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Currently Lecturer in Industrial Automation, Mechatronics and Control Engineering in the School of Engineering and Informatics, I am within the Department of Engineering and Design, and I am a member of the Robotics and Mechatronics Systems Research Group. I received my PhD degree in Control Engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France in 2016. I also hold an M.Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Mechatronics from Polytech Annecy Chambéry, Annecy, France. From 2016 to 2020, I have been working on two EPSRC-funded projects for medical robotics at The University of Sheffield, Imperial College London, and King's College London. Before my PhD degree, I worked for 18 months for 2 French start-ups where I used to design Mechatronic solutions for industrial applications. My research interests are focused on the development of new technologies for Robotic Systems. I am particularly interested in Mechatronics

Publications

  • A new design for the BirthSIM simulator to improve realism
  • Non linear position and closed loop stiffness control for a pneumatic actuated haptic interface: The BirthSIM
  • Stiffness control of pneumatic actuators to simulate human tissues behavior on medical haptic simulators
  • Conditioned haptic perception for 3D localization of nodules in soft tissue palpation with a variable stiffness probe
  • Human-robot collaboration for unknown flexible surface exploration and treatment based on mesh iterative learning control
  • Pressure evaluation in highly porous medium hydrodynamic bearings
  • 3D haptic rendering of tissues for epidural needle insertion using an electro-pneumatic 7 degrees of freedom device
  • Significance of the Compliance of the Joints on the Dynamic Slip Resistance of a Bioinspired Hoof
  • Dataset for Conditioned haptic perception for 3D localization of nodules in soft tissue palpation with a variable stiffness probe
  • A Method to Guide Local Physical Adaptations in a Robot Based on Phase Portraits
  • Nonlinear position and stiffness Backstepping controller for a two Degrees of Freedom pneumatic robot
  • A Variable Stiffness Robotic Probe for Soft Tissue Palpation
  • Granular Jamming Based Controllable Organ Design for Abdominal Palpation
  • Stiffness Imaging with a Continuum Appendage: Real-Time Shape and Tip Force Estimation from Base Load Readings
  • A Stiffness Controllable Multimodal Whisker Sensor Follicle for Texture Comparison
  • Model and validation of a highly extensible and tough actuator based on a ballooning membrane
  • Characterization, Simulation and Control of a Soft Helical Pneumatic Implantable Robot for Tissue Regeneration
  • An abdominal phantom with tunable stiffness nodules and force sensing capability for palpation training
  • A state-dependent damping method to reduce collision force and its variability
  • 3D-printed soft sensors for adaptive sensing with online and offline tunable stiffness
  • Modelling the inflation of an elastic membrane with a load
  • Bioinspired adaptable multiplanar mechano-vibrotactile haptic system
  • Variable Stiffness Multi-joint Mechanism: Design, Model and Validation
  • Variable stiffness multi-joint mechanism: design, model and validation
  • Dataset for Bioinspired adaptable multiplanar mechano-vibrotactile haptic system
  • Dataset for Bioinspired adaptable multiplanar mechano-vibrotactile haptic system

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