Grzegorz Karpiel

About

Grzegorz Karpiel is a Polish researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, control systems, and digital hardware design, with a particular focus on parallel and hybrid robots for precision milling applications. Over two decades, he has made sustained contributions to the development of CNC systems, trajectory tracking controllers, and inverse kinematics solvers for complex robotic architectures, most notably his 5-axis hybrid milling robot work, which garnered 20 citations each across two landmark 2016 publications. A defining thread in Karpiel's career is his pioneering use of FPGA technology to accelerate computationally intensive robotics tasks. His 2004 paper on semi-automatic implementation of control algorithms in ASIC/FPGA — cited 17 times — introduced a generator capable of producing synthesizable code directly from Simulink models, enabling virtual prototyping of entire mechatronic systems with bit and cycle accuracy. Subsequent work extended this into hardware/software co-design and neural control implementations, reflecting a consistent drive toward intelligent, hardware-efficient robotics. His mechatronic design methodology for a novel 3-RRPRR parallel manipulator further demonstrates his holistic engineering approach. With research spanning robotic gynecological surgery to jerk-limited trajectory generation, Karpiel's portfolio reveals a uniquely versatile contributor to applied robotics and embedded systems engineering.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   CNC system of the 5-axis hybrid robot for milling

   20 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Trajectory tracking controller of the hybrid robot for milling

   20 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Semi-automatic implementation of control algorithms in ASIC/FPGA

   17 citations · 2004
4. 4
   FPGA based hardware accelerator for calculations of the parallel robot inverse kinematics

   15 citations · 2012
5. 5
   Hardware/Software Co-design of Control Algorithms

   7 citations · 2006
6. 6
   Acceleration of parallel robot trajectory generation in FPGA

   4 citations · 2013
7. 7
   NEURAL CONTROL OF A PARALLEL ROBOT – DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION IN FPGA

   4 citations · 2006
8. 8
   Implementation of control algorithms in Field Programmable Gate Arrays

   3 citations · 2007
9. 9
   Mechatronic Design of a Parallel Robot for Milling

   2 citations · 2013
10. 10
    Operative procedures supported with robotics systems and available endoscope procedures in operative gynecology

    2 citations · 2014

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