Athanasios Polydoros

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 932 citations indexed

About

Athanasios Polydoros is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Athanasios Polydoros has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 932 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 4 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Athanasios Polydoros's work include Robot Manipulation and Learning (4 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (3 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (3 papers). Athanasios Polydoros is often cited by papers focused on Robot Manipulation and Learning (4 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (3 papers) and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing (3 papers). Athanasios Polydoros collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Austria and Greece. Athanasios Polydoros's co-authors include Lazaros Nalpantidis, Aude Billard, Harish Ravichandar, Sonia Chernova, George A. Papakostas, Dimitrios E. Koulouriotis, Vassilios D. Tourassis, Volker Krüger, Evangelos Boukas and Emlyn Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems and Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

In The Last Decade

Athanasios Polydoros

11 papers receiving 905 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Recent Advances in Robot Learning from Demonstration

2019 432 citations Harish Ravichandar, Athanasios Polydoros et al. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) profile →
Survey of Model-Based Reinforcement Learning: Applications on Robotics

2017 329 citations Athanasios Polydoros, Lazaros Nalpantidis Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Athanasios Polydoros Denmark	8	484	436	153	139	109	11	932
Herke van Hoof Netherlands	17	427 0.9×	537 1.2×	210 1.4×	170 1.2×	70 0.6×	36	1.0k
Abdeslam Boularias United States	16	392 0.8×	377 0.9×	164 1.1×	253 1.8×	60 0.6×	59	782
Sarah Osentoski United States	15	543 1.1×	471 1.1×	77 0.5×	226 1.6×	166 1.5×	26	906
Joni Pajarinen Finland	13	374 0.8×	391 0.9×	94 0.6×	240 1.7×	77 0.7×	52	875
Christian Daniel Germany	12	543 1.1×	484 1.1×	162 1.1×	189 1.4×	84 0.8×	25	841
Scott Niekum United States	15	527 1.1×	469 1.1×	124 0.8×	240 1.7×	112 1.0×	45	900
Ching‐Chang Wong Taiwan	20	643 1.3×	510 1.2×	124 0.8×	297 2.1×	122 1.1×	120	1.3k
Harish Ravichandar United States	12	446 0.9×	253 0.6×	138 0.9×	165 1.2×	108 1.0×	34	721
Szymon Sidor	4	532 1.1×	438 1.0×	270 1.8×	194 1.4×	119 1.1×	4	942
Bowen Baker United States	5	539 1.1×	588 1.3×	276 1.8×	335 2.4×	119 1.1×	6	1.2k

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Williams, Emlyn & Athanasios Polydoros. (2025). Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning for Fruit Harvesting. 1423–1428. 2 indexed citations

Ravichandar, Harish, Athanasios Polydoros, Sonia Chernova, & Aude Billard. (2019). Recent Advances in Robot Learning from Demonstration. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 3(1). 297–330. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

Polydoros, Athanasios, et al.. (2018). Human-Machine Interface for Remote Training of Robot Tasks. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 3. 1–5. 7 indexed citations

Hofmann, Michael, et al.. (2018). FlexRoP – flexible, assistive robots for customized production. 53–58. 3 indexed citations

Polydoros, Athanasios & Lazaros Nalpantidis. (2017). Survey of Model-Based Reinforcement Learning: Applications on Robotics. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 86(2). 153–173. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

Polydoros, Athanasios, Evangelos Boukas, & Lazaros Nalpantidis. (2017). Online multi-target learning of inverse dynamics models for computed-torque control of compliant manipulators. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 4716–4722. 11 indexed citations

Polydoros, Athanasios & Lazaros Nalpantidis. (2016). A reservoir computing approach for learning forward dynamics of industrial manipulators. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 11 indexed citations

Polydoros, Athanasios, Lazaros Nalpantidis, & Volker Krüger. (2015). Advantages and limitations of reservoir computing on model learning for robot control. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 4 indexed citations

Polydoros, Athanasios, Lazaros Nalpantidis, & Volker Krüger. (2015). Real-time deep learning of robotic manipulator inverse dynamics. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 3442–3448. 54 indexed citations

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Papakostas, George A., Dimitrios E. Koulouriotis, Athanasios Polydoros, & Vassilios D. Tourassis. (2012). Towards Hebbian learning of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps in pattern classification problems. Expert Systems with Applications. 39(12). 10620–10629. 57 indexed citations

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Papakostas, George A., Athanasios Polydoros, Dimitrios E. Koulouriotis, & Vassilios D. Tourassis. (2011). Training Fuzzy Cognitive Maps by using Hebbian learning algorithms: A comparative study. 851–858. 22 indexed citations

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