Parallel Kinematic Systems

 

Control and mechanical Robotics community have devoted a huge research effort on parallel kinematics systems in the past four decades. The interest was motivated by a clear breakthrough compared to conventional serial robot architectures such as anthropomorphic, SCARA or gantry robots.

PKM 2026

The 4th Summer School
On Parallel Robotics

21-25 September 2026
Montpellier, France

 

The 25-hour Summer School courses will be accredited by the I2S Doctoral School of the University of Montpellier and will award 4 ECTS credits to student participants.

Invited speakers

Marco CARRICATO

University of Bologna, Italy

Presentation title : Screw theory and its application in Robotics

Shivesh KUMAR

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Presentation title : Modeling and Control of Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots

Xianwen KONG

University of California, Irvine, United States

Jean-Pierre MERLET

INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France

Sébastien BRIOT

LS2N – CNRS, France

Presentation title : Continuum parallel robots

Tobias BRUCKMAN

University of Duisburg-Essen

Presentation title : Applications of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots: From Fundamental Research to Industry Transfer

Stéphane CARO

LS2N – CNRS, France

Presentation title : Kinematic Modeling and Singularity Analysis of Lower-Mobility Parallel Manipulators

Andreas MUELLER

Johannes Kepler university, Austria

Marc GOUTTEFARDE

LIRMM – UM/CNRS, France

Presentation title : Cable-Driven Parallel Robots

Olivier COMPANY

LIRMM – UM/CNRS, France

Ahmed CHEMORI

LIRMM – UM/CNRS, France

Thierry ROUX

SYMETRIE Company, France

 

 

Pierre NOIRE

SYMETRIE Company, France

 

 

Youcef FITAS

SYMETRIE Company, France

 

 

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