Emmanouil Spyrakos-Papastavridis received the B.Sc. degree in electronic and electrical engineering from University College London (UCL), London, U.K., the M.Sc. degree in mechatronics from King’s College London (KCL), London, U.K., and the Ph.D. degree in humanoid robotics from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Advanced Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, a visiting researcher at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Department of Engineering, KCL, and later a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) with the same department. His research interests include flexible-joint systems, nonlinear control, humanoids, bipedal balancing, legged systems, impedance control, and physical human-robot interaction. Dr. Spyrakos was a recipient of the 2022 Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics Best Paper Award, and a finalist for the Best Interactive Paper Award at Humanoids 2015. He was Principal Investigator of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) REST project. 

Research Interests

• Bipedal Balancing
• Flexible-Joint Systems
• Variable Impedance Control
• Legged Systems
• Humanoids
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Nonlinear Control
• Optimal Control

Further Information

• Research profile

• Dynamical RObot MOtion & Interaction Lab Emmanouil Spyrakos