Kostadin Kostadinov

Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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Kostadin Kostadinov is a robotics researcher whose work bridges precision bio-manipulation and intelligent agricultural automation. His contributions span two distinct domains: micro/nano-scale cell manipulation and autonomous agricultural robotics. In his early career, Kostadinov developed a closed-chain robotic mechanism for cell micro/nano manipulation, integrating visual and haptic interfaces to transfer operator skills via direct teleoperation. This foundational work led to a compliant serial-parallel robot for cell injection, where he applied Pseudo-Rigid-Body Modeling (PRBM) to model elastic structures and pre-tensioning strategies. More recently, his research has shifted toward agricultural robotics, where he developed a mobile robot for weed destruction that leverages machine learning and computer vision for object detection and tracking. This work, published in 2023 with 4 citations, addresses the growing integration of IoT and robotics in precision agriculture. Though his citation counts are modest, Kostadinov’s work demonstrates technical depth in mechanism design and control systems, from cellular-scale interventions to field-scale automation, reflecting a versatile engineering approach to solving real-world manipulation challenges.