Fotis N. Koumboulis

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Fotis N. Koumboulis is a control systems engineer whose research bridges robotics, discrete event systems, and advanced control theory. His work spans cooperative robotic manipulators, liquid transfer control, supervisory control architectures, and networked robotic systems, establishing him as a versatile contributor to both theoretical and applied control engineering. Among his most recognized contributions is his application of metaheuristic search algorithms to achieve independent force and position control in cooperating robotic manipulators (2007, 38 citations), a creative fusion of computational intelligence and classical control design. His research on sloshing suppression during robotic liquid transfer — spanning modeling, control design, and robustness analysis — represents a sustained and practically significant body of work, addressing the challenging dynamics of fluid-carrying manipulators through pendulum-type approximations and multi-stage control schemes. Koumboulis has also made meaningful contributions to supervisory control of industrial systems, including distributed architectures for wafer production (2023, 20 citations) and function supervisors for robotic warehouse storage systems. His investigations into remote control of redundant manipulators over wireless networks further reflect his engagement with emerging challenges in connected robotics. Collectively, his publications demonstrate a career dedicated to solving complex, real-world control problems with both mathematical rigor and engineering practicality.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A Metaheuristic Controller for Cooperative Manipulators

   38 citations · 2007
2. 2
   A Distributed Supervisor Architecture for a General Wafer Production System

   20 citations · 2023
3. 3
   A two stage robot control for liquid transfer

   15 citations · 2007
4. 4
   Function supervisors for storage systems

   12 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Mobile robots in singular time-delay form – Modeling and control

   11 citations · 2015
6. 6
   Robustness Of A Robot Control Scheme For Liquid Transfer

   9 citations · 2008
7. 7
   Towards remote control of planar redundant robotic manipulators

   7 citations · 2017
8. 8
   A unified approach for the common I/O decoupling via measurement output feedback of multi model descriptor and normal systems

   7 citations · 2016
9. 9
   On the modelling and controller design for the outpouring phase of the pouring process

   6 citations · 2009
10. 10
    On the Common Control Design of Robotic Manipulators Carrying Different Loads

    5 citations · 2018

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