Minas Liarokapis
Chief Executive Officer at New Dexterity
Auckland, Auckland, Greece
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Top SchoolMinas Liarokapis is a technology entrepreneur and academic leader with 12 years of experience building AI-driven robotics and biomedical systems, currently serving as CEO of Acumino and Director of the New Dexterity research group. He founded Open Bionics and the Humanoid Olympiad, blending deep research (PhD in Mechanical Engineering) with product-focused startups that advance dexterous, assistive robotics. Minas has moved through technical and executive roles at Acumino—from Chief Scientist to CTO to CEO—demonstrating a rare ability to translate lab prototypes into commercial AI-powered robots. He also maintains active academic ties as an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland and Associate Professor at the National Technical University of Athens, pairing rigorous research with applied impact. Not obvious at first glance, he bridges medicine, computer engineering and robotics—reflecting an interdisciplinary background from medical IT to bionic prosthetics that informs both his research and ventures.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Technologies in Medicine & Biology, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Technologies in Medicine & Biology at National & Kapodistrian University of AthensDiploma, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Diploma, Computer Engineering and Informatics at University of PatrasDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering at National Technical University of Athens
Greek, English, French
Github Skills (2)
mechanism8
robotics3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
newdexterity/Tendon-Termination
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes in 1 day
newdexterity/Ratchet-Clutch
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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