Nationality France | Name Francois Pierrot | |
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Born November 2, 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-11-02 ) Notable awards 2011 CNRS medal of innovation, Best paper award IEEE ICRA, innovation prize... |
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François Pierrot (born November 2, 1961 in Mont Saint Martin) is Director of Research in the Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM).
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- Cnrs m daille de l innovation francois pierrot palmar s 2011 rv
- Francois pierrot directeur de recherche en robotique au lirmm
- Biography
- Researches
- Awards
- Publications
- Technology transferred to industry
- References
Francois pierrot directeur de recherche en robotique au lirmm
Biography

Former student at the Mechanical Engineering Department of École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, holding a PhD in Automatic Control from the Montpellier 2 University, Dr. François Pierrot now serves as a Director of Research for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in the LIRMM. For more than 15 years, he has been working to create new robots considering simultaneously mechanical design and control strategies, on theoretical aspects as well as in close cooperation with industrial partners in the fields of industry, health and education. François Pierrot participated in the creation of the fastest parallel robot in the world's patent, acquired by Adept, a U.S. leader in robotic systems. In 2011 he received the First CNRS Medal of Innovation.
Researches

His innovative research has been distinguished in France (ADER Prize, 2003 and 2008 (French) ), in Europe (European Commission IST Prize, 2002) and in Japan (Robotic Society of Japan Prize for Innovation ) for results in various fields such as medical robotics, entertainment robotics or industrial robotics. He is currently involved in fundamental research projects at national and European level, as well as in applied research projects in cooperation with the Tecnalia Foundation, Spain.
Awards
Publications
Publications of François Pierrot portal HAL-LIRMM (Management System Publications of LIRMM)
Technology transferred to industry
Several robots have been adopted by industry for development past their prototype stages, some of which are listed below: