Sotirios Spanogianopoulos
University of Portsmouth, University of Kent, Middlesex University Dubai, Cranfield University
Papers
11
Total Citations
63
H-Index
5
About
Sotirios Spanogianopoulos is a robotics researcher whose work spans control theory, path planning, and intelligent systems for mobile and surgical robots. His major contributions include developing robust finite-time nonlinear controllers for exoskeleton robots that handle unknown friction and external disturbances, and pioneering non-holonomic path planning for car-like robots using RRT*FN—a method that incrementally steers vehicles toward configurations while respecting motion constraints. He has also advanced optimal mobile robot routing through neural networks and kernel-based dimensionality reduction, and addressed precise motion control for ear surgery robots using non-singular terminal sliding mode with perturbation observers. Spanogianopoulos’s work on adaptive partial linearization for tractor-trailer wheeled robots and his survey on particle swarm optimization in robotics demonstrate his breadth. With over 60 citations across his top papers, his research is gaining traction, particularly his 2025 works on exoskeleton control (12 citations) and mobile robot routing (10 citations). His recent explorations into deep neural frameworks for slip mitigation and neural imitation of model predictive control for agile micro air vehicles in film production signal a forward-looking trajectory, making him a rising figure in autonomous and medical robotics.
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Top Papers
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- 2Non-holonomic path planning of car-like robot using RRT*FN12 citations · 2015
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- 6Particle Swarm Optimization and Applications in Robotics: A Survey5 citations · 2018
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- 10Car-Like Mobile Robot Navigation: A Survey2 citations · 2016