Publications

Fluid-Mediated Stochastic Self-Assembly at Centimetric and Sub-Millimetric Scales: Design, Modeling, and Control

B. Haghighat; M. Mastrangeli; G. Mermoud; F. S. Schill; A. Martinoli 

Micromachines. 2016. Vol. 7, num. 8 (Special Issue on “Building by Self-Assembly”), p. 138. DOI : 10.3390/mi7080138.

Top-Down vs Bottom-Up Model-Based Methodologies for Distributed Control: A Comparative Experimental Study

G. Mermoud; U. Upadhyay; W. C. Evans; A. Martinoli 

2014. 12th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, New Delhi, India, December 17-21, 2010. p. 615-629. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-28572-1_42.

Acousto-fluidic system assisting in-liquid self-assembly of microcomponents

J. Goldowsky; M. Mastrangeli; L. Jacot-Descombes; R. M. Gullo; G. Mermoud et al. 

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2013. Vol. 23, num. 12, p. 125026. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/23/12/125026.

Fluid-mediated parallel self-assembly of polymeric micro-capsules for liquid encapsulation and release

L. Jacot-Descombes; C. Martin-Olmos; M. R. Gullo; V. J. Cadarso; G. Mermoud et al. 

Soft Matter. 2013. Vol. 9, p. 9931-9938. DOI : 10.1039/c3sm51923f.

Evaluating Efficient Data Collection Algorithms for Environmental Sensor Networks

W. C. Evans; A. Bahr; A. Martinoli 

2013. 10th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 1-3, 2010. p. 77-89. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_6.

A Plume Tracking Algorithm Based on Crosswind Formations

T. Lochmatter; E. A. Goel; I. Navarro; A. Martinoli 

2013. Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2010. p. 91-102. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_7.

Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems

 

Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2013.

Self-Organized Robotic Systems: Large-Scale Experiments in Aggregation and Self-Assembly using Miniature Robots

G. Mermoud; A. Prorok; L. Matthey; C. M. Cianci; N. Correll et al. 

Handbook of Collective Robotics; Singapore: Pan Stanford Publishing, 2013. p. 229-259.

Design, Modeling and Optimization of Stochastic Reactive Distributed Robotic Systems

G. Mermoud / A. Martinoli; J. Brugger (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

Real-Time Automated Modeling and Control of Self-Assembling Systems

G. Mermoud; M. Mastrangeli; U. Upadhyay; A. Martinoli 

2012. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, May 14-18, 2012. p. 4266-4273. DOI : 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224888.

A Trajectory-based Calibration Method for Stochastic Motion Models

E. Di Mario; G. Mermoud; M. Mastrangeli; A. Martinoli 

2011. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. p. 4341-4347. DOI : 10.1109/IROS.2011.6094940.

Modeling Self-Assembly Across Scales: The Unifying Perspective of Smart Minimal Particles

M. Mastrangeli; G. Mermoud; A. Martinoli 

Micromachines. 2011. Vol. 2, num. 2, p. 82-115. DOI : 10.3390/mi2020082.

SPM Measurements of Hydrophobic Interactions

R. M. Gullo; G. Mermoud; J. Y. Kim; L. Jacot-Descombes; A. Martinoli et al. 

Nano-Tera.ch Annual Plenary Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, April 29, 2010.

Surface-Tension-Driven Self-Assembly of Filled Cylinders with Different Geometry

L. Jacot-Descombes; G. Mermoud; R. M. Gullo; A. Martinoli; J. Brugger 

Nano-Tera.ch Annual Plenary Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, April 29, 2010.

Comparing and modeling distributed control strategies for miniature self-assembling robots

W. C. Evans; G. Mermoud; A. Martinoli 

2010. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, AK, USA, May 3-7, 2010. p. 1438-1445. DOI : 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509666.

Aggregation-mediated Collective Perception and Action in a Group of Miniature Robots

G. Mermoud; L. Matthey; W. C. Evans; A. Martinoli 

2010. 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2010), Toronto, Canada, May 10-14, 2010. p. 599-606.

Fluidic-mediated self-assembly for hybrid functional micro/nanosystems (SELFSYS)

L. Jacot-Descombes; C. Martin Olmos; G. Mermoud; E. Le-Caignec; A. Martinoli et al. 

Atelier LEA à Arc-et-Senans, Arc-et-Senans, France, September 8-9, 2009.

Drop-On-Demand Inkjet Printing of SU-8 Polymer

V. Fakhfouri; G. Mermoud; J. Y. Kim; A. Martinoli; J. Brugger 

Micro and Nanosystems. 2009. Vol. 1, num. 1, p. 63-67. DOI : 10.2174/1876402910901010063.

Towards Multi-Level Modeling of Self-Assembling Intelligent Micro-Systems

G. Mermoud; J. Brugger; A. Martinoli 

2009. 8th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), Budapest, 10-15 May, 2009. p. 89–93.

Towards Smart Substrates for Controlling Micrometric Droplet Motion

G. Mermoud; V. Fakhfouri; A. Martinoli; J. Brugger 

2007. Foundations of Nanoscience (FNANO07): Self-Assembled Architectures and Devices, Snowbird, UT, April 18-April 21, 2007.

Inkjet-Based Deposition of Micro/Nano-Objects on Functional Surfaces – Controlling and Exploiting Self-Assembly across Length-Scales

G. Mermoud; V. Fakhfouri; A. Martinoli; J. Brugger 

LEA Laboratoire Européen Associé en Microtechnique, France, 12-13 Sept, 2006, .