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Stephanos Camarinopoulos is a leading figure in the field of robotic inspection for civil infrastructure, with a primary focus on the autonomous assessment of transportation tunnels. His major contributions center on the development of integrated robotic systems that combine computer vision, intelligent control, and sensor technologies to automate the structural evaluation of aging tunnels. His most impactful work, "Autonomous robotic system for tunnel structural inspection and assessment" (2017), has garnered 99 citations, demonstrating its influence in advancing practical, field-ready robotic solutions. This research builds on his earlier foundational work in the ROBINSPECT EC project (2014), which established the core principles of vision-based tunnel inspection. Camarinopoulos’s achievements include pioneering the shift from manual to automated inspection methods, significantly improving safety and efficiency in infrastructure maintenance. His work is instrumental for researchers and engineers seeking to deploy robotics in challenging, real-world environments, offering a clear pathway from theoretical computer vision to operational robotic systems that address the urgent need for reliable tunnel assessment.