Papatheodorou, S. and. Tzes, A., `Theoretical and Experimental Collaborative Area Coverage Schemes Using Mobile Agents’, Provisional Chapter in Mobile Robots, Volume 1, November 2018, Intech, available here.
Journal Publications
2018
Kolyvas, E. and Tzes, A., `Model based design of antagonistic SMA-spring devices’, In Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 29(12), pp. 2619-2640, 2018.
Kontouras, E., Tzes, A. and Dritsas, L., `Set-theoretic detection of data corruption attacks on cyberphysical power systems’, In Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, Volume 6, Issue 5, pp 872–886, September 2018.
Arvanitakis, I., Tzes, A. and Giannousakis,K., `Synergistic exploration and navigation of mobile robots under pose uncertainty in unknown environments’, In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, pp. 1-10, January-February 2018.
Tze, M., Papatheodorou, S. and Tzes, A. , `Visual Area Coverage by Heterogeneous Aerial Agents Under Imprecise Localization’, In IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 623-628, October 2018
Papatheodorou, S., Tzes, A., Giannousakis, K. and Stergiopoulos, Y., `Distributed area coverage control with imprecise robot localization: Simulation and experimental studies’, In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, pp. 1-15, September-October 2018.
Tsitsipis, D., Tzes, A., and Koubias, S., `CHAT: Clustered hierarchical key management for wireless sensor networks using network topology’, In International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, vol. 13(11), pp. 1-13, 2017
Evangeliou, N. and Tzes, A., `Design and control of a robotic platform for dexterous minimally invasive surgical applications’, In International Review of Automatic Control, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 443-450, September 2017.
Papatheodorou, S., Tzes, A. and Stergiopoulos, Y., `Collaborative Visual Area Coverage’, In Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 92, pp. 126-138, 2017
Kolyvas, E., Koveos, Y., and Tzes, A., `Sliding Mode-based Control of Thin Shape Memory Alloy Actuators using a Spatial Hysteresis Approximation’, In Mechatronics, vol. 40, pp. 115-127, November 2016.
Tzorakoleftherakis, E., Mavromatti, A., and Tzes, A., `Design and Implementation of a Binary Redundant Manipulator with Cascaded Modules’, In ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, vol. 8, 011002-1/10, February 2016.
Reppa, V. and Tzes, A., `Fault Diagnosis based on Set Membership Identification using Output-Error Models’, In International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 224-255, February 2016.
Tsoukalas, A. and Tzes, A., `Modelling and Control of Hyper-Redundant Micromanipulators for Obstacle Avoidance in an Unstructured Environment’, In Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 517-528, ,June 2015
Alexis, K., Papachristos, C., Siegwart, R. and Tzes, A., `Robust Model Predictive Flight Control of Unmanned Rotorcrafts’, In Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, DOI 10.1007/s10846-015-0238-7, pp. 1-27, June 2015.
Bousias, N., Papatheodorou, S. and Tzes, A., `Collaborative visual area coverage using aerial agents equipped with PTZ-cameras under localization uncertainty’, In Proceedings of the 2019 18th European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 1079-1084, June 25-28, 2019, Napoli, Italy
2018
Tsoukalas, A., Tzes, A. and Khorrami, F., `Relative Pose Estimation of Unmanned Aerial Systems’, In Proceedings of the 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 155-160, June 19-22, Zadar, Croatia.
Kontouras, E., Tzes, A. and Dritsas, L., `Set-Theoretic Detection of Bias Injection Cyber-Attacks on Networked Power Systems’, In Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference, pp.165-170, June 27-29, 2018, Milwaukee, USA.
Giannousakis, K. and Tzes, A., `Mobile Robot Trajectory Generation from Ordered Point-Set Using Time-Optimal Bezier Segments’, In Proceedings of the 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 388-393, June 19-22, Zadar, Croatia.
Gkountas, K., Chaikalis, D. and Tzes, A., `Force control design for a robot manipulator attached to a UAV’, In Proceedings of 18th IFAC Conference on Technology, culture and International Stability TECIS 2018, Vol. 51, issue 30, p. 548-553, September 13-15 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Dritsas, L., Kontouras, E., Kitsios, I. and Tzes, A., Aggressive Control Design for Electric Power Generation Plants’, In Proceedings of the 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 667-672, June 19-22, Zadar, Croatia.
Tzes, M., Papatheodorou, S. and Tzes, A., `Visual Area Coverage by Heterogeneous Aerial Agents under Imprecise Localization’, In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 17-19, 2018, Miami Beach, FL, USA (this article appeared in IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS))
Tze, M., Papatheodorou, S. and Tzes, A., `Collaborative Visual Area Coverage by Aerial Agents under Positioning Uncertainty’, In Proceedings of the 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 149-154, June 19-22, Zadar, Croatia.
Evangeliou, N. and Tzes, A., `A hybrid actuated robotic prototype for minimally invasive surgery’, In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1386-1391, May 21-25, 2018, Brisbane, Australia.
Evangeliou, N., Tsampiras, P. and Tzes, A., `Development of a Tendon-Driven Robotic Tool targeting Visual-Servoing Minimally-Invasive Surgical Operations’, In Proceedings of the 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 383-387, June 19-22, Zadar, Croatia.
Tsilomitrou, O., Evangeliou, N. and Tzes, A., `Mobile Robot Tour Scheduling Acting As Data Mule in a Wireless Sensor Network’, In Proceedings of 2018 5th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), pp. 327-332, April 10-13, 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Papatheodorou, S. and Tzes, A., `Fault tolerant area coverage control for multiagent systems’, In MATEC Web of Conferences (5th International Conference of Engineering Against Failure ICEAF-V), 188, 05010, pp. 1-8, June 20-22, Chios, Greece.
Papatheodorou, S., Smyrnakis, M., Hamidou, T., and Tzes, A., `Path Planning and Task Assignment for Data Retrieval from Wireless Sensor Nodes Relying on Game-Theoretic Learning, In Proceedings of 2018 5th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), pp. 1073-1078, April 10-13, 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Papatheodorou, S., Smyrnakis, M., Hamidou, T. and Tzes, A., `Game theoretic optimal position computation of collaborating agents for visual area coverage’, In Proceedings of the 10th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, SETN 2018, July 9-15,Patras, Greece
E. Kontouras, A. Tzes and L. Dritsas, `Cyber-Attack on a Power Plant using Bias Injected Measurements’, In Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference, pp. 5507-5512, May 24-26, 2017, Seattle, WA, USA
E. Kontouras, A. Tzes and L. Dritsas, ` Impact Analysis of a Bias Injection Cyber-Attack on a Power Plant’, In Proceedings of the 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 11586-11591, July 9-14, 2017, Toulouse, France.
G. Sarantoglou, G. Kritikou, N. Aspragathos, and A. Tzes, `Algorithm for Parallel Microparts Manipulation with Electrostatic Fields’, In Proceedings of the 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 1410-1415, July 3-6, 2017, Valletta, Malta.
I. Arvanitakis, A. Tzes and K. Giannousakis, `Mobile Robot Navigation Under Pose Uncertainty in Unknown Environments’, In Proceedings of the 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 13249-13253, July 9-14, 2017, Toulouse, France.
I. Arvanitakis and A. Tzes, `Collaborative mapping and navigation for a mobile robot swarm’, In Proceedings of the 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 696-700, July 3-6, 2017, Valletta, Malta.
K. Gkountas, G. Ntekoumes and A. Tzes, `Dynamics and Control of an Unmanned Aerial System employing a Delta-manipulator’, In Proceedings of the 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 1207-1212, July 3-6, 2017, Valletta, Malta.
L. Dritsas, E. Kontouras and A. Tzes, `Load Frequency Control for Demand Disturbance Attenuation and Transient Response Improvement for a Single-Area Power Plant’, In Proceedings of the 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 502-507, July 3-6, 2017, Valletta, Malta.
N. Evangeliou, E. Dimitrakakis and A. Tzes, `Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Tendon-Driven Minimally Invasive Surgical Robotic Tool with Antagonistic Control’, In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Conference on Control technology and Applications, pp. 463-467, August 27-20, 2017, Kohala Coast, HI, USA.
O. Tsilomitrou, A. Tzes, and S. Manesis, `Mobile Robot Trajectory Planning for Large Volume Data-Muling from Wireless Sensor Nodes’, In Proceedings of the25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 1005-1010, July 3-6, 2017, Valletta, Malta.
S. Papatheodorou, A. Tzes, and K. Giannousakis, `Experimental Studies on Distributed Control for Area Coverage using Mobile Robots’, In Proceedings of the 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 690-695, July 3-6, 2017, Valletta, Malta.
S. Papatheodorou and A. Tzes, `Cooperative Visual Convex Area Coverage Using a Tessellation-Free Strategy’ In Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4662-4667, December 12-15, 2017, Melbourne, Australia.
C. Bartzis, K. Zarkadis, K. Zaoskoufis, A. Tzes and E. C. Tatakis, ` Experimental studies on a fuzzy-logic control scheme for an ultrasonic motor’ In Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, pp. 1123-1128, September 19-22, 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina
C. Papachristos, K. Alexis, L. Carrillo, and A. Tzes, `Distributed Infrastructure Inspection Path Planning for Aerial Robotics subject to Time Constraints’, In Proceedings of The 2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS’16), pp. 406-412, June 7-10, 2016, Arlington, VA, USA.
E. Kontouras, A. Tzes and L. Dritsas,`Adversarial Control Scheme for an Islanded Power Plant’, In Proceedings of 2016 European Control Conference, pp. 307-312, June 29- July 1, 2016, Aalborg, Denmark.
I. Arvanitakis, K. Giannousakis, and A. Tzes, `Mobile Robot Navigation in Unknown Environment based on Exploration Principles’, In Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, pp. 493-498, September 19-22, 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina
N. Evangeliou and A. Tzes, `A human-in-the-loop controlled shape memory alloy actuated robotic probe for minimally invasive surgical procedures’, In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference ELEKTRO 2016, pp. 504-508, May 16-18, 2016, High Tatras, Slovakia.
N. Evangeliou, D. Karageorgos, and A. Tzes,` Design and Variable Stiffness Actuation of a Tendon-Driven Minimally Invasive Surgical Robotic Tool’, In Proceedings of the 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 725-730, June 21-24, 2016, Athens, Greece.
N. Evangeliou and A. Tzes `Development of an SMA-actuated Redundant Robotic Platform for Minimally Invasive Surgey; In Proceedings of the 6th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), pp. 353-358, June 26-29, 2016, UTown, Singapore.
O. Varesis, C. Diamantopoulos, and A. Tzes, `Experimental Studies of Serpentine Motion Control of Snake Robots at Inclined Planes’, In Proceedings of the24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 737-742, June 21-24, 2016, Athens, Greece.
S. Papatheodorou, Y. Stergiopoulos, and A. Tzes, `Distributed Area Coverage Control with Inherent Collision Avoidance’, In Proceedings of the 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 214-219, June 21-24, 2016, Athens, Greece.
Y. Stergiopoulos, E. Kontouras, K. Gkountas, K. Giannousakis, and A. Tzes, `Modeling and Control Aspects of a UAV with an Attached Manipulator’, In Proceedings of the 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 653-658, June 21-24, 2016, Athens, Greece.
C. Papachristos, D. Tzoumanikas and A. Tzes, `Aerial Robotic Tracking of a Generalized Mobile Target Employing, Visual and Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Subject Perception’ In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 4319-4324, September 28-October 2, 2015, Hamburg, Germany.
C. Papachristos, D. Tzoumanikas, K. Alexis, and A. Tzes, `Autonomous Robotic Aerial Tracking, Avoidance, and Seeking of a Mobile Human Subject’, In Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 2015), pp. 444-454, December 14-16, 2015, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
E. Kontouras, A. Tzes, and L. Dritsas, `Covert Attack on a Discrete-Time System with Limited Use of the Available Disruption Resources’, In Proceedings of 2015 European Control Conference, pp. 806-811, July 15-17, 2015, Linz, Austria.
K. Alexis, C. Papachristos, R. Siegwart and A. Tzes, `Sampling–based Receding Horizon Collision–free Control For a Class of Micro Aerial Vehicles’, In Proceedings of the 23nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 709-714, June 16-19, 2015, Torremolinos, Spain.
K. Alexis, C. Papachristos, R. Siegwart and A. Tzes, `Uniform Coverage Structural Inspection Path-Planning for Micro Aerial Vehicles’, In Proceedings of the Multiconference on Systems and Control, pp. 59-64, September 21-13, 2015, Sydney, Australia.
L. Zikou, C. Papachristos, K. Alexis and A. Tzes,`Inspection Operations Using an Aerial Robot Powered-over-Tether by a Ground Vehicle’, In Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 2015), pp. 455-465, December 14-16, 2015, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
L. Zikou, C. Papachristos and A. Tzes, `The Power-over-Tether system for powering small UAVs: Tethering-Line Tension Control Synthesis’, In Proceedings of the 23nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp. 715-721, June 16-19, 2015, Torremolinos, Spain.