Philippe Wenger

Philippe Wenger obtained his PhD in 1989 in Nantes University, France, and the Professor Habilitation in 1998. He joined the IRCCyN in 1990 as a CNRS research scientist and is with the LS2N since 2017. He is a CNRS Director of Research since 2002 and serves as a Professor at Ecole Centrale de Nantes since 2000 where he teaches a course on the optimal kinematic design of robots in the EMARO master (European Master on Robotics). He has led several research teams since 1998, including the robotics team of IRCCyN from 2010 to 2016. He has been involved in the kinematic analysis and design of robotic mechanisms for more than 30 years. He has participated in several national and international projects on the innovative design of robots in a variety of applications including machining, pick-and-place, medical and bio-inspired design. He has been regularly collaborating with industrial partners such as GE-Healthcare, Staubli, PSA, Renault, EDF, Airbus, STX-France and DCNS. He has given 26 keynotes or plenary lectures in national and international conferences, workshops and seminars. He has been a visiting professor in various Universities such as Laval Univ. (Canada), Lomonossov Univ. (Russia), Keio Univ. (Japan), ITLag (Mexico), Eniso (Tunisia), AIT Bangkok (Thailand), IIT Indore (India) and Changzhou Univ. (China). He has organized and chaired 6 international conferences and workshops, and has been a member in the scientific committee of more than 20 international conferences. He serves as an Associate Editor for Mechanism and Machine Theory and ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, and as a Vice-Chair of the IFToMM Committee Computational Kinematics.