The Programmable Matter group of the FEMTO-ST Institute is involved in building and programming distributed intelligent micro-electro-mechanical systems since 2006.
The Programmable Matter project is the leading project in this field and unites many Universities and institutes around the world working on this topic.
Our technological center, MIMENTO, is identified as a reference center for micro-robotics in the context of the "RENATECH" network.
A consortium worth of 17+ partners
Our teams
Programmable Matter counts 11 academic teams across 5 countries
Julien Bourgeois
Professor
Project leader
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Benoit Piranda
Associate professor
VisibleSim leader
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Frédéric Lassabe
Assitant professor
Blinky Blocks lead
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Hakim Mabed
Associate professor
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Abdallah Makhoul
Professor
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Pierre Thalamy
PhD Student
Past member
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Jaafar Gaber
Associate professor
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Gwenn Ulliac
Research engineer
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
André Naz
Post-doc student
Past member
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Jad Bassil
PhD Student
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Thadeu Tucci
PhD Student
Past member
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Florian Pescher
PhD Student
Past member
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Dominique Dhoutaut
Associate professor
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / DISC / OMNI
Philippe Lutz
Professor
Team leader
FEMTO-ST / AS2M / MACS
Abdenbi Ousaid
Associate professor
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / AS2M / MACS
Dominique Gendreau
Associate professor
Collaborator
FEMTO-ST / AS2M / MACS
Romain Catry
PhD student
Past member
FEMTO-ST / AS2M / MACS
David Blaauw
Professor
Team leader
University of Michigan
Gordy Carichner
Research engineer
Lead developer
University of Michigan
David Wentzloff
Associate professor
Collaborator
University of Michigan
Hun-Seok Kim
Assistant professor
Collaborator
University of Michigan
Yimai Peng
PhD
Collaborator
University of Michigan
Jamie Phillips
Professor
Collaborator
University of Michigan
Yoshio Mita
Associate professor
Team leader
LIMMS
Eric Lebrasseur
CNRS researcher
Past member
LIMMS
Naoto Usami
PhD student
Past member
LIMMS
Seth Goldstein
Associate professor
Claytronics leader
CMU Claytronics
Othon Michail
Assistant professor
Team leader
University of Liverpool
Paul Spikaris
Professor
Lead scientist
University of Liverpool
Paolo Paoletti
Associate professor
Collaborator
University of Liverpool
Igor Potapov
Professor
Collaborator
University of Liverpool
Abdullah Almethen
PhD student
Collaborator
University of Liverpool
Matthew Connor
PhD student
Collaborator
University of Liverpool
George Skretas
PhD student
Collaborator
University of Liverpool
Michail Theofilatos
PhD student
Collaborator
University of Liverpool
Pawel Holobut
Senior researcher
Lead scientist
IPPT-PAN
Pawel Chodkiewicz
PhD student
Past member
IPPT-PAN
Anna Lengiewicz
PhD
Collaborator
IPPT-PAN
Michal Kursa
Assistant professor
Past member
IPPT-PAN
Olivier Togni
Professor
Team leader
LIB
Nader Mbarek
Associate professor
Past member
LIB
Wahabou Abdou
Associate professor
Collaborator
LIB
Nicolas Gastineau
Post-doc
Past member
LIB
Yann Laurillau
Associate professor
Team leader
LIG
Céline Coutrix
Senior researcher
Collaborator
LIG
Nils Napp
Assistant professor
Collaborator
Cornnel University
Stéphane Bordas
Full professor
Team leader
University of Luxembourg
Jakub Lengiewicz
Post-doc researcher
Team leader
University of Luxembourg
Our partners
Programmable Matter relies on 5 industrials partners
Rémy Tribhout
Research engineer
CEO
Phigi
Amine Chafik
Research engineer
Collaborator
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Phigi
ZhiYoong Foo
PhD
CTO
Cubeworks
David Hériban
Research engineer
CEO
Percipio Robotics
Stéphane Delalande
Engineer
Team leader
Stellantis
Salvator Gora
Director
Team leader
TPE
Our sponsors
Programmable Matter is supported by 6 funding programs and 4 agencies
We'd love to work with you
If you share our passion for modular robotics or feel we share common interests, we invite you to get in touch with us.