Constantinos Vrohidis
Papers
8
Total Citations
125
H-Index
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About
Constantinos Vrohidis is a robotics and control systems researcher whose work centers on autonomous robot navigation, multi-robot coordination, and formal methods for motion planning. He has made significant contributions to overcoming fundamental challenges in robot navigation, most notably addressing the local minima problem inherent in Artificial Potential Fields through the development of harmonic maps and adaptive harmonic potential fields — his most cited work on this topic has accumulated 42 citations since 2018. Vrohidis has also pioneered prescribed time scale navigation, enabling robots to reach target configurations within user-defined timeframes, a practically valuable advancement garnering 24 citations. His research extends into formally verified navigation, where he applies temporal logic frameworks such as Metric Interval Temporal Logic (MITL) to ensure robots satisfy complex spatial and timed behavioral specifications in cluttered environments. In multi-robot systems, he has developed decentralized, reconfigurable coordination strategies that guarantee safe convergence under local communication constraints. Collectively, his portfolio reflects a rigorous blend of control theory, formal verification, and practical robotics, making his work highly relevant to researchers working on provably safe autonomous systems in real-world, obstacle-rich environments.
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Top Papers
- 1Robot Navigation in Complex Workspaces Using Harmonic Maps42 citations · 2018
- 2Prescribed Time Scale Robot Navigation24 citations · 2018
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