First Name
Giorgos
Last Name
Rekleitis
Email
georek@gmail.com
Position
Post Doc
Lab
Space Robotics
Room
Basement
Bio
Georgios Rekleitis received his Diploma from the University of Patras (Greece) in 2001, his M.Eng. from McGill University (Canada) in 2003, and his PhD from the National Technical University of Athens-NTUA (Greece) in 2015, all in Mechanical Engineering. During his PhD Thesis he worked on the modeling and control of cooperating robotic systems for On-Orbit Servicing tasks, as well as the stability and robustness analysis of the resulting control. He has also participated in the construction and the upgrades of the 2D Space Robotics Emulator of the Control Systems Lab (CSL) of the NTUA, which was used as experimental facility for three completed European Space Agency (ESA) projects (ASSIST 2015-2017, COMRADE 2017-2018 and PRINCE 2019), in which he also participated as a senior researcher. He has also participated in several other projects, related not only with space robotics, such as the HexaTerra project (2014) on the development of a hexapod robot for installation on subsea trenching machines. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the CSL and a senior researcher in the ongoing Horizon 2020 funded project “European Robotic Orbital Support Services (EROSS)” and the ESA project “On-Board System Identification for Uncertainty Modelling & Characterization (OBSIdian)”. His current research interests include modeling and dynamics of robotic systems, with emphasis on space robotics applications, non-linear control analysis and development as well as stability and robustness analysis for space robotic systems, cooperative robotic manipulation in space, and system identification.
Publications
Journal Publications
Tomassini, A., Suatoni, M., Avilés, M., Solway, N., Coxhill, I., Paraskevas, I., Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., Krenn, R., Brito, A., Sabbatinelli, B., Wollenhaupt, B., Vidal, C., Aziz, S., and Visentin, G., “Towards a Standardized Grasping and Refuelling On-orbit Servicing for GEO Spacecraft,” Acta Atronautica, Vol. 134, Pg. 1–10, May 2017.
Rekleitis, G. Papadopoulos, E, “On-Orbit Cooperating Space Robotic Servicers Handling a Passive Object”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 802 - 814, April 2015.
Refereed International Conference Proceedings
Christidi-Loumpasefski, Olga-Orsalia, Rekleitis, Georgios, and Papadopoulos, E., “Concurrent Parameter Identification and Control for Free-Floating Robotic Systems During On-Orbit Servicing,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '20), Paris, France, May 31-June 4, 2020.
Rekleitis, G., Vidakis, M., and Papadopoulos, E., “Optimal Leg Sequencing for a Hexapod Subject to External Forces and Slopes,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '19), Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019.
Mitros, Z., Rekleitis, G., Patsiaouras I., and Papadopoulos, E., “Impedance control design for on-orbit docking using an analytical and experimental approach,” 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED ‘17), Valletta, Malta, July 3-6, 2017.
Aggelopoulou, E., Rekleitis, G., and Papadopoulos, E., “Optimal Leg-Sequence Selection for an Underwater Hexapod Robot in the Presence of Slopes and External Forces,” 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED ‘17), Valletta, Malta, July 3-6, 2017.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., “On Controller Parametric Sensitivity of Passive Object Handling in Space by Robotic Servicers,” Proc. of the 2014 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '14), Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 14–18, 2014, USA.
Rekleitis, G. Papadopoulos, E, “On On-Orbit Passive Object Handling by Cooperating Space Robotic Servicers”, Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '11), September 25-30, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
Papadopoulos, E., Paraskevas, I. S., Rekleitis, G., Flessa, T., “The NTUA Space Robotics Emulator: Design and Experiments”, IROS 2011 Workshop on Space Robotics Simulation, September 26, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rekleitis, G. Papadopoulos, E, “Towards Passive Object On-Orbit Manipulation by Cooperating Free-Flying Robots”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '10), May 3-8, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., "On Dynamic Analysis and Control of a Novel Orbital Debris Disposer," Proc. 6th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control, (ROMANSY ’06), Warsaw, Poland, June 20-24, 2006.
G. Rekleitis, M. Nahon, S. K. Saha, "Kinematics and Dynamics Analysis of a Three Legged Parallel Mechanism Actuated by AGVs", 2003 CCToMM (Canadian Committee for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms) Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics. Saint-Hubert (Montreal), Quebec, Canada, May 30, 2003.
G. Rekleitis, N. Aspragathos, "Optimization of the Cycle Time in a Robotic Workcell Using Genetic Algorithms", National Conference On Manufacturing Research, Cardiff, 4-6 September 2001.
Abstract-Refereed Conference Proceedings
Tomassini, A., Suatoni, M., Avilés, M., Solway, N., Coxhill, I., Paraskevas, I., Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., Krenn, R., Brito, A., Sabbatinelli, B., Wollenhaupt, B., Vidal, C., Aziz, S., and Visentin, G., “Testing and Cross-Validation of On-Orbit Servicing System for Geo Spacecraft Refuelling,” 14th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘17), Scheltema, Leiden, the Netherlands, 20-22 June, 2017.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., “Motion Capabilities of a Passive Object Handled by Free-Floating Robotic Servicers,” 14th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘17), Scheltema, Leiden, the Netherlands, 20-22 June, 2017.
Medina, Al., Tomassini, A., Suatoni, M., Solway, N., Coxhill, I., Paraskevas, I.S., Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., Krenn, R., Brito, A., Sabbatinelli, B., Vidal, C., Benoist, O., Pegg, K., Metzger-Fragnol, N., Visentin, G., “Towards a Standardized Grasping and Refuelling On-Orbit Servicing for GEO Spacecraft”, 66th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Jerusalem, 12-16 October, 2015, Israel.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., “A Comparison of the Use of a Single Large vs a Number of Small Robots in On-Orbit Servicing,” 12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘13), ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 15-17, 2013.
Flessa, Th., Paraskevas, I., Rekleitis, Y., and Papadopoulos, E., “Localization and Fuel Management Techniques for the NTUA Space Servicer Emulator System,” Proc. International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS 2012), 4-6 September 2012, Turin, Italy.
Papadopoulos, E. Paraskevas, I. Flessa, T. Kontolatis, I. Rekleitis G. Nanos, K. “The NTUA Space Robot Simulator: Design & Results”, Poster at the 10th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation "ASTRA 2008", 11 - 13 November, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2008.
G. Rekleitis, I Tortopidis, I. Paraskevas, D, Psarros, I Kaliakatsos, I. Roditis, E. Papadopoulos, “The NTUA Simulators for Space Robots On Orbit”, Poster at the 1st Hellenic-European Student Space Science and Technology Symposium, 9 – 11 October, Patras, Greece, 2006.
Refereed National Conference Proceedings
Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., “Passive Object Manipulation in Space by Free-Flying Orbital Robots”, 2nd Hellenic Conference on Robotics, Patras, Greece, 9-10 December 2010, (in Greek).
Papadopoulos E., Paraskevas I.S., Flessa T., Nanos K., Rekleitis G. and Kontolatis I., “Development of Simulator and Emulator System for Space Robot”, 1st Hellenic Conference on Robotics, Athens, Greece, 23-24 February 2009, (in Greek).
Tomassini, A., Suatoni, M., Avilés, M., Solway, N., Coxhill, I., Paraskevas, I., Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., Krenn, R., Brito, A., Sabbatinelli, B., Wollenhaupt, B., Vidal, C., Aziz, S., and Visentin, G., “Towards a Standardized Grasping and Refuelling On-orbit Servicing for GEO Spacecraft,” Acta Atronautica, Vol. 134, Pg. 1–10, May 2017.
Rekleitis, G. Papadopoulos, E, “On-Orbit Cooperating Space Robotic Servicers Handling a Passive Object”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 802 - 814, April 2015.
Refereed International Conference Proceedings
Christidi-Loumpasefski, Olga-Orsalia, Rekleitis, Georgios, and Papadopoulos, E., “Concurrent Parameter Identification and Control for Free-Floating Robotic Systems During On-Orbit Servicing,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '20), Paris, France, May 31-June 4, 2020.
Rekleitis, G., Vidakis, M., and Papadopoulos, E., “Optimal Leg Sequencing for a Hexapod Subject to External Forces and Slopes,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '19), Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019.
Mitros, Z., Rekleitis, G., Patsiaouras I., and Papadopoulos, E., “Impedance control design for on-orbit docking using an analytical and experimental approach,” 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED ‘17), Valletta, Malta, July 3-6, 2017.
Aggelopoulou, E., Rekleitis, G., and Papadopoulos, E., “Optimal Leg-Sequence Selection for an Underwater Hexapod Robot in the Presence of Slopes and External Forces,” 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED ‘17), Valletta, Malta, July 3-6, 2017.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., “On Controller Parametric Sensitivity of Passive Object Handling in Space by Robotic Servicers,” Proc. of the 2014 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '14), Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 14–18, 2014, USA.
Rekleitis, G. Papadopoulos, E, “On On-Orbit Passive Object Handling by Cooperating Space Robotic Servicers”, Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '11), September 25-30, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
Papadopoulos, E., Paraskevas, I. S., Rekleitis, G., Flessa, T., “The NTUA Space Robotics Emulator: Design and Experiments”, IROS 2011 Workshop on Space Robotics Simulation, September 26, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
Rekleitis, G. Papadopoulos, E, “Towards Passive Object On-Orbit Manipulation by Cooperating Free-Flying Robots”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '10), May 3-8, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., "On Dynamic Analysis and Control of a Novel Orbital Debris Disposer," Proc. 6th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control, (ROMANSY ’06), Warsaw, Poland, June 20-24, 2006.
G. Rekleitis, M. Nahon, S. K. Saha, "Kinematics and Dynamics Analysis of a Three Legged Parallel Mechanism Actuated by AGVs", 2003 CCToMM (Canadian Committee for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms) Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics. Saint-Hubert (Montreal), Quebec, Canada, May 30, 2003.
G. Rekleitis, N. Aspragathos, "Optimization of the Cycle Time in a Robotic Workcell Using Genetic Algorithms", National Conference On Manufacturing Research, Cardiff, 4-6 September 2001.
Abstract-Refereed Conference Proceedings
Tomassini, A., Suatoni, M., Avilés, M., Solway, N., Coxhill, I., Paraskevas, I., Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., Krenn, R., Brito, A., Sabbatinelli, B., Wollenhaupt, B., Vidal, C., Aziz, S., and Visentin, G., “Testing and Cross-Validation of On-Orbit Servicing System for Geo Spacecraft Refuelling,” 14th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘17), Scheltema, Leiden, the Netherlands, 20-22 June, 2017.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., “Motion Capabilities of a Passive Object Handled by Free-Floating Robotic Servicers,” 14th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘17), Scheltema, Leiden, the Netherlands, 20-22 June, 2017.
Medina, Al., Tomassini, A., Suatoni, M., Solway, N., Coxhill, I., Paraskevas, I.S., Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., Krenn, R., Brito, A., Sabbatinelli, B., Vidal, C., Benoist, O., Pegg, K., Metzger-Fragnol, N., Visentin, G., “Towards a Standardized Grasping and Refuelling On-Orbit Servicing for GEO Spacecraft”, 66th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Jerusalem, 12-16 October, 2015, Israel.
Rekleitis, G. and Papadopoulos, E., “A Comparison of the Use of a Single Large vs a Number of Small Robots in On-Orbit Servicing,” 12th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, (ASTRA ‘13), ESA, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 15-17, 2013.
Flessa, Th., Paraskevas, I., Rekleitis, Y., and Papadopoulos, E., “Localization and Fuel Management Techniques for the NTUA Space Servicer Emulator System,” Proc. International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS 2012), 4-6 September 2012, Turin, Italy.
Papadopoulos, E. Paraskevas, I. Flessa, T. Kontolatis, I. Rekleitis G. Nanos, K. “The NTUA Space Robot Simulator: Design & Results”, Poster at the 10th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation "ASTRA 2008", 11 - 13 November, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2008.
G. Rekleitis, I Tortopidis, I. Paraskevas, D, Psarros, I Kaliakatsos, I. Roditis, E. Papadopoulos, “The NTUA Simulators for Space Robots On Orbit”, Poster at the 1st Hellenic-European Student Space Science and Technology Symposium, 9 – 11 October, Patras, Greece, 2006.
Refereed National Conference Proceedings
Rekleitis, G., Papadopoulos, E., “Passive Object Manipulation in Space by Free-Flying Orbital Robots”, 2nd Hellenic Conference on Robotics, Patras, Greece, 9-10 December 2010, (in Greek).
Papadopoulos E., Paraskevas I.S., Flessa T., Nanos K., Rekleitis G. and Kontolatis I., “Development of Simulator and Emulator System for Space Robot”, 1st Hellenic Conference on Robotics, Athens, Greece, 23-24 February 2009, (in Greek).
