A. Thanailakis
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A. Thanailakis is a pioneering researcher in the fields of VLSI design, robotics, and cellular automata, whose work bridges theoretical algorithms with practical hardware implementation. His most influential contribution is a novel parallel algorithm for collision-free path planning, which uses two-dimensional cellular automata to navigate a diamond-shaped robot through arbitrary obstacles. This 1997 paper, with 92 citations, demonstrates a retraction of free space onto the Voronoi diagram, enabling efficient, real-time navigation—a key advance for autonomous systems. Thanailakis further showcases his impact in VLSI with the design of an ASIC for color measurement, converting RGB to CIE L*a*b* coordinates at a remarkable 106.4 MIPS through pipelining. Though this 1995 work has 4 citations, it highlights his ability to create high-speed, application-specific integrated circuits for real-time processing. Together, these contributions underscore Thanailakis’s expertise in merging cellular automata theory with VLSI technology, offering scalable solutions for robotics and colorimetry. His work remains a touchstone for researchers exploring parallel computing and hardware acceleration in embedded systems.
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- 2Design and VLSI implementation of a new ASIC for colour measurement4 citations · 1995