N. Mavrakis, Y. Gao, “Autonomous Robotic Grasping in Orbital Environment”, in Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Technolo-
gies, Advances and Applications, IET, 2021.
Peer-reviewed Journals
M. Farell, N.Mavrakis, A. Ferrando, C. Dixon, Y. Gao. ”Formal Modelling and Runtime Verification of Autonomous Grasping for Active Debris
Removal”, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 2021
N. Mavrakis, Z. Hao, Y. Gao. On-Orbit Robotic Grasping of a Spent Rocket Stage: Grasp Stability Analysis and Experimental Results,
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8(183), 2021
N. Mavrakis, R. Stolkin, ”Estimation and exploitation of objects’ inertial parameters in robotic grasping and manipulation: A survey”
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 124, p.103374., 2020
L. Baronti, M. Alston, N. Mavrakis, A. M. Ghalamzan E, M. Castellani, ”Primitive Shape Fitting in Point Clouds Using the Bees Algorithm”, Applied
Sciences, 9(23), p.5198., 2019
Conferences
N. Mavrakis, T-H. Pham, P. Bailey. ”Pose Estimation for Rover-to-Lander Tube Transfer for Mars Sample Return”, IEEE Aerospace Con-
ference, 2023.
M. Farrell, N. Mavrakis, A. Ferrando, C. Dixon, Y. Gao. ”Journal-First: Formal Modelling and Runtime Verification of Autonomous Grasping for
Active Debris Removal”, Integrated Formal Methods: 17th International Conference, 2022.
N. Mavrakis, Y. Gao. ”Stable Robotic Grasp Synthesis on an Upper-Stage Nozzle for On-Orbit Capturing”, International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), 2020.
M. Farrell, N. Mavrakis, C. Dixon, Y. Gao. ”Formal Verification of an Autonomous Grasping Algorithm”, International Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), 2020.
N. Mavrakis, A. M. Ghalamzan E. and R. Stolkin ”Estimating An Object’s Inertial Parameters By Robotic Pushing: A Data-Driven Approach”,
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020.
Z. Hao, N. Mavrakis, P. Proenca, R. Gillham Darnley, S. Fallah, M. Sweeting, Y. Gao. ”Ground-Based High-DOF AI And Robotics Demonstrator For
In-Orbit Space Optical Telescope Assembly”, International Astronautical Congress, 2019.
N. Mavrakis, Y. Gao. ”Visually Guided Robot Grasping of a Spacecraft’s Apogee Kick Motor”, ESA Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies
in Robotics and Automation (ASTRA), Noordwijk, 2019.
N. Mavrakis, A.M. Ghalamzan E., R. Stolkin. ”Minimum Object-Internal-Force Trajectory Optimization For On-Orbit Dual-Arm Space Robots”,
International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), 2018.
A. M. Ghalamzan E., N. Mavrakis, and R. Stolkin, ”Grasp that optimises objectives along post-grasp trajectories,” RSI International Conference
on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM), 2017.
N. Mavrakis, A. M. Ghalamzan E. and R. Stolkin, ”Safe robotic grasping: Minimum impact-force grasp selection,” IEEE/RSJ International Confer-
ence on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, BC, 2017,
N. Mavrakis, A. M. Ghalamzan E., R. Stolkin, L. Baronti, M. Kopicki and M. Castellani, ”Analysis of the inertia and dynamics of grasped objects, for
choosing optimal grasps to enable torque-efficient post-grasp manipulations,” IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots
(Humanoids), Cancun, 2016
A. M. Ghalamzan E., N. Mavrakis, and R. Stolkin, ”Task-relevant grasp selection: A joint solution to planning grasps and manipulative motion
trajectories, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016