Education
35 Doctor of Philosophy thesis.
35 Doctor of Philosophy thesis.
He is one of the pioneers in the development of parallel robots, and the inventor of the notable Delta robot. His interest in research and his teaching are related mostly to robotics, micro-robotics and high precision mechanisms. His main domains of expertise are:
Conception of parallel and hybrid kinematics for robots and tool-machines.
Conception of robots with high speed, high dynamics and ultra high precision.
Conception of high precision mechanisms. Conception of complex medical devices.
Virtual reality and active interfaces. Under his leading, the research in his laboratory has resulted in (February 2010):
25 patents.
6 Startup companies. Reymond Clavel obtained his degree in mechanical engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland, in 1973.
After nine years of gathered experience in industrial plants at Hermes Precisa International (research and development), he was appointed professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, where he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in parallel robotics in 1991. His present research topics are parallel robotics, high speed and high precision robotics, medical and surgical robotics applications, surgical instrumentation and precision mechanisms. Reymond Clavel’s research successes in parallel and industrial robotics received worldwide special mentions.