Publications
Theses:
M. Xanthidis, ”On Providing Efficient Real-Time Solutions to Motion Planning Problems of High Complexity”, PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC, USA, Defended 16/02/2022 (Supervisors: Prof. Ioannis Rekleitis & Prof. Jason M. O’Kane)
M. Xanthidis, “Dynamically Efficient Approach for Hyper-Redundant Robotics Arms”, Diploma Thesis, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, July 2015 (Supervisors: Prof. Sergios Theodoridis (NKUA) & Prof. Kostantinos Kyriakopoulos (NTUA))
Accepted Journal Papers:
M. Xanthidis, J. M. Esposito, I. Rekleitis, J. M. O’Kane. Analysis of Motion Planning by Sampling in Subspaces of Progressively Increasing Dimension. In Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (JIRS). Springer, 2020.
Accepted Papers in International Conferences:
M. Xanthidis, B. Joshi, M. Roznere, W. Wang, N. Burgdorfer, A. Quattrini Li, P. Mordohai, S. Nelakuditi, and I. Rekleitis. Mapping of underwater structures by a team of autonomous underwater vehicles. In 20th International Symposium of Robotics Research (ISRR). Springer, 2022.
B. Joshi, M. Xanthidis, M. Roznere, N. J. Burgdorfer, P. Mordohai, A. Quattrini Li, and I. Rekleitis. Underwater exploration and mapping. In OES-AUV Symposium. IEEE, 2022.
M. Xanthidis, B. Joshi, J. M. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. Multi-robot exploration of underwater structures. In IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles (IFAC-CAMS). IFAC, 2022.
B. Joshi, M. Xanthidis, S. Rahman, and I. Rekleitis. High definition, inexpensive, underwater mapping. In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2022.
M. Xanthidis, M. Kalaitzakis, N. Karapetyan, J. Johnson, N. Vitzilaios, J. M. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. AquaVis: a perception-aware autonomous navigation framework for underwater vehicles. In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2021.
B. Joshi, M. Modasshir, T. Manderson, H. Damron, M. Xanthidis, A. Quattrini Li, I. Rekleitis, and G. Dudek. DeepURL: deep pose estimation framework for underwater relative localization. In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2020.
M. Xanthidis, N. Karapetyan, H. Damron, S. Rahman, J. Johnson, A. O’Connell, J. M. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. Navigation in the presence of obstacles for an agile autonomous underwater vehicle. In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2020.
B. Joshi, S. Rahman, M. Kalaitzakis, B. Cain, J. Johnson, M. Xanthidis, N. Karapetyan, A. Hernandez, A. Quattrini Li, N. Vitzilaios, and I. Rekleitis. Experimental comparison of open source visual-inertial-based state estimation algorithms in the underwater domain. In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2019.
A. Quattrini Li, A. Coskun, S. Doherty, S. Ghasemlou, A. Jagtap, M. Modasshir, S. Rahman, A. Singh, M. Xanthidis, J. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. Experimental comparison of open source vision-based state estimation algorithms. In International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER). Springer, 2016.
A. Quattrini Li, M. Xanthidis, J. M. O’ Kane, and I. Rekleitis. Active localization with dynamic obstacles. In International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2016.
M. Xanthidis, A. Quattrini Li, and I. Rekleitis. Shallow coral reef surveying by inexpensive drifters. In OCEANS. IEEE, 2016.
A. Quattrini Li, A. Coskun, S. Doherty, S. Ghasemlou, A. Jagtap, M. Modasshir, S. Rahman, A. Singh, M. Xanthidis, J. M. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. Vision-based shipwreck mapping: on evaluating features quality and open source state estimation packages. In OCEANS. IEEE, 2016.
M. Xanthidis, K. J. Kyriakopoulos, and I. Rekleitis. Dynamically efficient kinematics for hyper-redundant manipulators. In Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), IEEE, 2016.
Workshops in International Conferences:
M. Xanthidis, B. Joshi, N. Karapetyan, M. Roznere, W. Wang, J. Johnson, A. Quattrini Li, J. Casana, P. Mordohai, S. Nelakuditi, and I. Rekleitis. Towards multi-robot shipwreck mapping. In Workshop on Marine Robotics: Active Perception, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2021.
M. Xanthidis, J. Johnson, J. M. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. Towards multi-camera active perception of underwater structures. In Workshop on Marine Robotics: Active Perception, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2021.
I. J Salman, J. A Baum, H. J Damron, J. Y Nelson, A. K Smith, M. Xanthidis, J. Cooper, and I. Rekleitis. Radar based navigation for autonomous surface vehicles. In Workshop on Radar Perception for All-Weather Autonomy, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2021.
A. Quattrini Li, A. Coskun, S. Doherty, S. Ghasemlou, A. Jagtap, M. Modasshir, S. Rahman, A. Singh, M. Xanthidis, J. M. O’Kane, and I. Rekleitis. On understanding the challenges in vision-based shipwreck mapping. In Navigation and Localization Workshop, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, 2016.
Invited Talks
Marios Xanthidis, “Enabling Real-time Autonomy in Challenging Underwater Environments”. Invited Seminar – Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, November 2021.
Marios Xanthidis, “Center for Computational Robotics (UofSC): Informatics in Modern Robotics”. Invited Speech – Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, May 2017.