Pierre Renaud
Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur, de l'Informatique et de l'Imagerie, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg, Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux, Université de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés, Université de Bourgogne
Papers
52
Total Citations
1,082
H-Index
20
About
Pierre Renaud is a robotics researcher whose work spans medical robotics, continuum robot design, sensor development, and kinematic calibration of parallel mechanisms. He has made significant contributions to the field through innovative approaches that bridge fundamental robotics theory and clinical or practical application. Among his most influential contributions is a vision-based calibration method for parallel mechanisms (106 citations), which demonstrated that accurate kinematic calibration could be achieved using affordable, flexible sensing systems. His extensive work on low-cost piezoresistive force sensors — explored across multiple papers (101 and 35 citations) — has advanced force control capabilities in environments where commercial sensors are impractical, such as those involving strong magnetic fields. Renaud's medical robotics work is particularly notable: he developed robotic systems for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation that outperformed manual neuronavigation in accuracy and repeatability, and contributed to motion prediction strategies for beating heart surgery. More recently, he has pioneered magnetic concentric tube robots for minimally invasive surgery (37 citations) and developed inductive sensors tailored for soft and flexible robots, addressing instrumentation challenges at the frontier of modern robotics. His body of work reflects a consistent commitment to enabling safer, more precise robotic interventions across clinical and engineering domains.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Modeling and Evaluation of Low-Cost Force Sensors101 citations · 2011
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- 4Towards a reliable vision-based mobile robot formation control49 citations · 2005
- 5Motion Prediction for Computer-Assisted Beating Heart Surgery45 citations · 2009
- 6Magnetic concentric tube robots: Introduction and analysis37 citations · 2022
- 7Nonlinear modeling of low cost force sensors35 citations · 2008
- 8A Spring-Based Inductive Sensor for Soft and Flexible Robots34 citations · 2022
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