Panos Trahanias

Panos Trahanias is Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Crete, and heads the Computational Vision and Robotics Laboratory (CVRL) at Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH). His research bridges computational vision, robotics, and embedded systems, with specific focus on humanoid robot navigation, real-time SLAM implementations, and adaptive control systems.

Recent investigations include developing climbing quadruped robots, robust grip-lifting mechanisms, and probabilistic contact estimation methods for dynamically challenging terrains. Medical applications feature prominently through neural network approaches for ventilator waveform analysis in critical care settings.

Hardware innovation is demonstrated through FPGA-accelerated visual SLAM architectures and reconfigurable embedded systems designed for resource-constrained robotic platforms. His work consistently advances the integration of probabilistic methods, deep learning, and adaptive control in autonomous systems.