Savvas G. Loizou

Research

Teaching

Schedule

Publications

Journal Publications

 

J1.          S.G. Loizou and A. Jadbabaie ‘‘Density Functions for Navigation Function Based Systems’’,  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 53 (2), pp. 612-617, March 2008 (.pdf)

J2.           S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Navigation of Multiple Kinematically Constrained Robots’’, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 24 (1), pp. 221-231, Feb. 2008 (.pdf)

J3.          S.G. Loizou and V. Kumar, ‘‘Mixed Initiative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles’’,  (under revision, 2009), IEEE Transactions on Robotics

J4.          S.G. Loizou and V. Kumar, ‘‘Weak Input to State Stability Properties for Navigation Function Based Controllers’’, (under revision, 2009), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

J5.          X. Papageorgiou, H.G. Tanner, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Switching Manipulator Control for Motion on Constrained Surfaces’’, (submitted, 2009), Journal of Intelligent Robotic Systems

J6.           S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘A feedback Based Multiagent Navigation Framework’’, International Journal of Systems Science, , vol. 37 (6), pp. 377-384, May 2006,

J7.           D.V. Dimarogonas, S.G. Loizou, K.J. Kyriakopoulos and M.M. Zavlanos ‘‘A Feedback Stabilization and Collision Avoidance Scheme for Multiple Independent Non-point Agents’’, Automatica, , vo. 42(2), pp. 229-243, Feb. 2006,  (.pdf)

J8.          H. Tanner, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Nonholonomic Navigation and Control of Cooperating Mobile Manipulators’’, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 19(1), pp. 53-64, Feb. 2003 (.pdf)

 

Book Chapters

B1.        S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Multirobot Navigation Functions I’’,  in H.A.P Blom and J. Lygeros (eds.)  Stochastic Hybrid Systems: Theory and Safety Critical Applications, Chapter 10, Springer, 2006

B2.        D.V. Dimarogonas, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Multirobot Navigation Functions II: Towards Decentralization’’, in H.A.P Blom and J. Lygeros (eds.)  Stochastic Hybrid Systems: Theory and Safety Critical Applications, Chapter 11, Springer, 2006

B3.       K.J. Kyriakopoulos and S.G. Loizou ‘‘Robotics: Fundamentals and Prospects’’ in Axel Munack (ed), CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering Volume 6: Information Technology, Part I, Chap. 2.4

 

Conference Publications


  1. A. Oikonomopoulos, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Modeling and Control of Heterogeneous Non-Holonomic Input-Constrained Multiagent Systems," (submitted), 13th ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC'10), 2010

  2. A. Oikonomopoulos, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Coordination and Scheduling of Multiple Aircraft-like vehicles," (submitted), 2010 American Control Conference ( ACC2010)

  3. G. Karras, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, "A Visual-Servoing Scheme for Semi-Autonomous Operation of an Underwater Robotic Vehicle Using an IMU and a Laser Vision System," (submitted), 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

  4. A. Oikonomopoulos, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Coordination of Multiple Non-Holonomic Agents with Input Constraints’’, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation  (.pdf)

  5.  G. Karras, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘Semi–Autonomous Teleoperation of a Non-Holonomic Underwater Vehicle Using a Laser Vision System: A Visual–Servoing Switching Control Approach’’,  17th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, 2009  (.pdf)

  6. A. Oikonomopoulos, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Hybrid Control of a Constrained Velocity Unicycle with Local Sensing’’ , 47th IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control, 2008 (.pdf)

  7.  D. Chatzigeorgiou, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘R-Cell: A Module for a Self-Reconfigurable Robotic System’’, IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (.pdf)

  8.  N. Michael, J. Fink, S.G. Loizou, V. Kumar, ‘‘Architecture, Abstractions, and Algorithms for Controlling Large Teams of Robots: Experimental Testbed and Results’’, 13th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR2007).

  9.  S.G. Loizou, V. Kumar, ‘‘Biologically Inspired Bearing-Only Navigation and Tracking’’,  46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, 2007 (.pdf)

  10.  S.G. Loizou, V. Kumar, ‘‘Mixed Initiative Control of Autonomous Vehicles’’, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (.pdf)

  11.  M.A. Hsieh, S.G. Loizou, V. Kumar, ‘‘Stabilization of Multiple Robots on Stable Orbits via Local Sensing’’, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (.pdf)
  12. X. Papageorgiou, S.G. Loizou, K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Motion Tasks and Force Control for Robot Manipulators on Embedded 2D Manifolds’’, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (.pdf)

  13.  S.G. Loizou, A. Jadbabaie, ‘‘Density Functions for Navigation Function Based Systems,’’ 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, December 2006 (.pdf)

  14.  S.G. Loizou, V. Kumar, ‘‘Weak Input-to-State Stability Properties for Navigation Function Based Controllers, ’’ 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, December 2006 (.pdf)

  15.  G. E. Fainekos, S.G. Loizou, G.J. Pappas, ‘‘Translating temporal logic to controller specifications,’’ 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, USA, December 2006 (.pdf)

  16.  P. Vartholomeos, S.G. Loizou, M. Thiel, K. J. Kyriakopoulos, E. Papadopoulos  ‘‘Control of the Multi Agent Micro-Robotic Platform MiCRoN, ‘‘ IEEE 2006 International Conference on Control Applications, Munich, Germany, October 2006 (.pdf)

  17. X. Papageorgiou, S.G. Loizou, K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Motion Tasks for Robot Manipulators on Embedded 2-D Manifolds’’, IEEE 2006 International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Munich, Germany, October 2006 (.pdf)

  18. S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Automated Planning of Motion Tasks for Multi-Robot Systems,’’, 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2005 (.pdf)

  19. S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Motion Planning of Piezoelectrically Driven Micro-Robots via Navigation Functions, 13th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 2005 (.pdf)

  20. X. Papageorgiou and S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Motion Planning and Trajectory Tracking on 2-D Manifolds embedded in 3-D Workspaces’’, IEEE 2005 Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation (.pdf)

  21. S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Automatic Synthesis of Multi-Agent Motion Tasks Based on LTL Specifications,’’ to, 43nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2004 (.pdf)

  22. S.G. Loizou, K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Centralized Feedback Stabilization of Multiple Nonholonomic Agents under Input Constraints,’’  5th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, IAV 2004 (.pdf)

  23. S.G. Loizou, D.V. Dimarogonas, K.J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Decentralized Feedback Stabilization of Multiple Nonholonomic Agents,’’ Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation 2004 (.pdf)

  24. S.G. Loizou H.G. Tanner, V. Kumar, K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Closed loop navigation for mobile agents in dynamic environments’’,  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003 (.pdf)

  25.  S.G. Loizou H.G. Tanner, V. Kumar, K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Closed Loop Motion Planning and Control for Mobile Robots in Uncertain Environments’’, 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003 (.pdf)

  26. D. V. Dimarogonas, M.M. Zavlanos, S. G. Loizou and K. J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Decentralized Motion Control of Multiple Holonomic Agents under Input Constraints’’,  42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2003 (.pdf)

  27. S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Closed Loop Navigation for Multiple Non-Holonomic Vehicles’’, Proceedings of the 2003 Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation (.pdf)

  28.  S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Closed Loop Navigation for Multiple Holonomic Vehicles’’, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems. (.pdf)

  29. H. Tanner, S.G. Loizou and K.J. Kyriakopoulos ‘‘Non-Holonomic Stabilization with Collision Avoidance for Mobile Robots’’, Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems. (.pdf)

  30. H. G. Tanner, S. G. Loizou, K. J. Kyriakopoulos and N. Sigrimis, ‘‘Coordinating the Motion of a Manipulator and a Mobile Base in Tree Environments,’’ in Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC/CIGR International Workshop on Bio-Robotics, Information Technology and Intelligent Control for Bioproduction Systems, November 2000, Osaka, Japan (.pdf)

 

Technical Reports

T1.        Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Savvas G. Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos and Michael M. Zavlanos, ‘‘Decentralized Feedback Stabilization and Collision Avoidance of Multiple Agents’’, Technical Report 04-01 (.pdf)

T2.        Savvas G. Loizou and K. J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Closed Loop Navigation for Multiple Non-Holonomic Vehicles,’’ Technical Report No. 02-02, Control Systems Lab. M.E. Dept, NTUA, 2002 (.pdf)

T3.        Savvas G. Loizou and K. J. Kyriakopoulos, ‘‘Closed Loop Navigation for Multiple Holonomic Vehicles,’’ Tecnical Report No. 01-02, Control Systems Lab. M.E. Dept, NTUA, 2002 (.pdf)