Papers
63
Total Citations
1,561
H-Index
19
About
Vassilis G. Kaburlasos is a prominent researcher whose work spans agricultural robotics, machine vision, and social robotics in education — fields where his contributions have collectively garnered nearly 1,000 citations. His research has been instrumental in advancing precision agriculture, with his widely cited 2019 review on machine vision systems (280 citations) serving as a foundational reference for crop farming applications. He has further shaped the field through comprehensive overviews of cooperative agricultural robotics (160 citations) and robotic harvesting end effectors (127 citations), positioning him as a leading authority on automation in food production. His development of an integrated autonomous grape-harvesting robot architecture exemplifies his commitment to translating theory into real-world "Agriculture 4.0" solutions, complemented by specialized work on ripeness estimation and neural network-based grape stem detection. Equally impressive is Kaburlasos's parallel contributions to social robotics in education, particularly for children with autism spectrum disorder. His systematic reviews and experimental studies on child-robot interaction and engagement measurement (100 and 61 citations respectively) have helped establish social robotics as a legitimate therapeutic and pedagogical tool. His dual expertise across agricultural technology and human-robot interaction makes him a uniquely versatile and impactful figure in applied robotics research.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Machine Vision Systems in Precision Agriculture for Crop Farming280 citations · 2019
- 2An Overview of Cooperative Robotics in Agriculture160 citations · 2021
- 3An Overview of End Effectors in Agricultural Robotic Harvesting Systems127 citations · 2022
- 4Social Robots in Special Education: A Systematic Review100 citations · 2021
- 5An Autonomous Grape-Harvester Robot: Integrated System Architecture62 citations · 2021
- 6Social Robotics in Education: State-of-the-Art and Directions61 citations · 2018
- 7On Measuring Engagement Level During Child-Robot Interaction in Education47 citations · 2019
- 8Machine Vision for Ripeness Estimation in Viticulture Automation47 citations · 2021
- 9Grape stem detection using regression convolutional neural networks46 citations · 2021
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