Nikolaos Giakoumidis — robotics, AI, and autonomous systems portfolio. Contact: giakoumidis.nikolaos@gmail.com. Full briefing: /llms.txt
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Robotic systems, sensing platforms, and custom automation developed through research and industry collaboration. Each project explains the challenge, my contribution, and what the work demonstrated.
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OPENPAYLOAD — SPOT CAM PASS
Flagship2025–
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR · PhD research, University of the Aegean
Designed and built the agent harness, MCP skill servers, and orchestration that connect natural-language commands to Spot inspection skills.
OPENLOCOMOTION — ON THE DEPOT RAILS
Case File2024
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR with Etihad Rail
Connected CAIR research with Etihad Rail through stakeholder engagement, laboratory visits, and hands-on Spot inspection trials at the depot.
Case File2021
NYU Abu Dhabi · RTA Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport
Designed and integrated the delivery drone’s mechatronics and supported the NYUAD team’s deployment at the RTA competition.
Case File2024
NYU Abu Dhabi · SMART Lab
Contributed to the cooperative exploration system and co-authored the Journal of Field Robotics paper on construction-site data collection.
Case File2013–2016
NYU Abu Dhabi · with University of Ottawa
Designed, integrated, and field-tested the wheelchair navigation stack, combining gaze tracking, obstacle sensing, and shared autonomy.
Case File2020–2022
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR
Integrated sensing and arena instrumentation and supported flight validation across six papers on UAV perception and cooperative localization.
Case File2024
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR with Etihad Rail
Designed the train-mounted LiDAR and camera system and ran the field experiment with Nikolaos Evangeliou.
Case File2019
NYU Abu Dhabi · with Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC)
Supported the NYUAD–Abu Dhabi Airports collaboration on drone-based contact inspection of the terminal roof.
OPENFIELD TEST — CONTINUOUS TETHERED FLIGHT
Case File2026–
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR with University of Patras
Built the UAV, designed the optical communications architecture, consulted on the overall system design, co-authored the manuscript, and designed the monitoring software that synchronizes multi-source logging and supervised power-supply control.
OPENRCS SETUP — TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER
Case File2025–2026
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR · NYU WIRELESS · Nokia
Co-authored the RF electronics study and supported the 25–28 GHz measurement campaign in Kinesis, including the arena and the robotic targets.
Case File2023
NYU Abu Dhabi · Kinesis Lab / CTP · RISC Lab · ACCESS
Co-built the original hybrid platform, supported its technical integration through Kinesis, and co-authored both IEEE papers on its design and validation.
OPENDATE PLANTATION — FIELD CORRIDOR
Case File2020
Imperial College London / Royal College of Art IDE · robotics support from NYU Abu Dhabi
Supported Khulood Alawadi’s PalmSpector project on the robotics side, including Clearpath Husky integration, plantation navigation, SLAM, and Gazebo/RViz simulation.
OPENSOP-28 SOCKET — LOCKED PROCESSOR UNDER TEST
Case File2017
NYU Abu Dhabi · with Ozgur Sinanoglu's hardware-security group
Led schematic design, PCB layout, in-house fabrication, and initial testing of the custom ASIC validation board.
Case File2016–2017
NYU Abu Dhabi · Panče Naumov research group / Design Studio
Designed and integrated the motion hardware and control software, resolved fixture-alignment problems, and handed over a programmable instrument for repeatable ribbon-curling experiments.
Case File2012
NYU Abu Dhabi · Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Developed the UAV–UGV pilot linking aerial mapping to ground-robot path planning and served as first author of the FIT 2012 paper.
Case File2010–2012
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Built the complete teleoperation pipeline from optical motion capture through kinematic retargeting to live industrial-arm control.
Case File2010–2011
Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
Maintained and upgraded servo actuation, wiring, and control hardware for the android platform, contributing to the HRI 2011 workshop paper.
Case File2010–2012
ΤΕΙ Piraeus · Department of Automation (BSc thesis)
Independently designed, built, and demonstrated the sensing payload, firmware interfaces, and LabVIEW ground station for my BSc thesis on autonomous UAV navigation.