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.
