Cédric Girerd

CNRS Researcher

LIRMM, Montpellier, France

Professional Summary

I am a CNRS Researcher in Robotics. I work in the DEXTER Team in the Robotics Department at LIRMM in Montpellier, France. I obtained a PhD from the University of Strasbourg in 2018 in Robotics, and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California San Diego from 2019 to 2022. Since 2023, I am an Associate Editor for the IEEE RoboSoft Conference.

Education

PhD in Robotics

Strasbourg University

Engineer in Mechatronics

SIGMA Clermont

M.Sc. in Robotics

Blaise-Pascal University

Interests

Medical robotics Surgical robotics Continuum robots Soft robots Inspection devices

📚 Research Topics

Our group focuses on the modeling, design, fabrication and control of continuum, soft and inflatable robots.

The main targeted fields are medical applications, such as minimally-invasive surgery, and industrial applications, such as inspection and maintenance tasks in constrained environments.

Feel free to reach out to collaborate 😃

Recent Publications

Shamsa Al Harthy, S.M.Hadi Sadati, Cédric Girerd, Sukjun Kim, Alessio Mondini, Zicong Wu, Brandon Saldarriaga, Carlo A. Seneci, Barbara Mazzolai, Tania K. Morimoto, Christos Bergeles (2025). Tip-Growing Robots: Design, Theory, Application. TRO.

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Ayush Giri, Cédric Girerd, Jacobo Cervera-Torralba, Michael T. Tolley, Tania K. Morimoto (2025). InchIGRAB: An Inchworm-Inspired Guided Retraction and Bending Device for Vine Robots During Colonoscopy. TMECH.

Camille Benoist, Cédric Girerd, Nabil Zemiti, Philippe Poignet, Pierre Berthey-Rayne (2024). Tendon-Driven vs Rod-Driven Continuum Robots: A Bench Test Evaluation. In CRAS.

Jui-Te Lin, Cédric Girerd, Benjamin T. Ostrander, Parsa Molaei, Hunter B. Gilbert, Philip A. Weissbrod, John T. Hwang, Tania K. Morimoto (2024). Closing the Loop on Concentric Tube Robot Design: A Case Study on Micro-Laryngeal Surgery. TBME.

Cédric Girerd, Anna Alvarez, Elliot W. Hawkes, Tania K. Morimoto (2024). Material Scrunching Enables Working Channels in Miniaturized Vine-Inspired Robots. TRO.

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161 rue Ada

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34095 Montpellier

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cedric.girerd@lirmm.fr

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