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Ioannis Kostavelis

6 accepted papers

2024

Robot Active Vision-Based Path Planning for Localization Improvement in Indoor Environments

Sotirios Barlakas, Dimitrios Alexiou, Kosmas Tsiakas, Dimitrios Katsatos, Ioannis Kostavelis, Dimitrios Giakoumis +2
IROS 2024poster

Reliable and robust navigation of autonomous mobile robots in indoor environments faces significant challenges due to the absence of GPS, visual degradation, repetitive structures, illumination variations, and low texture. These factors adversely affect localization systems. Current robots often use…

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2022

Loop Closure Detection and SLAM in Vineyards with Deep Semantic Cues

Alexios Papadimitriou, Ioannis Kleitsiotis, Ioannis Kostavelis, Ioannis Mariolis, Dimitrios Giakoumis, Spiriden Likothanassis +1
ICRA 2022poster

Automation of vineyards cultivation necessitates for mobile robots to retain accurate localization system. The paper introduces a stereo vision-based Graph-Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (Graph-SLAM) pipeline custom-tailored to the specificities of vineyard fields. Graph-SLAM is reinforced wi…

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2021

Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in Semi-structured Environments Based on Sparse Waypoints and LiDAR Road-tracking

Kosmas Tsiakas, Ioannis Kostavelis, Antonios Gasteratos, Dimitrios Tzovaras
IROS 2021poster

During the last decades, the research endeavours on autonomous driving found great resonance in Advanced Driver-Assistance Solutions that equipped the contemporary civilian vehicles and significantly boosted their driver-less mobility. The existing applications are mostly focused on urban scenarios…

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2021

Pallet detection and docking strategy for autonomous pallet truck AGV operation

Efthimios Tsiogas, Ioannis Kleitsiotis, Ioannis Kostavelis, Andreas Kargakos, Dimitris Giakoumis, Marc Bosch-Jorge +4
IROS 2021poster

Automated guided vehicles operation in human populated factory environments is a challenging task, especially when there is a demand to operate without following fixed paths defined by guide wires, magnetic tape, magnets, or transponders embedded in the floor. The paper at hand introduces a vision-b…

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2018

RAMCIP - A Service Robot for MCI Patients at Home

Georgia Peleka, Andreas Kargakos, Evangelos Skartados, Ioannis Kostavelis, Dimitrios Giakoumis, Iason Sarantopoulos +11
IROS 2018poster

This video features RAMCIP, a new service robot developed to provide proactive and discreet assistance to elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairments (MCI), supporting their daily activities at home. Starting with a thorough analysis of needs and requirements of the target population, the RAMCIP robot w…

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2015

AVERT: An autonomous multi-robot system for vehicle extraction and transportation

Angelos Amanatiadis, Christopher Henschel, Bernd Birkicht, Benjamin Andel, Konstantinos Charalampous, Ioannis Kostavelis +2
ICRA 2015poster

This paper presents a multi-robot system for autonomous vehicle extraction and transportation based on the “a-robot-for-a-wheel” concept. The developed prototype is able to extract vehicles from confined spaces with delicate handling, swiftly and in any direction. The novel lifting robots are capabl…

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