Apostolos Kottas

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Apostolos Kottas is a robotics researcher whose work centers on the design, power management, and coordination of small-scale, deployable robotic systems for surveillance, reconnaissance, and environmental monitoring. His major contributions include pioneering methods for intelligent power management in multi-robot teams, enabling robots to estimate remaining battery capacity and operate autonomously for longer periods. He also developed the Aquapod, a small amphibious robot capable of collecting subsurface liquid samples for environmental monitoring and disaster response. Kottas explored impact-orientation invariant designs for projectile-deployed robots, allowing them to be safely launched into hazardous or inaccessible areas. His research on the Scout robot advanced miniature robotics by integrating local sensing and ruggedization to enhance field effectiveness. With key papers accumulating over 70 citations, his work has influenced the development of durable, energy-aware, and coordinated multi-robot teams. Notably, his contributions to robot longevity and coordination have practical implications for law enforcement, search and rescue, and environmental science, making him a notable figure in the field of autonomous mobile robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Intelligent power management: Promoting power-consciousness in teams of mobile robots

   18 citations · 2009
2. 2
   Increasing the Scout's effectiveness through local sensing and ruggedization

   15 citations · 2004
3. 3
   Aquapod: A small amphibious robot with sampling capabilities

   15 citations · 2012
4. 4
   Impact orientation invariant robot design: an approach to projectile deployed robotic platforms

   14 citations · 2006
5. 5
   Coordination and Longevity in Multi-Robot Teams Involving Miniature Robots

   9 citations · 2013

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