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Leonidas Drikos is a leading researcher in maritime robotics and intelligent ship systems, with a focus on automating vessel inspection and condition monitoring. His pioneering work addresses the critical challenge of maintaining ship hulls and machinery through roboticized visual inspection, as demonstrated in his highly cited 2010 paper "First steps towards a roboticized visual inspection system for vessels" (14 citations). Drikos was instrumental in the development of the MINOAS (Marine INspection rObotic Assistant) project, which defined system requirements and design for autonomous hull inspection robots. He further advanced the field through the INCASS project, integrating sensor data collection and analysis for structural and machinery condition monitoring (13 citations). His research bridges robotics, sensor networks, and predictive maintenance, contributing to the emerging concept of smart ships that use real-time data to enhance performance and safety. More recently, Drikos has explored next-generation connectivity for industrial robotics, evaluating Wi-Fi 6 performance in outdoor robotic scenarios. With a career spanning over a decade, his work has laid foundational groundwork for autonomous maritime inspection systems, earning recognition from both academic and industrial communities.