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Xavier Garant

Professeur, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie mécanique

Présentation

Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche

Robotics, Physical Human-Robot Interaction, Robotic Manipulators, Flexible Robots, Mechanisms, Impedance Control

Diplômes

  • (2019-2024). PhD. Mechanical Engineering, Laval University Robotics Lab. Université Laval. Québec, Quebec, Canada.

Expériences académiques

  • Professor. Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
  • Visiting researcher. (2019). Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR). Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Allemagne.

Prix et distinctions

  • Gold Medal (Best academic performance). Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME).
  • (2025) Thesis of the year, Nature and Technologies. Université Laval.
  • (2024) Honour Roll (PhD). Université Laval.
  • (2019) Honour Roll (Masters). Université Laval.

Financement

  • Subvention. Low mechanical impedance robots for real world interactions. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 202 500 $. (2025-2030).

Publications

Articles

  • Xavier Garant, Clément Gosselin. (2024). Whole-Body Intuitive Physical Human-Robot Interaction With Flexible Robots Using Non-Collocated Proprioceptive Sensing. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. DOI
  • Xavier Garant, Clément Gosselin. (2023). Noncollocated Proprioceptive Sensing for Lightweight Flexible Robotic Manipulators. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. DOI
  • Xavier Garant, Clement Gosselin. (2021). Design and Experimental Validation of Reorientation Manoeuvres for a Free Falling Robot Inspired From the Cat Righting Reflex. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. DOI

Livres

  • Garant, X., Campeau-Lecours, A., Cardou, P., Gosselin, C. (2018). Improving the forward kinematics of cable-driven parallel robots through cable angle sensors. Mechanisms and Machine Science. DOI

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés ou supervisés à l'UdeS

  • PMC760 - Projet majeur de conception II. (2025-2026). (6CR).
  • GRO303 - Dynamique. (2024-2025). (4CR).

Présentations

  • Xavier Garant. (2024). Invited Presentation : Noncollocated proprioceptive sensing for lightweight flexible robotic manipulators. IEEE/ASME (AIM) International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics.