Rafael Papallas
Assistant Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Paphos Municipality, Cyprus
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Top SchoolRafael Papallas is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at AUB Mediterraneo in Paphos, Cyprus, specializing in intelligent robotics and robotic object manipulation with 11 years of experience bridging research and teaching. He earned a PhD in Robotics and AI from the University of Leeds and served as a Research Fellow there working on EPSRC/UKRI-funded manipulation projects while co-leading an intelligent robotics course. Rafael has delivered three Coursera courses reaching over 9,000 learners, is an HEA Fellow, and continues research collaborations as a visiting scientist at KIT and visiting research fellow at Leeds. His work focuses on algorithmic challenges—motion planning, motion control, and robot perception—combining theoretical rigor with practical system-building. Beyond academia he has hands-on software development experience from industry and a track record of translating complex robotic research into accessible coursework and online education.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at University of Leeds
Greek, English
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Github Skills (107)
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
roboticsleeds/ur5controller
Nov 2017 - Jun 2020
OpenRAVE Controller Plugin for UR5 (Universal Robots UR5) Robot
Contributions:99 commits, 138 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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rpapallas/illustrate.nvim
Feb 2024 - Jul 2025
🎨 Illustrate is a lua plugin for neovim that lets you quickly create, search and open vector files (in software such Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, or Affinity Designer 2) from within neovim while working with LaTeX, Markdown or Typst documents.
Contributions:3 PRs, 47 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
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