Minas Liarokapis
Chief Executive Officer at University of Auckland
Auckland, Auckland, Greece
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Top SchoolMinas Liarokapis is a technology leader guiding Acumino as CEO and CTO, building AI-powered robotic systems for highly dexterous industrial automation. He co-founded Acumino in 2023 and has held board, director, and chief scientist roles, bridging hands-on product development with strategic research leadership at scale. As founder of The OpenBionics and Humanoid Olympiad and Director of New Dexterity, he has a proven track record in advancing humanoid robotics and hands-on education. His academic roles span the University of Auckland (Associate Professor and Honorary Associate Professor) and the National Technical University of Athens (Associate Professor), underscored by a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Information Technologies in Medicine & Biology. With earlier research stints at Yale and NTUA, he brings deep research-to-product experience that informs robust, data-driven robotics deployments. Based in Auckland with Greek roots, he leads cross-border teams at the intersection of academia and industry to turn cutting-edge robotics research into scalable, ROI-focused solutions.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Technologies in Medicine & Biology, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Technologies in Medicine & Biology at National & Kapodistrian University of AthensDiploma, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Diploma, Computer Engineering and Informatics at University of PatrasDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering at National Technical University of Athens
Greek, English, French
Github Skills (7)
mechanism7
stem4
robotics3
marine3
rover2
ignition2
cockpit1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
newdexterity/Tendon-Termination
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes in 1 day
newdexterity/Ratchet-Clutch
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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