Martin Choux

About

Dr. Martin Choux is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, circular economy, and sustainable manufacturing, with a primary focus on the automated disassembly of electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries. His work addresses a critical bottleneck in the battery recycling chain: the need to move from labor-intensive manual dismantling to efficient, autonomous processes. Dr. Choux’s major contributions include developing a pioneering task planner for robotic battery pack disassembly (2021, 97 citations), which provides the foundational algorithms for deconstructing complex, high-voltage assemblies. He has also delivered a definitive techno-economic assessment comparing automated disassembly to shredding (2024, 46 citations), offering crucial insights into the viability and cost-effectiveness of different recycling strategies. Further advancing the field, his research on point cloud instance segmentation (2022, 13 citations) enables robots to visually identify and manipulate battery components. With a career spanning from early work on parallel kinematic machines (2007) to these high-impact sustainability applications, Dr. Choux is a key figure shaping the future of robotic circularity for the EV industry.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Task Planner for Robotic Disassembly of Electric Vehicle Battery Pack

   97 citations · 2021
2. 2
   To shred or to disassemble – A techno-economic assessment of automated disassembly vs. shredding in lithium-ion battery module recycling

   46 citations · 2024
3. 3
   Point Cloud Instance Segmentation for Automatic Electric Vehicle Battery Disassembly

   13 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Benchmark of the 3-DOF Gantry-Tau Parallel Kinematic Machine

   10 citations · 2007

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