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Total Citations
1,179
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About
Stavros Vougioukas is a leading researcher in agricultural robotics and autonomous systems, whose work sits at the intersection of precision agriculture, robot motion planning, and human-robot collaboration. His landmark 2018 review, "Agricultural Robotics" (165 citations), established a foundational framework for understanding how robotic systems can address the global challenge of diminishing farm labor while sustainably scaling food production. This work, alongside his contributions to orchard navigation, tree detection using low-cost 3D sensors, and route planning for orchard operations, has helped define the field's technical trajectory. Vougioukas has made particularly significant contributions to harvesting automation, developing crop-transport collaborative robot systems for strawberry harvesting and pioneering scheduling algorithms that optimize coordination between human pickers and autonomous co-robots. His multi-part studies on human-robot collaboration during harvesting reflect a nuanced understanding that full automation must often coexist with skilled human labor. Earlier work on nonlinear model predictive control for mobile robots demonstrated his deep grounding in autonomous navigation theory. More recently, his comprehensive review of high-throughput crop phenotyping systems signals a broadening influence on data-driven plant science. With over 650 cumulative citations, Vougioukas's research continues to shape how robotics can make modern agriculture smarter, safer, and more resilient.
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Top Papers
- 1Agricultural Robotics165 citations · 2018
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- 3Route planning for orchard operations90 citations · 2015
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- 10Routing Algorithms for Robot Assisted Precision Irrigation38 citations · 2018