Anas Ammounah

Université Paris-Saclay, Informatique, Biologie Intégrative et Systèmes Complexes

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Anas Ammounah is a robotics researcher specializing in the design and control of electrohydraulic actuation systems for humanoid robots. His work focuses on developing high-performance, biologically inspired robotic platforms that emulate the human nervous system’s distributed control. Ammounah’s most significant contribution is the HYDROïD robot, for which he created a distributed real-time control architecture that overcomes the limitations of both centralized and decentralized systems—a key advancement for complex, dynamic locomotion. His highly cited 2024 paper on this architecture (29 citations) demonstrates its impact on the field. He has also made notable contributions to hardware design, including a novel hydraulic robotic leg with four degrees of freedom for HYDROïD, and a high-dynamics servo-valve driver for electrohydraulic actuators. These components are critical for achieving the speed and precision required in legged robots. Ammounah’s research bridges the gap between hydraulic power and agile, human-like movement, with applications ranging from humanoid robotics to prosthetics and industrial actuators.