Personal profile
Professional work
I am Associate Professor with the Department of Automatic Control, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering (August 2022 -). I am WASP-affiliated faculty a member of the ELLIIT Strategic Research Area at Lund University. One part of my research team is located at the Division of Systems and Control (SYSCON) at Chalmers University of Technology. I serve as Associate Editor for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, the European Control Conference. I have been a reviewer in the major scientific journals specialised in robotics and automatic control. I also serve as the treasurer of the IEEE Robotics Chapter in Sweden.
Research
My research intersests include: Robot control, robotic manipulation in human-centered environments, dual arm manipulation, force control, grasping control, robotic assembly, control of physical human-robot interaction, robot learning, robot navigation and reactive planning, multi-agent robotic systems, adaptive control and nonlinear control systems.
Teaching
Current Courses:
- Non-linear Control and Servo systems -- FRTN05 2022-2023
- Mathematical Modeling (Cont. course) -- FRTN45 2023-2024
Previous Courses:
- Modeling and Control of Mechatronic Systems, Master program: Systems Control and Mechatronics, E2/Chalmers (2016-2022)
- Design Project course in Systems, Control and Mechatronics, E2/Chalmers (Supervisor 2015-2022)
- Mechatronics, Bachelor level course, CTH
- Topics in Robotics, Module: Robot Control, Phd level course, KTH
- Artificial Intelligence, (Lectures on Probabilistic Reasoning, BNs, HMMs, MDPs, POMDPs) Master level course, KTH
- Linear Control Systems (I, II), Lab Instructor, ATEITh
- Robotics, Teaching Assistant, ECE/AUTH
- Nonlinear Control Systems and Adaptive Control (Control Systems 3), Teaching Assistant, ECE/AUTH
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Robotics and automation
- Control Engineering
- Computer graphics and computer vision
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Collaborations the last five years
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Stability and Lyapunov Theory
Karayiannidis, Y., 2025 Sept, Encyclopedia of Systems and Control Engineering (First Edition). Ding, Z. (ed.). First Edition ed. Oxford: Elsevier, p. 98-109 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Autonomous navigation with convergence guarantees in complex dynamic environments
Dahlin, A. & Karayiannidis, Y., 2025 Mar, In: Automatica. 173, 112026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Novel Decentralized Leader–follower Control Scheme for Centroid and Formation Tracking
Sileo, M., Karayiannidis, Y., Pierri, F. & Caccavale, F., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. 12, 3, p. 2040-2051Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Study of Task-Space Path-Velocity Control for Torque-Limited Redundant Manipulators under Uncertainties
Jia, Z., Karayiannidis, Y. & Olofsson, B., 2025, 2025 European Control Conference (ECC). p. 2894-2900 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review
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Decentralized control of internal wrenches in a multi-manipulators object transportation task
Carriero, G., Sileo, M., Karayiannidis, Y., Pierri, F. & Caccavale, F., 2025, 2025 European Control Conference (ECC). p. 705-710 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review
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Force Control For Robotic Manipulation with Extrinsic Dexterity
Kovács, R. (Researcher), Karayiannidis, Y. (Supervisor) & Olofsson, B. (Assistant supervisor)
2025/08/18 → 2030/08/18
Project: Research
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Task-centric Whole-Body Compliant Robot Control
Fregnan, S. (Researcher), Karayiannidis, Y. (Supervisor) & Olofsson, B. (Researcher)
2024/01/01 → 2028/12/31
Project: Research
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Intelligent trajectory predictions at sea using neural ordinary differential equations
Stoltenberg, P. (Research student), Olofsson, B. (Supervisor), Lager, M. (Researcher) & Karayiannidis, Y. (Assistant supervisor)
2023/10/01 → 2028/09/30
Project: Research
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Hand-arm coordination control for robotic interaction tasks
Karayiannidis, Y. (PI), Guberina, M. (Research student) & Olofsson, B. (Assistant supervisor)
2022/09/01 → 2027/09/30
Project: Research
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Center for Construction Robotics
Haage, M. (Researcher), Andréen, D. (Researcher), Larsson, R. (Researcher), Molnar, M. (Researcher), Johansson, A. T. (Researcher), Klöckner, M. (Researcher), Olofsson, B. (Researcher) & Karayiannidis, Y. (Researcher)
2018/01/01 → …
Project: Network
Activities
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Robotics Week
Karayiannidis, Y. (Organiser)
2025 Nov 25 → 2025 Nov 27Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of festival/exhibition/concert/performance
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ELLIIT Focus Period 2025
Karayiannidis, Y. (Organiser)
2025 Nov 3 → 2025 Dec 5Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of festival/exhibition/concert/performance
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Mini-course: Topics in Robot Learning
Karayiannidis, Y. (Organiser)
2025 Nov 3 → 2025 Dec 5Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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Perception and Planning for Dual-arm Robotic Manipulation of Multi-Deformable Linear Objects in Wire Harness Assembly
Karayiannidis, Y. (Examiner)
2025 Sept 5Activity: Examination and supervision › Examination
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Towards Autonomous Collaborative Aerial 3D Printing
Karayiannidis, Y. (Role not specified)
2025 Jun 16Activity: Examination and supervision › Examination
Infrastructure
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RobotLab LTH Infrastructure
Krueger, V. (Manager), Olofsson, B. (Manager), Karayiannidis, Y. (Manager), Haage, M. (Manager), Malec, J. (Manager) & Topp, E. A. (Manager)
Faculty of Engineering, LTHInfrastructure