Aude Bolopion

CNRS researcher (section 7) since 2011 at the FEMTO-ST Institute in Besancon (France), I graduated from a mechanical and electrical engineering school in Nancy (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electricité et de Mécanique: ENSEM), with a major on control theory. I then received a Ph.D. degree in robotics in 2010 from the University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France under the supervision of Prof. S. Régnier. The research work, conducted in the ISIR Institute was teleoperation and haptic feedback at the nanoscale. I had a temporary position of assistant professor (ATER) in 2010-2011 at University of Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France and the ISIR Institute. I then joined the FEMTO-ST Institute in Besançon, France, in 2011. I am currently a member of the Biomedical Micro Nano Robotics team where I conduct research on non contact actuation microrobotic systems.

Non contact robotics is as a promising solution to handle objects of less than 500 micrometers. Due to the small scale, on board actuation or sensing is not possible. Remote actuation, using for example magnetic fields, enables to power these microrobots. Several actuation principles can be used depending on the properties of the objects that should be controlled. However, major challenges, such as the closed loop control of 3D trajectories or the integration of manipulation tools, must still be faced to perform advanced tasks.
Compared to classical approaches where the tools plus the objects should be moved, the use of remote force fields enables moving only the object. At small scales the inertia of the objects decreases drastically, which leads to important accelerations. My research activities focus on exploiting this property to increase the velocity of the displacements of the objects, while maintaining a good precision of the trajectory control.