Rochdi Merzouki

Full Professor in Robotics and Mechatronics, Polytech-Lille, University of Lille1

 

Title: Intelligent Mechatronic Systems: Application to Healthcare Robotics

 

Abstract: 

Today, different types of intelligent mechatronic systems are in use or under development for different purposes. Among them, we can cite autonomous robots. One important goal is to use these robots at home or in hospital. For this reason, new concept of robots are designed, often inspired from nature and built with soft materials and smart sensors. The performance of these robots should assist elder people in eating, drinking, compliant grasping tasks etc or for surgery and therapeutically purposes. For such application, nowadays, it is needed to develop a class of robot arms with medium performances, in terms of speed and accuracy, comparing to professional arms with rigid bodies and toys arms, but with reasonable cost-effective. Such mechatronics robots should interact smoothly with the patient during the various interventions. Development of lightweight robot arm should integrate for their design: a mechanical structure made by rapid manufacturing, a low cost and efficient multi-domain actuators with wire-potentiometer sensors, bionic and compliant gripper, and mainly an accurate control.

Biography:

 

Actual Position

Full Professor in Robotics and Mechatronics, Polytech-Lille, University of Lille1

Experience/ Responsibility

Academic Responsibilities

  • From 2014 : Responsible of International Master in Robotics and Transport, joint program between Polytech Lille and Ecole Centrale de Lille, www.master-mrt.eu
  • From 2007 : Responsible of regional production platform of Robotics for the cluster AIP-Primeca in Polytech’Lille
  • 2006 to 2009 : Responsible of the specialization Automatic Control of department IMA (Informatics, Micro-Electronics, Automatic Control), Polytech’Lille

Research Responsibilities

  • 2009 to 2015: Manager of the European project InTraDE (Intelligent Transportation for Dynamic Environment) (www.intrade-nwe.eu)
  • 2008-2012: Co-Responsible of the regional project the Robotized Brachytherapy of the prostate between Polytech’Lille and Radiation department of the Center Oscar Lambret of Lille.
  • 2010-2013: Chair of project in collaboration with Festo-Didactic company on Modeling the Compact Bionic Handling Arm.
  • From 2013: Thematic expert on Robotics for French Education and Research Ministry concerning the Research Tax Credit (RTC).
  • 2005 to 2009: Academic Member of International Union of Public Transportation (UITP).

Education
  • 2009 : Habilitation to supervise the Research, subject : Supervision of Mechatronic Systems
  • 2002 : PhD in Robotics, University of Versailles, Saint Quentin en Yvelines
  • 1999 : Master of Science in Autonomous Robotics, University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris IV
  • 1996 : Engineer in  Electronics and Control, University of Batna

 

Teaching

 

Teaching in Engineering and Master degrees, initial and ongoing training:
Academic Fields: Robotics, Automatic Control, Industrial Informatics.

Research

Researcher at CRIStAl (Univ Lille1), UMR-CNRS 9189
Group of research : Integrated design of supervised systems
Team of research : MOCIS
http://www.mocis-lagis.fr/membres/rochdi-merzouki/
Fields of Research : Robotics, System of Systems, Modeling

Publications, Books, patents, Achievements, ...
  • Supervision of 11 PhD theses, 4 are ongoing.
  • 2 books, author and editor,
  • 3 Patents,
  • 35 articles in international Journals,
  • 84 International Conferences,
  • Co-inventor of Intelligent Autonomous Vehicle
  • Co-inventor of Medical gripper for radiation treatment

 


 

 

 

 


Welcome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
Copyright © 2015 Third International Conference On Advances In Biomedical Engineering