Electric Circuits & Systems
Semester: 2nd, Spring/Summer
Study of electrical circuits, linear analysis, network theorems, time and frequency responses, transfer functions, filters, three-phase networks, and laboratory experiments.
Welcome to the
Control Systems Lab
School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
We carry out research and education in control theory, robotics, and mechatronic systems. Our groups span dexterous manipulation, legged locomotion, space robotics, and autonomous multi-robot systems.
Research Groups
Four research teams advancing control and robotics at NTUA.
New Dexterity Research Group
Assoc. Prof. Minas Liarokapis
Robotic grasping and manipulation, dexterous robot hands, human-robot interaction, prosthetics, and telemanipulation.
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Poulakakis Research Group
Assoc. Prof. Ioannis Poulakakis
Dynamic legged locomotion, nonlinear control, decision making for robotic systems, and multi-agent coordination.
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Papadopoulos Research Group
Prof. Emer. Evangelos Papadopoulos
Space robotics, mobile manipulators, haptics, electromechanical systems, and nonlinear control.
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Kyriakopoulos Research Group
Prof. Emer. Kostas Kyriakopoulos
Autonomous mobile robots, multi-robot systems, navigation, motion planning, and hybrid systems.
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Courses
Undergraduate and graduate courses.
Electromechanical Power Conversion Systems
Semester: 3rd, Autumn/Winter
Principles of electromechanical energy conversion, DC and AC machines, transformers, and power electronics applied to modern drive systems, laboratory experiments.
Introduction to Electronics
Semester: 6th, Spring/Summer
Analog and digital electronics, semiconductor devices, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, logic circuits, sequential systems, signal conditioning, and industrial control applications.
Modelling and Automatic Control of Systems
Semester: 6th, Spring/Summer
Introduction to control systems, mathematical modeling, transfer functions, feedback principles, transient and frequency response, controller design, stability, and practical applications.
Advanced Control Systems
Semester: 7th, Autumn/Winter
State-space methods, optimal control, robust control, nonlinear systems, and applications to mechanical and mechatronic systems.
Microprocessors Based Control
Semester: 8th, Spring/Summer
Microprocessor-based control, digital system modeling, sampled-data analysis, stability, state estimation, system identification, adaptive control, and practical implementation.
Robotics
Semester: 9th, Autumn/Winter
Kinematics, dynamics, and control of serial and parallel manipulators, trajectory planning, sensing, and introduction to mobile robotics.