Sfakiotakis Michael

Dr. Sfakiotakis Michael is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He serves as Director of the Institutionalized Interdepartmental Laboratory of Control Systems and Robotics (ESER) and the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program 'Advanced Production Systems, Automation and Robotics' under the School of Engineering. His research focuses on robotic systems modeling, medical micro-robotics, real-time embedded control, precision agriculture, and robotic manipulation.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1995)
• MSc in Communications, Control and DSP, University of Strathclyde, UK (1996)
• PhD in Biomimetic Robotic Systems, Heriot-Watt University, UK (2000)

His research portfolio includes over 65 peer-reviewed publications with an h-index of 17 (Google Scholar), and he has participated in numerous funded projects. His work spans multidisciplinary applications from aquatic robotics to agricultural automation.

Labs/Teams: Director of ESER Lab, leading projects in control systems and robotics innovation.