobile robot localization29 citations · 2006
- 10On the consistency of multi-robot cooperative localization28 citations · 2009