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.