Contact Konstantinos Platanitis
Areas of expertise
- Autonomous Systems
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Mechatronics & Advanced Controls
- Space Systems
- Systems Engineering
Background
Konstantinos received a degree in Physics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2016, specialising in solid state physics. From then onwards he has worked in computer modelling and simulation of physical systems, and then continued his studies at the Technical University of Crete where he obtained a master's degree in systems engineering in 2023. His research activity during that time was focused on autonomous systems, on the problem of path planning for autonomous vehicles as well as in control systems.
Afterwards, he continued his research on this subject by joining the R&D team at Hellenic Drones Inc., where under the auspices of EU's Horizon 2020 programme a TRL-7 prototype of an autonomous UAV was developed from the ground up, targeted towards offshore transportation of materials and supplies.
Current activities
Konstantinos joined Cranfield University as a researcher in April 2023, pursuing a PhD in the field of space systems dynamics and control. His research is focused on accurate modelling and attitude control of larger space structures, as well as flexible spacecraft.
Publications
Conference Papers
- Platanitis KS, Kladis GP, Petrongonas E, Skliros C, Tsourveloudis NC, .... (2022). UAV path planning for offshore swarm-based missions
- Ntakolia C, Platanitis KS, Kladis GP, Skliros C & Zagorianos AD. (2022). A Genetic Algorithm enhanced with Fuzzy-Logic for multi-objective Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle path planning missions
- Platanitis KS, Kladis GP & Tsourveloudis NC. (2020). Safe flyable and energy efficient UAV missions via biologically inspired methods