Stasinos Konstantopoulos
National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos", Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications
Papers
15
Total Citations
129
H-Index
5
About
Stasinos Konstantopoulos is a leading researcher in mobile robotics and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on enabling robots to operate effectively in real-world environments—from rugged outdoor terrain to sensitive assisted living settings. His most influential work centers on **traversability estimation**, where he has developed methods for robots to assess terrain difficulty using visual data, including a pioneering survey (46 citations) that systematically analyzes the field's major approaches. Konstantopoulos has also made significant contributions to **assistive robotics for elderly care**, notably through the RADIO project (20 citations), which demonstrated how robots can provide unobtrusive, modular support for independent aging. His research uniquely bridges technical challenges—such as computation and communication constraints in home environments (8 citations)—with human factors, including robot personality modeling (8 citations) and strategies for unobtrusive health data acquisition (4 citations). A hallmark of his work is the CLIC framework (4 citations), which integrates humans and machines into distributed cognitive systems. With over 100 total citations across his top papers, Konstantopoulos continues to advance the frontier of autonomous robots that are not only capable but also socially aware and practically deployable.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A Survey of Traversability Estimation for Mobile Robots46 citations · 2022
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- 3Improving Traversability Estimation Through Autonomous Robot Experimentation12 citations · 2019
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- 5Robot Personality: Representation and Externalization8 citations · 2008
- 6A Simulated Environment for Robot Vision Experiments5 citations · 2022
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- 8Indoors Traversability Estimation with Less Labels for Mobile Robots4 citations · 2022
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