Reymond Clavel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Reymond Clavel

Swiss roboticist

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1950

Place of Birth: Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Reymond Clavel (born June 23, 1950) is director of the Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques 2 (LSRO2) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
He is one of the pioneers in the development of parallel robots, and the inventor of the notable Delta robot.
His interest in research and his teaching are related mostly to robotics, micro-robotics and high precision mechanisms.
His main domains of expertise are: Conception of parallel and hybrid kinematics for robots and tool-machines. Conception of robots with high speed, high dynamics and ultra high precision. Conception of high precision mechanisms. Conception of complex medical devices. Virtual reality and active interfaces.Under his leading, the research in his laboratory has resulted in (February 2010): 25 patents. 35 Ph.D.
thesis. 6 Startup companies.