Publications

Journal & Book Chapter Publications

• Machairas, K., Garyfallidis, S., Paraskevas, I. S., and Papadopoulos, E., "A Framework for Research and Prototyping in Robotics: From Ideas to Software and Hardware Development," Chapter in Cyber-Physical Systems: Decision Making Mechanisms and Applications (River Publishers Series in Circuits and Systems), October 31, 2017.
• Dallas, S., Machairas, K., and Papadopoulos, E., “A Comparison of ODE Solvers for Dynamical Systems with Impacts,” ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, May 2017.

Conference Proceedings

• Dallas, S., Machairas, K., Koutsoukis, K., Papadopoulos, E., “A Leg Design Method for High Speed Quadrupedal Locomotion,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ‘17), Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 24–28, 2017.
• Machairas, K. and Papadopoulos, E., “On Dynamic Quadrupedal Gaits Using Active Compliance Control,” 2016 Dynamic Walking, June 4-7, 2016, Holly, Michigan.
• Machairas, K. and Papadopoulos, E., “An Active Compliance Controller for Quadruped Trotting,” 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED ‘16), June 21-24, 2016, Athens, Greece.
• Vasilopoulos, V., Machairas, K., and Papadopoulos, E., “Quadruped Pronking on Compliant Terrains Using a Reaction Wheel,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '16), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.
• Machairas, K. and Papadopoulos, E., “On Quadruped Attitude Dynamics and Control Using Reaction Wheels and Tails,” Proc. of the European Control Conference 2015, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, July 15-17, 2015.
• Machairas, K. and Papadopoulos, E., “On Attitude Dynamics and Control of Legged Robots Using Tail-Like Systems,” ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, June 29 - July 2, 2015, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• Machairas, K., Andreou, S., Paraskevas, I. and Papadopoulos, E., “Extending the NTUA Space Robot Emulator for Validating Complex On-Orbit Servicing Tasks,” 12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘13), ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 15-17, 2013.

Theses

• Machairas, K., “Design and Implementation of the Electrical/ Electronic Subsystem, and Real-time Programming for a Space Emulator Robot,” Diploma Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Athens, 2013.