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Guillaume Fau is a robotics researcher whose work bridges healthcare, space exploration, and surgical innovation. His primary research areas include medical robotics, human-robot interaction, and planetary exploration systems. Fau’s major contributions span multiple domains: he led the development of a five-degree-of-freedom master/slave robot for tele-operated laparoscopic surgery, advancing minimally invasive surgical capabilities with haptic feedback. He also played a key role in the LUVMI (Lunar Volatiles Mobile Instrumentation) project, designing a low-mass robotic payload for detecting water ice and volatiles at the Moon’s south pole—a critical step toward in-situ resource utilization for future lunar missions. His most cited work, “Interactive robots for health in Europe” (23 citations), examines the readiness and adoption of social robots in healthcare, highlighting practical barriers to deployment. Fau’s research is notable for its interdisciplinary impact: from 3D-printed arm exoskeletons for teleoperation to multi-degree-of-freedom forceps robots for double-hand manipulation, his work consistently pushes the boundaries of robotic dexterity and real-world application. With a portfolio spanning surgical precision, assistive robotics, and extraterrestrial exploration, Fau exemplifies how robotic systems can transform both terrestrial medicine and humanity’s reach into space.