{"id":1654,"date":"2026-01-28T09:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lirmm.fr\/pkm-2026\/?page_id=1654"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:16:48","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lirmm.fr\/pkm-2026\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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S\u00e9bastien Briot received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 2004 from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Rennes (France). Then, he began a PhD thesis, under the supervision of Prof. Vigen Arakelian, at the INSA of Rennes and received the PhD degree in 2007. He worked at the Ecole de Technologie Sup\u00e9rieure of Montreal (Canada) with Prof. Ilian Bonev as a postdoctorate fellow in 2008. Since 2009, he is a full-time CNRS researcher at the LS2N (ex-IRCCyN Lab.) in Nantes (France). Since 2017, he is the head of the ARMEN research team at LS2N.<\/p>

His research fields concern the design optimization of robots and the analysis of their dynamic performance. He also studies the impact of sensor-based controllers on the robot performance. He is the author of more than 30 referred journal papers, 2 books and 3 inventions.<\/p>

Dr. Briot received the Award of the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Robotics from the French CNRS for year 2007. In 2011, he received two other awards: the Award for the Best Young Researcher from the French Region Bretagne and the Award for the Best Young Researcher from the French Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (SF-ASME).<\/p>

Lecture Title : Continuum parallel robots\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

Continuum parallel robots combine the advantages of both parallel and continuum robotics. They offer a compromise between the inherent compliance and slenderness of continuum robots and the payload carrying capacities and strength of rigid-link parallel robots. Throughout recent years there has been an increasing research interest in these novel architectures, which form closed kinematic chains that feature flexible, continuous links undergoing elastic deformations.<\/strong>
In this lecture, we are going to see how these robots can be modelled from a geometrico-static point of view based on the Cosserat hypotheses. Then, their kinemato-static model will be developped. This will lead us to the definition of their singularities and of the physical effects arising when the robot encounter them.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Tobias Bruckmann received the Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany, in 2004 and the Dr.-Ing. In 2010. He is currently working as a Lecturer and Research Group Leader at the Chair of Mechatronics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, where he is leading a research team with experiences in numerous fields of robotics, including cable-driven parallel manipulators, construction machines and human-machine interaction. His interests focus on cable-driven parallel manipulators, mechatronic system design and real-time control.<\/p>

Besides fundamental and applied robotics, he is giving lectures also in vehicle dynamics. Since 2013, he is teaching as well at the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany.<\/p>

Dr. Bruckmann was co-organizer and general chair of the \u201cFirst International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots\u201d, Stuttgart, Germany, 2012 and of the \u201cSecond International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots\u201d, Duisburg, Germany, 2014 as well as the \u201cThird International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots\u201d, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada, 2017. In parallel, he was member of the scientific committees of the IFToMM D-A-CH Conferences 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.<\/p>

He served as an associate editor for 2015 and 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) as well as for the 2017 IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).<\/p>

Tobias Bruckmann is member of VDI\/VDI-GMA Technical Committees 4.15 \u201cMechatronik\u201d and 4.10 \u201cInterdisziplin\u00e4re Produktentstehung\u201d and member of the Technical Committee for Robotics and Mechatronics of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM).<\/p>

He edited three books and over 60 scientific articles and conference contributions.<\/p>

Lecture title: Applications of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots: From Fundamental Research to Industry Transfer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0Abstract: After fundamentals of Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CDPRs) have been laid in a previous session, this lecture focuses on the further transfer of this technology into practical and industry applications. Due to their unique properties regarding workspace, dynamics and mobility, CDPRs have been demonstrated in numerous applications. This talk introduces both special setups for research as well as demonstrators for industrial feasibility studies, and focuses on current application studies of CDPRs for automated constructions, where fundamental challenges of construction robots create an enormous potential for novel approaches. The lecture closes with the journey of a start up dedicated to realizing CDPRs for commercial industry applications.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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S<\/em>t\u00e9phane Caro works as Director of Research at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and in the Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes (LS2N), UMR CNRS 6004, France. Dr. Caro received his Engineering and M.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering from Ecole Centrale Nantes, Nantes, France, in 2001, and his Doctorate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nantes in 2004. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow in the Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada from 2005 to 2006. He was awarded the accreditation to supervise research (HDR) in 2014.<\/p>

Dr. Caro is the head of the \u201cRobots and Machines for Manufacturing Society and Services\u201d (RoMaS) Team at LS2N. He is also a part-time researcher at IRT Jules Verne, a mutualized industrial research institute. Moreover, he is a lecturer at Ecole Centrale de Nantes. He is a member of ASME and IEEE. He is one of the two recipients of the 2018 Reviewers of the Year for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. He is one of two recipients of the 2019 Crossley Award, Mechanism and Machine Theory. He is associate editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics.<\/p>

Dr. Caro\u2019s research focuses on design, modeling and control of cable-driven parallel robots and reconfigurable parallel robots. He is the author of 67 papers published in international journals, 159 papers presented in international conferences, 46 contributions in books and 6 patents.<\/p>

Lecture title : Kinematic Modeling and Singularity Analysis of Lower-Mobility Parallel Manipulators<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

This lecture explores the intricate relationship between geometrical analysis, singularity identification, and the conceptual design of lower-mobility parallel manipulators (LMPMs). As the structural complexity of robots increases, traditional analytical methods often fall short of providing intuitive or exhaustive solutions. This session introduces a systematic framework to address these challenges using the tools of Grassmann-Cayley Algebra (GCA) and Grassmann Geometry.<\/strong><\/p>

The lecture is organized into five core modules:<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Foundations of LMPMs: An overview of the unique characteristics of lower-mobility architectures and a critical review of existing singularity classification methods.<\/strong><\/li>
  2. Constraint Analysis and Wrench Graphs: We introduce the concept of the wrench graph in 3-dimensional projective space. This tool serves as a bridge between the physical constraints of the mechanism and its mathematical representation.<\/strong><\/li>
  3. Systematic Singularity Analysis via GCA: Participants will learn a rigorous method for determining parallel singularity conditions and, crucially, describing the resulting uncontrolled motions of the platform.<\/strong><\/li>
  4. Geometry-Algebra Duality: This section highlights the complementarity between Grassmann Geometry and Grassmann-Cayley Algebra, demonstrating how geometric intuition can validate algebraic results.<\/strong><\/li>
  5. Singularity-Aware Conceptual Design: The lecture concludes with a practical procedure for the type synthesis of Sch\u00f6nflies motion generators. By integrating singularity conditions directly into the design stage, we can create manipulators with superior workspace performance.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>

    By the end of this session, attendees will possess a robust methodology for analyzing complex kinematic chains and leveraging singularity conditions as a functional tool in the design of next-generation parallel robots.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    Marco Carricato received the M.Sc. degree (with honors) in Mechanical Engineering in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanics of Machines in 2002. He has been with the University of Bologna since 2004. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, where he is the head of the\u00a0IRMA L@B<\/a>\u00a0(Industrial Robotics, Mechatronics & Automation Lab @ Bologna), as well as scientific coordinator of the IMA-University of Bologna Joint Research Lab\u00a0DIGIMECH<\/a>\u00a0(Digital and Mechatronic Research & Innovation for Automated Machinery and Systems). He is the Rector Delegate for the PhD Programs of the University of Bologna.<\/p>

    He was visiting researcher at the Center for Intelligent Machines and Robotics of the University of Florida, USA, in 1998; at the Robotics Laboratory of the Laval University, Canada, in 2007; at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Guanajuato, M\u00e9xico, in 2008; at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2009; at the \u00c9cole Centrale of Nantes, France, and at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2013.<\/p>

    He is an associate editor of the journal Mechanism and Machine Theory.<\/p>

    He was awarded the AIMETA Junior Prize 2011 by the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics for outstanding research results in the field of Mechanics of Machines.<\/p>

    His research interests include robotic systems, servo-actuated automatic machinery and the theory of mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on parallel manipulators (displacement analysis, kinematics, dynamics, synthesis, gravity compensation, cable drives), mobile collaborative robotics, efficiency and optimization of servomechanisms, and the theory of \u2018screws\u2019. His work in the aforementioned areas has been the subject of a number of scientific publications in international conferences and journals.<\/p>

    Lecture title : Screw theory and its application in Robotics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    Abstract: In this session, the theory of screws will be introduced and it will be shown how they can find application in several fields of robotics, including singularity and mobility analysis, type synthesis, constraint design, etc.<\/strong><\/p>

    Screws are geometrical entities that represent both the instantaneous motion of a rigid body (in the form of a twist) and the set of generalized forces acting upon it (in the form of a wrench). Thus, screw theory naturally provides the geometrical and algebraic concepts and tools underlying the first-order kinematics and statics of rigid bodies. The importance of screw theory in robotics is widely recognized. Methods and formalisms based on the geometry and algebra of screws have been shown to be particularly effective and have led to significant advances in a variety of areas of robotics, including mobility analysis, singularities, constraint design, and type synthesis of parallel manipulators. The main reason for this success is the strong geometrical insight that screw theory sheds on many complex physical phenomena that roboticists have to deal with. This lecture will deliver an overview of the basic concepts and some of the main applications of screw-theory, with emphasis being given on geometrical interpretation and understanding, rather than on computational issues.<\/strong><\/p>

    Outline:<\/strong><\/p>

    – First-order kinematics and statics of rigid bodies.<\/strong><\/p>

    – Twist and wrench vector spaces: freedom and constraints; screw systems.<\/strong><\/p>

    – Singularity analysis.<\/strong><\/p>

    – Mobility analysis.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    Ahmed CHEMORI received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in automatic control from the Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. During the 2004-2005 academic year, he was a Research and Teaching Assistant at the Laboratoire de Signaux et Syst\u00e8mes (LSS, CentraleSup\u00e9lec) and at Universit\u00e9 Paris 11. He subsequently joined GIPSA-lab (formerly LAG) as a CNRS postdoctoral researcher. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the CNRS in automatic control and robotics, affiliated with LIRMM laboratory. His research interests include nonlinear control (robust, adaptive, and predictive approaches) and their real-time applications in various areas of robotics, including parallel robotics, underwater robotics, wearable robotics, and underactuated systems. He is the author or co-author of more than 190 scientific publications, including journal articles, patents, books, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has co-supervised 26 Ph.D. theses (including 21 defended) and more than 40 M.Sc. theses. He currently serves as a Technical Editor for the journal\u00a0IEEE\/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics<\/em>. He has also served as a TPC\/IPC member and Associate Editor for several international conferences, including IEEE IROS, IEEE RO-MAN, IFAC ALCOS, IFAC CAMS, and the IFAC World Congress, among others, and has organized multiple scientific events. He is an IEEE Senior Member and an IFAC member of Technical Committees TC1.2 (Adaptive and Learning Systems), TC4.2 (Mechatronic Systems), TC4.3 (Robotics), and TC7.2 (Marine Systems).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    I am currently an assistant professor at the\u00a0University of Montpellier<\/a>
    I give lectures on automation and robotics at the IUT (Academic technological institute) of N\u00eemes, more precisely in the department of mechanics and production. My research work is done at\u00a0    LIRMM<\/a>\u00a0(Lab of computer science, robotics and micro-electronics of Montpellier) in the robotics department. I\u2019m a member of the DEXTER research team. My interests are in the following research areas and applied to parallel mechanisms:<\/p>