Publications
Journal Publications
[J22] E. K. Raptis, M. Krestenitis, K. Egglezos, O. Kypris, K. Ioannidis, L. Doitsidis, A. C. Kapoutsis, S. Vrochidis, I. Kompatsiaris, E. Kosmatopoulos, “End-to-end precision agriculture UAV-based tailored to field characteristics”, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Springer, 107, 23, 2023. link
[J21] G. Kyprianou, L. Doitsidis, and S. A. Chatzichristofis, “Towards the achievement of path planning with multi robot systems in dynamics environments”, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Springer, 104, 15, 2022. link
[J20] G. Tsalmpouris, N. Gertsakis, G. Tsinarakis, S. A. Chatzichristofis and L. Doitsidis “HYDRA: Introducing a low-cost framework for STEM education using open tools”, Electronics, 10(24), 3056, 2021. link
[J19] S. Piperidis, I. Chrysomallis, S. Georgakopoulos, N. Ghionis, L. Doitsidis, N. Tsourveloudis, “A ROS Based Energy Management System for a Prototype Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle,” Energies, 14 (7), 1964, 2021. link
[J18] A. Sofokleous, P. Christodoulou, L. Doitsidis, S. Chatzichristofis, “Computer Vision Meets Educational Robotics,” Electronics, 10, 730, 2021. link
[J17] E. Papadokokolakis, P. Spanoudakis, L. Doitsidis, N. Tsourveloudis, “Analysis and comparison of a single-material versus multi-material chassis design for lightweight electric vehicles,” International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, vol. 15. No. 1, pp. 60-80, 2021. link
[J16] S. Evripidou, K. Georgiou, L. Doitsidis, A. A. Amanatiadis, Z. Zinonos and S. A. Chatzichristofis, “Educational Robotics: Platforms, Competitions and Expected Learning Outcomes,” in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 219534-219562, 2020. link
[J15] P. Spanoudakis, G. Moschopoulos, T. Stefanoulis, N. Sarantinoudis, E. Papadokokolakis, I. Ioannou, S. Piperidis, L. Doitsidis, N. C Tsourveloudis, “Efficient Gear Ratio Selection of a Single-Speed Drivetrain for Improved Electric Vehicle Energy Consumption,” Sustainability, vol.12, 2020, 9254. link
[J14] P. Spanoudakis, N. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis, E. Karapidakis, “Experimental results of transmission use on electric vehicle’s energy consumption,” Energies, vol. 12, issue. 3, 2019. link
[J13] Lefteris Doitsidis, George N. Fouskitakis, Kyriaki N. Varikou, Iraklis I. Rigakis, Savvas A. Chatzichristofis, Androniki K. Papafiippaki, Athanasia E. Birouraki, “Remote Monitoring of the Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) (Diptera: Tephritidae) Population Using an Automated McPhail Trap,” Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 137, pp. 69-78, 2017. link
[J12] A. C. Kapoutsis S. A. Chatzichristofis, L. Doitsidis, J. Borges de Sousa, J. Pinto, J. Braga, E. B. Kosmatopoulos, “Real-time Adaptive Multi-Robot Exploration with application to Underwater Map Construction,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 987-1015, 2016 . link
[J11] D. Scaramuzza, M.C. Achtelik, L. Doitsidis, F. Fraundorfer, E.B. Kosmatopoulos, A. Martinelli, M.W. Achtelik, M. Chli, S. A. Chatzichristofis, L. Kneip, D. Gurdan, L. Heng, G.H. Lee, S. Lynen, L. Meier, M. Pollefeys, A. Renzaglia, Roland Siegwart, J.C. Stumpf, P. Tanskanen, C. Troiani and S. Weiss, “Vision-Controlled Micro Flying Robots: from System Design to Autonomous Navigation and Mapping in GPS-denied Environments,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 21, issue 3, pp. 26-40, September 2014. link
[J10] A. Amanatiadis, S. A. Chatzichristofis, K. Charalampous, L. Doitsidis, E. B. Kosmatopoulos, P. Tsalides, A. Gasteratos and S. Roumeliotis, “A multi-objective exploration strategy for mobile robots under operational constraints,” IEEE Access, vol.1, pp. 691-702, 2013. link
[J9] L. Doitsidis, S. Weiss, A. Renzaglia, M. W. Achtelik, E. Kosmatopoulos, R. Siegwart, D. Scaramuzza, “Optimal Surveillance Coverage for Teams of Micro Aerial Vehicles in GPS-Denied Environments using Onboad Vision,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 33, no.1-2, pp. 173-188, 2012. link
[J8] A. Renzaglia, L. Doitsidis, A. Martinelli and E.B. Kosmatopoulos, “Multi-Robot 3D coverage of unknown areas,” International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 31, no.6, pp. 738-752, May 2012. link
[J7] L. Doitsidis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, S. Piperidis, “Evolution of fuzzy controllers for robotic vehicles: The role of fitness function selection,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotics Systems, vol. 56, no.4, pp.469-484, 2009. link
[J6] A. Nelson, G. Barlow, L. Doitsidis, “Fitness Functions in Evolutionary Robotics: A Survey and Analysis,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 57, Issue 4, pp. 345-370, 2009. link
[J5] N. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis and S. Ioannidis, “Work-in-process scheduling by evolutionary tuned fuzzy controllers,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 34, no. 7-8, pp. 748-761, 2007. link
[J4] K. P. Valavanis, L. Doitsidis, M. Long, R. R. Murphy, “Implementation and Experimental Validation of a MATLAB Based Control Architecture for Multiple Robot Outdoor Navigation,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, pp. 93-107, September 2006. link
[J3] P. Spanoudakis, L. Doitsidis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, K. P. Valavanis, “Vertical Take-Off and Landing Vehicle Market Overview,” Unmanned Systems Magazine, pp. 14-18, vol. 21, no. 5, Sept/Oct 2003.
[J2] J. Aekaterinidis, K. Kostoulakis, L. Doitsidis, K. P. Valavanis, N.C. Tsourveloudis, “An Interface System for Real-Time Mobile Robot Environment Mapping using Sonar Sensors,” WSEAS Transactions on Systems, pp. 927-933, Issue 2, vol. 4, October 2003.
[J1] I. K. Nikolos, L. Doitsidis, V. N. Christopoulos, N. C. Tsourveloudis, “Roll Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Fuzzy Logic,” WSEAS Transactions on Systems, pp. 1039-1047, Issue 2, vol. 4, October 2003.
Book Chapters
[B3] A. Ch. Kapoutsis, S. A. Chatzichristofis, G. Ch. Sirakoulis, L. Doitsidis, and E. B. Kosmatopoulos, “Employing cellular automata for shaping accurate morphology maps using scattered data from robotics’ missions,” Robots and Lattice Automata, pp. 229-246, vol.13, Springer-Verlag, G. Sirakoulis, A. Aadamatzky (Eds), 2015.
[B2] N.Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis, K. Valavanis, “Autonomous Navigation of Unmanned Vehicles: A Fuzzy Logic Perspective,” Cutting Edge Robotics, pp. 291-310, Pro Literatur Verlag, ISBN:3-86611-038-3, 2005.
[B1] L. Doitsidis, K. P. Valavanis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, “On the motion control of unmanned skid steering vehicles,” in Recent Advances in Intelligent Systems and Signal Processing, World Scientific & Engineering Society Press, pp. 60-65, ISBN 960 8052 874, 2003.
Conference Papers
[C39] G. P. Kladis, L. Doitsidis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, “Energy-efficient path-planning for UAV swarm-based missions: A genetic algorithm approach,” in proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. (Accepted to appear)
[C38] A. J. Konstantaras, E. Maravelakis, G. Giannakakis, L. Doitsidis, N. Spanoudakis, E. Duca, “K-12 Agile Learning with Educational Software and Robotics Technology,” 5th International Conference in Electronic Engineering, Information Technology & Education. (Accepted to appear)
[C37] C. Giannoulaki, A. Sioutis, G. Kypraios, G. Tsinarakis, L. Doitsidis, “ColourBot: A new modular tool for STEM education,” in proceedings of the 32th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’24). (Accepted to appear)
[C36] S. Ioannidis, L. Doitsidis, N. Tsourveloudis, “Efficiency and Sustainability in Manufacturing: Simultaneous Work-in-Progress Control and Energy Consumption Management,” in proceedings of the 32th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’24). (Accepted to appear)
[C35] Matsioris, A. Theocharous, N. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis, “Towards developing a framework for autonomous electric vehicles using CARLA: A Validation using the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient algorithm,” in proceedings of the 32th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’24). (Accepted to appear)
[C34] D. Ellinoudis, L. Doitsidis, A. Amanatiadis, “Robust multisensor localization using sparse landmarks for autonomous driving,” in proceedings of the 32th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’24). (Accepted to appear)
[C33] N. Sarantinoudis, G. Tsinarakis, L. Doitsidis, S. Chatzichristofis, G. Arampatzis, “A ROS-based Autonomous Vehicle testbed for the Internet of Vehicles,” in proceedings of 2023 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS).
[C32] N. Sarantinoudis, G. Tsinarakis, L. Doitsidis, N. tsourveloudis, G. Arampatzis, “Bibliometric Analysis on Application of Digital Twins in Autonomous Vehicles,” in proceedings of the 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED’23).
[C31] G. Kyprianou, L. Doitsidis, A. Kapoutsis, Z. Zinonos, S. Chatzichristofis, “Bin-Picking in the Industry 4.0 Era,” in proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE). link
[C30] G. Kakaras, E. Goumenakis, E. Glynos, P. Spanoudakis, G. Tsinarakis, N. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis, “HYDRA 2.0: Towards developing a holistic tool for STEM education,” in proceedings of the 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’22), pp. 1099-1104, 2022. link
[C29] S. Evripidou, L. Doitsidis, G. Tsinarakis, Z. Zinonos, S. A. Chatzichristofis, “Selecting a Robotic Platform for Education,” in IEEE’s 40th International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2022. link
[C28] G. Eleftheriou, L. Doitsidis, Z. Zinonos, S. Chatzichristofis, “A Fuzzy Rule-Based Control System for Fast Line-Following Robots,” in proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS, pp. 388-395, 15-17 June 2020, Los Angeles, United States. link
[C27] G. J. Tsinarakis, P. S. Spanoudakis, G. Arabatzis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis, “Implementation of a Petri-net based Digital Twin for the development procedure of an Electric Vehicle,” in proceedings of the 28th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’20), pp. 862-867, 2020. link
[C26] N. Sarantinoudis, P. Spanoudakis, L. Doitsidis, T. Stefanoulis, N. Tsourveloudis, “Enhancing the educational process related to autonomous driving,” in 10th Workshop on Planning, Perception and Navigation for intelligentVehicle, 2018 IEEE/RSJ International conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Madrid, October, 2018.
[C25] G. N. Fouskitakis, L. Doitsidis, K. Varikou, I. Rigakis, I. Sarantopoulos, A. Mpirouraki, A. Papafilippaki, S. A. Chatzichristofis, K. Maniadaki, “Integrated Pest Control for the Olive-Fruit Fly: Remote Pest Monitoring and Optimized Bait-Sprays,” in proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies Agriculture, Food & Environment, Chana, September 2017. link
[C24] G. N. Fouskitakis, L. Doitsidis, I. Rigakis, K. Varikou, I. Sarantopoulos, “Design and Development of Embedded Systems for Precision Agriculture Applications: The Case of Monitoring Dacus Oleae Population and Bait Sprays,” in proceedings of the International Conference ‘Science in Technology’ SCinTE 2015.
[C23] George N. Fouskitakis, Lefteris D. Doitsidis, Iraklis I. Rigakis, Kyriaki N. Varikou, Ioannis V. Sarantopoulos, Androniki K. Papafilippaki, Kyriaki G. Maniadaki, Athanasia E. Mpirouraki, and Emmanuel N. Antonidakis, “Optimization of Bait Sprays Against Dacus Oleae Using Embedded Systems, GIS and Web-Based Applications”, in Proceedings of the AMSCE 2015.
[C22] A. Ch. Kapoutsis, S. A. Chatzichristofis, L. Doitsidis, J. Borges de Sousa and E. B. Kosmatopoulos, “Autonomous navigation of teams of unmanned aerial or underwater vehicles for exploration of unknown static & dynamic environments,” in proceedings of the 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’13), pp. 1181-1188, Platanias-Chania, Crete – Greece, June 25 – 28, 2013. link
[C21] A. Renzaglia, L. Doitsidis, S. A. Chatzichristofis, A. Martinelli and E. B. Kosmatopoulos, “Distributed multi-robot coverage using micro aerial vehicles,” in proceedings of the 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, (MED’13), pp. 963-968, Platanias-Chania, Crete – Greece, June 25 – 28, 2013. link
[C20] M. Achtelik, M. Achtelik, Y. Brunet, M. Chli, S. A. Chatzichristofis, J.D. Decotignie, K.M. Doth, F. Fraundorfer, L. Kneip, D. Gurdan, L. Heng, E. Kosmatopoulos, L. Doitsidis, G.H. Lee, S. Lynen, A. Martinelli, L. Meier, M. Pollefeys, D. Piguet, A. Renzaglia, D. Scaramuzza, R. Siegwart, J. Stumpf, P. Tanskanen, C. Troiani and S. Weiss, “SFLY: Swarm of Micro Flying Robots,” in proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamura, Algarve, Portugal, October 7 – October 12, 2012. (Finalist for the best video award) link
[C19] S. A. Chatzicristofis, A. Ch. Kapoutsis, E. B. Kosmatopoulos, L. Doitsidis, D. Rovas and Joao Borges de Sousa, “The NOPTILUS project: Autonomous Multi-AUV navigation for exploration of unknown environments,” IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV’2012), Porto, Portugal, April 10 – April 12, 2012.
[C18] A. Renzaglia, L. Doitsidis, A. Martinelli and E.B. Kosmatopoulos, “Multi-Robot 3D Coverage of Unknown Terrains,” in proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, pp. 2046-2051, 2011. link
[C17] L. Doitsidis, A. Renzaglia, S. Weiss, E. Kosmatopoulos, D. Scaramuzza, R. Siegwart, “3D Surveillance Coverage Using Maps Extracted by a Monocular SLAM Algorithm,” in proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1661-1667, San Francisco, USA, 2011. link
[C16] E. B. Kosmatopoulos, K. Aboudolas, D. V. Rovas, L. Doitsidis, S. I. Roumeliotis, “A Generic Framework for Scalable and Convergent Multi-Robot Active Simultaneous Localization, Mapping and Target Tracking,” 19thMediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2011), Corfu, pp. 151-156, Corfu, 2011.
[C15] A. Renzaglia, L. Doitsidis, A. Martinelli and E.B. Kosmatopoulos, “Adaptive-based Control for Distributed Multi-Robot Coverage,” 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 468-473. link
[C14] A. Renzaglia, L. Doitsidis, A. Martinelli, E. Kosmatopoulos, “Cognitive-based Adaptive Control for Cooperative Multi-Robot Coverage,” in proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3314-3320, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010. link
[C13] A. Renzaglia, L. Doitsidis, A. Martinelli, E. Kosmatopoulos, “Adaptive-based, Scalable Design for Autonomous Multi-Robot Surveillance,” in proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2010), pp. 4618-4624, 2010.
[C12] E. Kosmatopoulos, L. Doitsidis, K. Aboudolas, “Scalable and Convergent Multi-Robot Passive & Active Sensing,” in proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 5828-5833, St. Louis, MO, USA.
[C11] E. Kosmatopoulos, L. Doitsidis, K. Aboudolas, “A Unified Methodology for Multi-Robot Passive & Active Sensing,” in proceedings of the 17th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, pp. 264-269, 2009.
[C10] S. Piperidis, L. Doitsidis, C. Anastasopoulos, N. C. Tsourveloudis, “A Low Cost Modular Vehicle Design for Research and Education,” in proceedings of the Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2007), Athens, 2007.
[C9] L. Doitsidis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, “An Empirical Study for Fitness Function Selection in Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Mobile Robot Navigation,” in proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp. 3868-3873, Paris, 2006.
[C8] N. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis and S. Ioannidis, “Work In Process Scheduling by Evolutionary Tuned distributed Fuzzy Controllers,” in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006), pp. 1420-1425, Orlando, USA, 2006.
[C7] N. Tsourveloudis, L. Doitsidis and S. Ioannidis, “Optimized Fuzzy Scheduling of Manufacturing Systems,” in proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, pp. 196-201, ICINCO 2005, Barcelona.
[C6] L. Doitsidis, A. L. Nelson, K. P. Valavanis, M. Long, R. R. Murphy, “MATLAB Based Control Architecture for Multiple Robot Outdoor Navigation,” in proceedings of the 13 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED 2005), pp. 1499-1505, Limassol, Cyprus.
[C5] A. L. Nelson, L. Doitsidis, M. T. Long, K. P. Valavanis, R. R. Murphy, “Encorporation of MATLAB into a Distributed Behavioral Robotics Architecture,” in proceedings of the 2004 IROS/RSJ conference, pp. 2028 – 2035, Sendai, Japan, 2004.
[C4] L. Doitsidis, K. P. Valavanis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, M. Kontitsis, “A Framework for Fuzzy Logic Based UAV Navigation and Control,” in proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 4., pp. 4041-4046, New Orleans, USA, 2004.
[C3] L. Doitsidis and A. Pouliezos, “A 3- level experiment for teaching automatic control,” In Proceedings of the ACE2003- 6th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, pp. 371-375, Oulu, Finland.
[C2] L. Doitsidis, K. P. Valavanis, N. C. Tsourveloudis, “Fuzzy Logic Based Software Control Architecture for a Skid Steering Vehicle,” in proceedings of the IEEE Third International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, pp. 279-284, Bukowy Dworek, Polland, 2002.
[C1] L. Doitsidis, K. P. Valavanis, N. C. Tsourveloudis. “Fuzzy Logic Based Autonomous Skid Steering Vehicle Navigation,” in proceedings of the ΙΕΕΕ International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washington D.C, 2002.
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