Kapitonov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich

Aleksandr Kapitonov received his Bachelor's degree in Automation and Control (2009) and Master's degree in Automation and Control (2011) from ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Automation from ITMO University in 2014. He was an Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of ICT at ITMO University, where he also took a part in the Adaptive and Nonlinear Control Systems Laboratory. Currently, he is affiliated with New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent. His research interests include robot economics, blockchain technology applications in robotics, autonomous systems and UAVs, control theory, multi-agent systems, and the integration of Large Language Model (LLM) agents in robotic systems. He has pioneered work on blockchain-based protocols for autonomous business activities in multi-agent systems and the development of smart factory concepts using decentralized technologies.

Top rated journal publication Matveev, A. S., Berman, I., Bugrova, A., Bystramovich, M., Kapitonov, A., Manaenko, V. (2023). Nongradient-Based Tracking of Environmental Field Isolines in a Changing Medium by Dubins-Vehicle Type Robots. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 69(2), 952-967.

A* conterence publication Ferrer, E. C., Berman, I., Kapitonov, A., Manaenko, V., Chernyaev, M., Tarasov, P. (2023, May). Gaka-chu: a self-employed autonomous robot artist. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Most cited publication Kapitonov A. et al. Blockchain-based protocol of autonomous business activity for multiagent systems consisting of UAVs //2017 Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED-UAS)

2021–2022 ERTICO Strategy Committee, Research Group Member, ERTICO - ITS

Europe, Brussels, Belgium.

E-mobility research advising in decentralized technologies.

2018–2023 Grant work, Russian Science Foundation, The head of the group, ITMO University.

Development of methods for autonomous control of robotic vessels 19-19-00403.

2016–2019 Erasmus+, European National Agency of Poland, Regional Head of Grant works,

ITMO University.

Erasmus+ Open Education on IoT: improving higher education for European digital global

competitiveness 2016-1-PL01-KA203-026471.

2024 California, Stanford, Treehaks, hardware track organizer

2023 California, Berkeley, PBA school guest lecturer

2021 Decentralized applications for cyber-physical systems, youtu.be/LGQEoOpsVR4?si=5P1JTJHJGv61tOVG

2021 St.Petersburg, Recycle Group exhibition, Ethically Aligned Design of Robotics and

AI, keynote speaker

2019 Boston, MIT Media Lab Symposium Blockchain for Robotics and AI Systems,

keynote speaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReXFCqx5--s&t=9243s

2018 Boston, MIT Media Lab Blockchain for Robotics Symposium, keynote speaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcSYWWuO6rU&t=9420s

2018 European Parliament Discussion on Robot Economy, keynote speaker youtu.be/8JwPHR5ZDNg?si=wyIycrbR2IBOywRS

2017 Presentation at the RED UAS 2017 conference

2014 Presentation and poster section at the 19th IFAC World Congress

2014 Oral presentation at the Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems

and Workshops (ICUMT), 2014 6th International Congress