Former student at the Mechanical Engineering Department of École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, holding a Doctor of Philosophy in Automatic Control from the Montpellier 2 University, Doctor François Pierrot now serves as a Director of Research for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (National Center for Scientific Research) in the LIRMM.
Foreign 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 United States. leader in robotic systems 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.
Several robots have been adopted by industry for development past their prototype stages, some of which are listed below:
Quattro robot video - Objectif 100G (French)
UraneSX video (French).
2011 - National Center for Scientific Research Medal of Innovation 2010 – Best paper award (finalist), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ICRA, Anchorage, United States of America ("MoonWalker, a Lower Limb Exoskeleton able to Sustain Bodyweight using a Passive Force Balancer") 2008 – Prize for Innovation, ADER Languedoc-Roussillon (pick-and-place robotics) 2007 – Finalist of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/IFR Invention Award (industrial robotics) 2003 – Prize for Innovation, ADER Languedoc-Roussillon (medical robotics) 2002 – India Standard Time Prize, European Commission (robot for education) 2000 – Prize for Creation of Innovating StartUp Companies, French Ministry of Research 1995 - Prize for Innovation, Robotic Society of Japan, (industrial robotics). First non Japanese researcher to get this prize. 1992 – Best Paper Award, ISRAM "92, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America (robust control).
