8-12 Jul 2024 Villeneuve d’Ascq (France) The use of deformations in robotics is one of the most active fields of application and research. To train the next generation of researchers and engineers, the PEPR O2R, Inria, CNRS, Centrale Lille and the University of Lille are joining forces to organize a summer…
We are excited to announce the release of SOFA v22.12! To learn more about the changes in this release, please visit the official SOFA website at https://www.sofa-framework.org/about/sofa-v22-12/. Here you’ll find detailed information about the new features, as well as instructions on how to upgrade your existing simulations to take advantage…
On December 16, 2021, the artist Dewi Brunet, in collaboration with Olivier Goury from Defrost, presented the object of his residency in the team, and participated to an art/science debate. Dewi is hosted in the team. The objective is to ease the collaboration between an artist and a research lab. Together, they…
A new internship position is available in the team. The topic is “Acceleration and benchmark of linear solvers in the SOFA framework”. Check it out here.
Survey of the state of the art and challenges on Model Based Control of SoftRobots. Exciting review co-authored by Christian Duriez. Check this here.
New paper from Dr Adgolodjo and al. which combines FEM modeling the soft finger with discrete Cosserat model for the cable actuation. Check this here.
Presentation of L’Erosarbénus from Yosra Mojthedi in collaboration with Stefan Escaida at FOOR. Check this here.
We talked about Yosra Mojtahedi from Le Fresnoy in October 2020 and her collaboration with Defrost. In April, the famous Soft Robotics (SoRo) journal chose a picture of her masterpiece as its front page. Check this here.
Christian Duriez, director of research and head of the Defrost team is the winner of the Ernest Déchelle Prize awarded by the French Academy of Sciences. CONGRATULATIONS ! More information here.
The SOFA Week is designed to gather the entire SOFA community, to present technological and scientific advances, while fostering the networking within the community. Already two successful editions in 2018 and 2019, get ready for 2020! More information here.
