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Dimitrios Spatharakis is a leading researcher at the intersection of edge computing, robotics, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). His work focuses on enabling resource-constrained mobile robots to perform computationally intensive tasks—such as localization, path planning, and control—by offloading them to powerful edge servers. Spatharakis has made major contributions to the development of "Edge Robotics," a paradigm that promises to revolutionize Industry 4.0 by ensuring safety, real-time performance, and efficient resource use. His most-cited paper (14 citations) introduces a switching offloading mechanism for path planning and localization, while his subsequent work (13 and 12 citations) advances set-based estimation and control for edge robotics. Notably, he has also developed a single vision-based self-localization method for autonomous agents (11 citations) and explored network slicing orchestration for collaborative edge robotics (9 citations). Spatharakis’s research is foundational for next-generation IIoT testbeds, demonstrating how 5G, NFV, and edge computing can be orchestrated to meet the high-performance demands of industrial processes. His work is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of autonomous, connected robotics.