Micky Rakotondrabe
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies, Laboratoire Génie de Production, Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
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31
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512
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About
Micky Rakotondrabe is a prominent researcher at the intersection of microrobotics, smart actuators, and precision control systems, with particular expertise in piezoelectric technologies and MEMS-based devices for medical and industrial applications. His work spans scanning micromirrors for biomedical imaging, wireless microrobots, and advanced control strategies for piezoelectric actuators — areas where he has made foundational contributions that continue to shape the field. Among his most celebrated achievements is his involvement in the MagPieR microrobot project, which claimed victory at the prestigious NIST IEEE Mobile Microrobotics Challenge at ICRA 2010, demonstrating real-world impact alongside theoretical innovation. His research into hysteresis nonlinearity in piezoelectric actuators — addressed through model predictive control, high-gain observers, and neural network identification — has significantly advanced robust control design for robotic manipulation systems. Rakotondrabe has also contributed to robot-assisted laser microsurgery and energy harvesting for intra-body mesoscale robots, reflecting a commitment to translating microengineering research into clinical relevance. With his most cited work accumulating 89 citations and a portfolio spanning over a decade of high-impact publications, his research has meaningfully influenced how scientists and engineers approach precision micromanipulation and intelligent actuation in constrained, biomedical environments.
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