Nikos G. Tsagarakis

Nikos G. Tsagarakis is Tenured Senior Scientist and Principal Investigator of the Humanoid & Human Centred Mechatronics (HHCM) Research Line, a leading research laboratory at IIT with strong expertise in robot design, modelling and control, and in the development of new mechatronics components (actuation and sensing). HHCM  is the home laboratory where the compliant humanoids COMAN, WALK-MAN, COMAN+, the CENTAURO hybrid wheeled-legged quadrupedal manipulation platform,  the  Multi-arm Installation Robot for Readying ORUs and Reflectors (MIRROR)  robotic in-orbit servicing platform and the CONCERT Configurable Mobile manipulation robot have been developed. He was the coordinator of EU project WALKMAN and he is currently the coordinator of EU project CONCERT. He has also served as principal investigator for several EU projects in the past including VIACTORS, SAPHARI, AMARSI, WEARHAP, CogiMON, CENTAURO, EUROBENCH and most recently for euROBIN, REPAIR, HARIA and MAGICIAN. He is an author or co-author of over 450 papers in research journals and at international conferences and holds 16 patents.