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Minas Liarokapis

Minas Liarokapis

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Co-Founder / CTO, Acumino | Director, New Dexterity | Associate Professor, The University of Auckland | Chair, New Zealand - Robotics, Automation, and Sensing (NZ-RAS)

  • Education

    • National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

      2008 - 2010
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Information Technologies in Medicine & Biology

      Department of Informatics and Telecommunications

    • University of Patras

      2003 - 2008
      Diploma Computer Engineering and Informatics

      Computer Engineering and Informatics Department

    • National Technical University of Athens

      2010 - 2014
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering

      School of Mechanical Engineering

  • Experience

    • National Technical University of Athens

      Jul 2009 - Jul 2014
      Research Associate

    • The OpenBionics

      Jul 2013 - now
      Founder

    • Yale University

      Aug 2014 - Dec 2016
      Postdoctoral Research Associate

    • The University of Auckland

      Jan 2017 - now

      • Associate Professor

        Feb 2023 - now

      • Senior Lecturer - Above the Bar

        Feb 2022 - Jan 2023

      • Senior Lecturer

        Feb 2020 - Jan 2022

      • Lecturer

        Jan 2017 - Jan 2020

    • New Dexterity

      Jan 2017 - now
      Director

      Director of the New Dexterity research group (www.newdexterity.org).

    • Acumino

      May 2023 - now

      • Chief Technology Officer

        May 2024 - now

      • Board Member

        May 2024 - now

      • Co-Founder

        Sept 2021 - now

      • Chief Scientist

        May 2023 - Apr 2024

    • New Zealand Robotics, Automation, and Sensing

      Jan 2024 - now
      Chair

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced Project Management Certificate

      Stanford University
      Jan 2009

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      IEEE/RSJ IROS 2025 Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics in memory of Motohiro Kisoi – Sponsored by IRS IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Oct 2025
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      Plug and Play Tech Center Global Innovation Award for the Cross Collaboration with DXC Technology and Schaeffler on Dexterous Package Folding Plug and Play Tech Center Jun 2025
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024 Finalist for Best Application Paper Award sponsored by ICROS IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Oct 2024
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      2023 Students' Choice Top Teacher Award Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland Dec 2023
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      2023 Best Video Award - IEEE Access IEEE Access Mar 2023 Best Video Award (Part 1) for the video of the journal paper with title “The Omnirotor Platform: A Versatile, Multi-Modal, Coaxial, All-Terrain Vehicle”.
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      IEEE ICRA 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Conference Editorial Board May 2022 4 outstanding reviewers have been selected among 5,854 reviewers
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      IEEE/RSJ IROS 2021 Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Oct 2021
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      2020 Students' Choice Top Teacher Award Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland Dec 2020
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      1st Prize, Assistive Devices Challenge, 2020 Hackaday Prize, Sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Los Angeles Hackaday Prize Nov 2020
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      3rd Place Manufacturing Track, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 Grasping and Manipulation Challenge (with New Dexterity research team) IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Nov 2020
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      1st Place Manufacturing Track, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2019 Grasping and Manipulation Challenge (with New Dexterity research team) IEEE\RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Nov 2019
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      2018 Students' Choice Top Teacher Award Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland Dec 2018
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      2nd Prize, 2015 Hackaday Prize (San Francisco, CA, USA) Hackaday Prize Nov 2015 OpenBionics initiative got the 2nd prize of the 2015 Hackaday Prize. URL: www.hackaday.io/prize
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      2015 Robotdalen International Innovation Award (Västerås, Sweden) Robotdalen Sep 2015 OpenBionics initiative was the winner of the 2015 Robotdalen International Innovation Award.
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications 2010 -
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications 2012 -
    • Awarded to Minas Liarokapis
      Thomaidion Award for Scientific Publications 2013 -