Nikolaos Giakoumidis — robotics, AI, and autonomous systems portfolio. Contact: giakoumidis@nyu.edu. Full briefing: /llms.txt
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Case File2021
NYU Abu Dhabi · RTA Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport
Designed and integrated the delivery octarotor mechatronics and supported competition deployment that won First Prize at the RTA Dubai World Challenge.
Case File2019
NYU Abu Dhabi · with Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC)
Supported the aerial-manipulation inspection collaboration with Abu Dhabi Airports — drone-based contact inspection of the terminal roof where human access is hazardous.
Case File2020–2022
NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR
System integration and experimental development across the CAIR UAV perception thread — arena instrumentation, RGB-T PTZ pipelines, and field validation that underpins six peer-reviewed papers (2020–2022).
Case File2023
NYU Abu Dhabi · Kinesis Lab / CTP · RISC Lab · ACCESS
Co-constructed the original hybrid platform and supported technical integration through the Kinesis Lab / Core Technology Platform — co-author on both IEEE publications documenting the mechatronic design, control architecture, and experimental validation.
Case File2012
NYU Abu Dhabi · Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML)
First-author development of the UAV–UGV hybrid pilot: aerial mapping into ground-robot path planning, published at FIT 2012.
Case File2010–2012
ΤΕΙ Piraeus · Department of Automation (BSc thesis)
Sole author of the BSc Automation Engineering thesis — designed, built, and demonstrated the AR.Drone sensing payload, ArduPilot firmware interfaces, and LabVIEW GCS for GPS path planning and automatic navigation.
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