Journey
From a lab internship in 2019 to a European Defence Fund project in 2026.
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2019
Joins CSRL at HMU
Six-month internship at the Control Systems & Robotics Laboratory from February.
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2020
A ventilator in three weeks
The 3D-printed Med Venti ventilator is presented on ERT, MEGA and STAR. From May, researcher on the Agro4Crete programme.
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2021
SOUP and the HMU Robotics Club
Researcher on the SOUP greenhouse robotics programme from April. In October I co-found the HMU Robotics Club and become its first president.
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2022
Robot bartender and a world first place
The Robotics Club serves beer at Beer Festival Crete. In July I join Epiplo Aerakis as a mechanical engineer in furniture design, and in September I start teaching at the Robotic and Science Academy. My students win the Freestyle category at RoboChallenge in Bucharest.
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2023
National team, lab manager, SoftER
Coach of the Greek National Robotics Team from February. In October I return to CSRL as lab manager and researcher, and in November SoftER is published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
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2024
SVK Robotics is founded
In March I found SVK Robotics. Its robot Scorpios competes in Cage Wrestling at MRC 24, and in June I join the board of H.E.R.O.
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2025
PhD, new facilities, AERIS
SVK Robotics exhibits at BEYOND, builds the MRC 2025 cage arena and opens new facilities in Heraklion in May. In June I start a PhD at HMU and become Regional Manager for Get 3D, and SVK ROBOTICS GROUP P.C. is incorporated. From September I am Project Manager at AERIS GROUP HMU, where the ARPIA drones are first shown at INNODAYS.
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2026
NEA GENIA and the European Defence Fund
In August I become CEO of NEA GENIA Technologies, and SVK Robotics Group is selected under EDF Call 2025 as part of the LUMINA consortium.
