Pierre Renaud

Pierre Renaud (Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in mechanics and materials from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Cachan, France, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in robotics from Clermont-Ferrand University, Clermont-Ferrand, France, in 2003. He is a Full Professor at INSA Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. He was a Former Fulbright Fellow and a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, in 2010, and he has been a Professor since 2013. He is the Deputy Head of the RDH Research Group, ICube, Strasbourg, after leading the 80-people group for five years. His research activity concerns mechatronics for medical robotics, with a particular interest in design for compliant mechanisms, additive manufacturing, continuum robots, and tensegrity and soft mechanisms. He has authored over 100 publications in journals and international conferences. He is also a Co-Founder of Axilum Robotics, Strasbourg, France, a spin-off dedicated to the development of robotized magnetic transcranial procedures.