Petros Fanioudakis


I build autonomous machines and intelligent software, from custom UAVs and surface vessels to machine-learning tools and high-performance runtimes.

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DomainRobotics & Autonomous Systems
FocusRL / Perception / Embedded ML
StackRust · Python · C++

I'm an AI & Robotics Engineer with a background in both computer science and electronics. My work sits at the intersection of machine learning research and real hardware — I don't just train models, I deploy them on edge devices, integrate them with flight controllers, and make them run on resource-constrained systems where every millisecond matters.

I approach problems from the system level down: if I can't understand the full stack — from the transistor to the transformer — I don't feel like I truly understand it. That means building neural network compilers from scratch in Rust, writing bare-metal flight control inference loops, and designing the PCBs my code runs on. Every project is an opportunity to own the whole pipeline.

I care about open source, about building tools people actually want to use, and about the idea that the best research is research you can run on real hardware — not just in a notebook.

Reinforcement LearningEmbedded MLRobotics & UAVsNeural Network CompilersBrain-Computer InterfacesHardware DesignRust / C++ / PythonEdge Deployment
Helion

Helion

Custom 10-inch long-range FPV drone — 30 min flight, 2.2 kg

Sting S

Sting S

3D-printed 7-inch speed quadcopter — 300 km/h, 6.6 kW

Tilt-Rotor VTOL

Tilt-Rotor VTOL

From-scratch hybrid aircraft with custom-built wings and 3D-printed tilt rotors

Lift-Cruise VTOL

Lift-Cruise VTOL

Hybrid VTOL with separate lift and cruise motors for autonomous missions

Argus USV

Argus USV

Autonomous surface vessel for maritime surveillance and search-and-rescue support

Apex5

Apex5

5-inch 4S FPV racing drone — 210 km/h, sub-450g

Psy-Cho

Psy-Cho

3D-printed 90mm EDF jet — 330 km/h, 2.5:1 thrust-to-weight

Fixed-Wing UAV for Autonomous Tracking

Fixed-Wing UAV for Autonomous Tracking

Fixed-wing UAV for real-time vehicle tracking in GPS-denied environments

Visual Localization

Visual Localization

GPS-denied 6-DOF pose estimation using camera features and IMU sensor fusion

Y6

Y6

Y6 coaxial hexacopter test platform for autonomous systems

Harrier

Harrier

From-scratch fixed-wing UAV with custom-built composite wings and 4+ hour endurance

RPV

RPV

Rust FPV system for Raspberry Pi — low-latency H.264 over raw 802.11

Psycrypt

Psycrypt

EEG-based biometric authentication binding GPG keys to brainwave patterns

Neural Quadrotor Stabilization

Neural Quadrotor Stabilization

Deep RL-based attitude control for quadrotors deployed on bare-metal MCUs

Education

Computer Science — Democritus University of Thrace, Kavala (2021–2026)
Electronics — 6th Vocational High School, Herakleion (2019–2021)

Awards

🥇1st Place — World Robotics Olympiad, Regional (2019)
🥉3rd Place — World Robotics Olympiad, National (2019)
🥈2nd Place — World Robotics Olympiad, Regional (2017)

Open to research collaborations, robotics projects, and applied ML work.