Kostas Alexis
Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
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Top SchoolKostas Alexis is a Full Professor at NTNU and head of the Autonomous Robots Lab with over a decade of experience advancing control, optimization, and path-planning for robotic systems. His career spans academia and elite research labs, including a senior researcher role at ETH Zurich and faculty positions at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he focused on enabling true navigational autonomy for aerial robots. He holds a PhD in Unmanned Systems Control and Collaboration and combines rigorous theoretical work with hands-on design of high-performance motion-control systems and dynamically advanced aerial vehicles. Known for bridging optimal navigation theory with practical robot implementations, he often pursues projects that push aerial platforms beyond conventional dynamics. Based in Trondheim, he brings a global research perspective rooted in European and US robotics testbed experiences.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Πειραματικό Λύκειο ΗρακλείουDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Robotics at University of Patras
Github Skills (7)
asl8
computation5
ros-node3
ros3
image-enhancement3
robot1
robotics1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ntnu-arl/vehicles-nighttime
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
ntnu-arl/informative-planning
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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