Athanasios Kapoutsis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh) and Head of the AUtonomous Robotics Agents (AURA) Research Group. His research focuses on autonomous robotic systems, path planning, emergent behaviors, and multi-robot systems. Over the past several years, he has contributed to a broad portfolio of competitively funded R&D projects under the EU FP7, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe programs, as well as Greek national research initiatives, serving in roles ranging from key technical contributor to project lead and technical lead.