Program > Day 3 - Design and Manufacturing

09:00-10:00: Keynote to be decided - Hemma Philamore (confirmed)

10:00-11:00: Lecture "Design and manufacturing of compliant mechanisms: an old story, yet an evolving field with impact on robot design" - Pierre Renaud

Abstract:

The use of material compliance—and, ultimately, the exploitation of deformation that designers usually seek to avoid—has been widely considered in the design of flexible joints and mechanisms of possible use in robotics. In this session, examples will be highlighted to illustrate the benefits of using compliance and the specific challenges that arise as a result. Building on these examples, elements concerning design methods and implementation techniques will be introduced to provide guidance for the design and fabrication of compliant systems. Finally, the possibility of using these tools and methods to design systems capable of large displacements and deformations will be introduced and discussed through examples.

Bio: Pierre Renaud is full professor at INSA Strasbourg, France. He received the M.Sc. degree in mechanics and materials from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France, in 2000 and the Ph.D. degree in robotics from the Clermont-Ferrand University , France in 2003. Former Fulbright fellow and visiting associate professor at Stanford University in 2010, he is professor since 2013. He is Deputy Director of the ICube research lab in Strasbourg, a major driving force for research in Strasbourg with 750 members in the fields of engineering science, computer science, and imaging. He was previously head of RDH research group, specialized in robotics and mechatronics. His research activity concerns mechatronics for medical robotics, with particular interest in design for additive manufacturing, compliant mechanisms, and tensegrity mechanisms. Author of over 130 publications in journals and international conferences, former IEEE T-RO associate editor, he is also a co-founder of Axilum Robotics, a spin-off dedicated to the development of robotized image-guided brain procedures.

11:30-12:30: Keynote to be decided - Lukas Lindenroth (confirmed)

13:30-14:30: Keynote to be decided - Ana Piñeyro (confirmed)

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