Spyros Maniatopoulos
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Book, ebook, or audiobook?

12/31/2022

 
Book, ebook, or audiobook? That is the question.

Finally, a cheap spinning LiDAR!

3/9/2016

 
If you are into robotics, please consider backing sweep! It's a low-cost spinning LiDAR sensor, an essential component of robotics applications.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scanse/sweep-scanning-lidar

Getting Started with Mac OS X

8/22/2015

 
When I first bought a Macbook, back in 2012, a lab mate helped me get all set up for research and school work. (Thanks Cameron!) So when a few days ago a friend also switched to a Mac (from Windows and Ubuntu), and expressed some frustration at how things work in OS X, I decided to "pay it forward" and help him out.

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Back MegaBots in Giant Robot Duel!

8/18/2015

 
MegaBots needs your help to create a giant combat robot from America to defeat the robot from Japan! Check out their Kickstarter campaign asap!

Time Management Engineering

8/25/2014

 
Time Management Engineering

Trip back to childhood: the Ithaca Sciencenter

7/14/2014

 
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I spent last Sunday afternoon at the Ithaca Sciencenter. Stephanie, who volunteers there, had told me so much about it. So naturally, I wanted to check it out. To make a long story short, it was fantastic! I wish I had been exposed to something similar when I was growing up! Here's what I saw.

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To stand, or not to stand ...

7/12/2014

 
To stand, or not to stand …

Trip to the Big Buddha (Hong Kong Adventures - Part III)

6/30/2014

 
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This is the final part of the Hong Kong trilogy! If you've missed any of the previous two parts, click on the pictures below.
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Part I: ICRA 2014
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Part II: Ocean Park
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Part III: Big Buddha

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A Day at Ocean Park (Hong Kong Adventures - Part II)

6/23/2014

 
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The Hong Kong saga continues! As I mentioned in the first story of this series, I've broken down my trip into three parts. (If you missed the first one - the robotics conference - click on the leftmost photo below.) 
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Part I: ICRA 2014
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Part II: Ocean Park
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Part 3: Big Buddha
Today's post is all about Ocean Park, a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park in southern Hong Kong island!

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International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Hong Kong Adventures - Part I)

6/16/2014

 
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As many of you know (from my incessant Facebook posts and tweets), I traveled to Hong Kong! The purpose of my trip was to present a research paper at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014), which took place in Hong Kong, from May 31 to June 5.

After the conference, I also spent two days as a tourist! Because I have too many stories (and photos and videos) to talk about, I decided to write three separate blog posts about my Hong Kong trip, as follows:
ICRA 2014
Part I: ICRA 2014
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Part II: Ocean Park
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Part 3: Big Buddha

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    My name is Spyros. 
    I'm from Greece and I live in San Francisco, CA. I work as a Staff Software Engineer at Cruise. Previously, I was a Lead Robotics Engineer at Mayfield Robotics and before that the Lead Robotics Software Engineer at Maidbot. I also used to be a PhD student at Cornell University.
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