Kostas Kyriakopoulos received a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Honors) from NTUA, in 1985 and the MS & Ph.D. in Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering (ECSE) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY in 1987 and 1991, respectively. From 1988 to 1991 he did research at the NASA Center for Intelligent Robotic Systems for Space Exploration. Between 1991-93 he was an Assistant Professor at ECSE - RPI and the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Automation and Robotics. Since 1994 he has been with the Control Systems Laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering Department at NTUA, Greece, where he currently serves as a Professor Emeritus. His current interests are in the area of Nonlinear Control Systems applications in Sensor Based Motion Planning & Control of multi-Robotic Systems: Manipulators & Vehicles (Mobile, Underwater and Aerial) and Micro- & Bio- Mechatronics. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece. He was awarded the G.Samaras award of academic excellence from NTUA, the Bodosakis Foundation Fellowship (1986-1989), the Alexander Onassis Foundation Fellowship (1989-1990) and the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (1993). Dr. Kyriakopoulos has published close to 400 papers to journals and refereed conferences and serves as an Editor in Chief, Senior and Associate Editor to a number of journals and conferences. He has contributed to a large number of projects funded by the EC and the Greek secretariat for Research & Technology. He served and serves in the editorial committee of a number of (including IEEE) journals and has served as an administrative member of a number of international conferences.