Damien Chablat
Current position
- Directeur de Recherche CNRS or CNRS Senior researcher at IRCCyN since 2011 (Fulle time Researcher equivalent to
professor).
- Lecturer in the Production Design and Industrial Systems Development
Department, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France.
Education
- Second Ph.D in Engineering science (Nantes-France), 2008 (Abstract
and PDF).
- Ph.D in Engineering science (Nantes-France), 1998.
- M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering (Nantes-France), 1995
Teaching activities
- Virtual reality in product design,
- CAD modeling,
- Analysis of Complex Mechanical Systems,
- Design and Layout of Robotic Sites.
Research interests
- Analysis and optimal design of serial and parallel robots;
- Robust design of mechanisms;
- Computational Kinematics;
- Human simulation
Career
- Senior researcher at IRCCyN since 2011.
- Chargé de Recherche (Fulle time Researcher equivalent to
assistant professor), CNRS at IRCCyN from 1999 to 2011;
- Post doctoral fellowship at McGill University from 1998 to 1999.
Supervision of thesis
- 13 PhD students (9 graduated);
- 23 Masters students (21 graduated).
Summary of Publications
- International Journals 24
- Patents 4
- International conferences 50
- Industrial contracts reports 5
Selected publications
- D. Chablat, P. Wenger, “ Architecture Optimization of a 3-DOF
Parallel Mechanism for Machining Applications, the Orthoglide”,
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 19(3), pp 403-410,
june 2003.
- D. Chablat, P. Wenger, F. Majou, J-P. Merlet, “An Interval
Analysis Based Study for the Design and the Comparison of 3-DOF Parallel
Kinematic Machines”, International Journal of Robotics Research,
2004.
- D. Chablat, J. Angeles, “The Computation of All 4R Serial
Spherical Wrists With an Isotropic Architecture”, Journal of
Mechanical Design, Vol 125/2, pp. 275-280, June 2003.
- D. Chablat, J.Angeles, “On the Kinetostatic Optimization
of Revolute-Coupled Planar Manipulators”,Mechanism and Machine
Theory, Vol 37/4, pp. 351-374, 2002.
Other relevant informations
- Expert for international journals such as ASME (Journal of Mechanical
Design, Transactions on Mechatronics), IEEE (Transactions on Robotics
and Automation, Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering),
IFToMM (Journal Mechanisms and Machine Theory), International Journal
of Robotics Research, …
- Expert in international projects : CRSNG (Canada).
