Stéphane Viollet

J. Dupeyroux, J. Serres and S. Viollet (2019)
AntBot: A six-legged walking robot able to home like desert ants in outdoor environments, Science Robotics, 4, vol. 27, eaau0307.

J. Dupeyroux, S. Viollet and J. Serres (2019)
Polarized skylight-based heading measurements: a bio-inspired approach, Royal Society Interface, 16: 20180878.

F. Colonnier, S. Ramirez-Martinez, S. Viollet and F. Ruffier (2019)
A Bio-inspired Sighted Robot Chases like a Hoverfly, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 14: 036002.

J. Serres and S. Viollet (2018)
Insect-inspired vision for autonomous vehicles, Current Opinion in Insect Science, 30:46–51.

R. Goulard, A. Verbe, J-L. Vercher and S. Viollet (2018)
Contribution of the Dorsal Light Response to freely falling hoverflies’ flight stabilization strategy, Biology Letters, 14: 20180051.

V. Riviere, A. Manecy and S. Viollet (2018)
Agile robotic fliers : a morphing based approach, Soft Robotics, 10.1089/soro.2017.0120, pdf.

R. Goulard, J-L. Vercher and S. Viollet (2018)
Modeling visual-based pitch, lift and speed control strategies in hoverflies, Plos Computational Biology, 14(1): e1005894, pdf.

R. Goulard, J-L. Vercher and S. Viollet (2016)
To crash or not to crash: how do hoverflies cope with free-fall situations and weightlessness?, J. of Experimental Biology, vol. 219, 2497-2503, pdf, Inside JEB.

R. Goulard, A. Julien-Laferrière, J. Fleuriet, J-L. Vercher and S. Viollet (2015)
Evidence for a Visual and Proprioceptive Control of Head Roll in Hoverflies (Episyrphus balteatus, Dipteran), J. of Experimental Biology, vol. 218, 3777-3787, pdf.

R. Pericet-Camara, M. K. Dobrzynski, R. Juston, S. Viollet et al. (2015)
An elementary eye with optic flow detection and compositional properties, J. R. Soc. Interface, 12: 20150414, pdf..

T. Raharijaona, P. Mignon, R. Juston, L. Kerhuel, S. Viollet (2015)
HyperCube: A Small Lensless Position Sensing Device for the Tracking of Flickering Infrared LEDs. MDPI Sensors 2015, 15, 16484-16502, open access.

S. Mafrica, S. Godiot, M. Menouni, M. Boyron, F. Expert, R. Juston, N. Marchand, F. Ruffier and S. Viollet (2015)
A bio-inspired analog silicon retina with Michaelis-Menten auto-adaptive pixels sensitive to small and large changes in light, Optics Express, OSA, vol. 23, No. 5, open access.

F. Colonnier, A. Manecy, R. Juston, H. Mallot, R. Leitel, D. Floreano and S. Viollet (2015)
A small-scale hyperacute compound eye featuring active eye tremor: application to visual stabilization, target tracking and short range odometry, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 10, 026002, open access.

A. Manecy, N. Marchand, F. Ruffier and S. Viollet (2015)
X4-MaG: a low-cost open-source micro-quadrotor and its Linux-based controller, Int. J. of Micro Air Vehicles, vol. 7, 89-110.

S. Viollet, S. Godiot, R. Leitel et al. (2014)
Assembly Process of a Tiny Curved Compound Eye. MDPI Sensors, 14, 21702-21721, open access.

S. Viollet (2014)
Vibrating makes for better seeing: from the fly's micro-eye movements to hyperacute visual sensors, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2:9, doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00009, open access.

R. Juston, L. Kerhuel, N. Franceschini and S. Viollet (2014)
Hyperacute edge and bar detection in a bio-inspired optical position sensing device, IEEE Trans. on Mechatronics, vol .19, no. 3, pp. 1025-1034.

F. L. Roubieu, J. R. Serres, F. Colonnier, N. Franceschini, S. Viollet and F. Ruffier (2014)
A biomimetic vision-based hovercraft accounts for bee’s complex behaviours in various corridors, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 9, 036003, open access.

A. Manecy, N. Marchand and S. Viollet (2014)
Hovering by gazing: a novel strategy for implementing saccadic flight-based navigation in GPS-denied environments, Int. J. of Advanced Robotic Systems, 11:66, doi: 10.5772/58429, open access.

D. Floreano, R. Pericet, S. Viollet et al. (2013)
Miniature curved artificial compound eyes, Proc Natl Acad Sci, vol. 110, no. 23, 9267-9272.

S. Viollet and J. Zeil (2013)
Feed-forward and visual feed-back control of head roll orientation in wasps (Polistes humilis, Vespidae, Hymenoptera), J. of Experimental Biology, 216, 1280-1291, doi:10.1242/jeb.074773

L. Kerhuel, S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2012)
The VODKA sensor: a bio-inspired hyperacute optical position sensing device. IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 315-324.

F. Expert, S. Viollet and F. Ruffier (2011)
Indoor and Outdoor performances of insect-based visual motion sensors, Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 28, pp. 529-541.

S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2010)
A hyperacute optical position sensor based on biomimetic retinal micro-scanning, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 160, pp. 60- 68.

L. Kerhuel, S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2010)
Steering by Gazing: An Efficient Biomimetic Control Strategy for Visually-guided Micro-Air Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 26, pp. 307-319.

N. Franceschini, S. Viollet, F. Ruffier and J. Serres (2008)
Neuromimetic Robots inspired by Insect Vision, Advances in Science and Technology, Vol. 58, pp 127-136.

M. Pudas, S. Viollet, F. Ruffier, A. Kruusing, S. Amic, S. Leppävuori, N. Franceschini (2007)
A miniature bio-inspired optic flow sensor based on low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) technology, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 133, pp. 88-95.

J. Serres, F. Ruffier, S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2006)
Toward optic flow regulation for wall-following and centring behaviours, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol. 3, No . 2, pp. 147-154.

S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2005)
A high speed biomimetic gaze control system based on a vestibulo-ocular reflex, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 147-161.

F. Ruffier, S. Viollet, N. Franceschini (2004)
Two autopilots based on insect vision for aerial robots, Advanced Robotics, Vol.18, No. 8, pp. 771-786.

J. Dupeyroux, V. Boutin, J. Serres, L. Perrinet and S. Viollet (2018)
M²APix: a bio-Inspired Auto-Adaptive Visual Sensor for Robust Ground Height Estimation, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Florence, Italy.

J. Dupeyroux, J. Diperi, M. Boyron, S. Viollet and J. Serres (2017)
A novel insect-inspired optical compass sensor for an hexapod walking robot, IEEE IROS Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

J. Dupeyroux, J. Diperi, M. Boyron, S. Viollet and J. Serres (2017)
A bio-inspired celestial compass applied to an ant-inspired robot for autonomous navigation. In proc. of IEEE ECMR Conference 2017, Paris, France, p. 119-124.

J. Dupeyroux, G. Passault, F. Ruffier, S. Viollet and J. Serres (2017)
Hexabot: a small 3D-printed six-legged walking robot designed for desert ant-like navigation tasks, IFAC Conference, Toulouse, France.

A. Desbiez, F. Expert, M. Boyron, J. Diperi, S. Viollet and F. Ruffier (2017)
X-Morf: a crash-separable quadrotor that morfs its X-geometry in flight, IEEE RED UAS Conf., Linköping, Sweden.

A. Manecy, J. Diperi, M. Boyron, N. Marchand and S. Viollet (2016)
Gimbal Eye for Implementing Precise Hovering and Target Tracking in UAVs, In Proc. of the IEEE ICRA, Stockholm, Sweden.

A. Manecy, N. Marchand, and S. Viollet (2014)
RT-MaG : an open-source SIMULINK Toolbox for Linux-Based Real-Time Robotic Applications IEEE Robio 2014 conference, Bali, Indonesia.

F. L. Roubieu, J. Serres, N. Franceschini, F. Ruffier and S. Viollet (2012)
A fully autonomous hovercraft inspired by bees : wall following ans speed control in straight and tapered corridors, IEEE RoBio, Guangzhou, China.

R. Juston and S. Viollet (2012)
A miniature bio-inspired position sensing device for the control of micro-aerial robots, In Proc. of the IEEE IROS 2012, Vilamoura, Portugal, pp. 1118-1124.

A. Manecy, S. Viollet, N. Marchand (2012)
Bio-Inspired Hovering Control for an Aerial Robot Equipped with a Decoupled Eye and a Rate Gyro, In Proc. of the IEEE IROS 2012, Vilamoura, Portugal, pp. 1110-1117.

F. Expert, S. Viollet, F. Ruffier (2011)
A mouse sensor and a 2-pixel motion sensor exposed to continuous illuminance changes, IEEE Sensors 2011 conference, Limerick, Ireland, pp. 974-977.

F. L. Roubieu, F. Expert, M. Boyron, B. Fuchslock, S. Viollet, F. Ruffier (2011)
A novel 1-gram insect based device measuring visual motion along 5 optical directions, IEEE Sensors 2011 conference, Limerick, Ireland, pp. 687-690. Best Student Paper Award - First place.

R. Juston, S. Viollet, L. Kerhuel and N. Franceschini (2011)
High Performance Optical Angular Position Sensing at Low-cost: a Bio-inspired Approach, IEEE Sensors 2011 conference, Limerick, Ireland, pp. 378-381.

S. Viollet, F. Ruffier, T. Ray, M. Menouni, F. Aubépart, L. Kerhuel, N. Franceschini (2010)
Characteristics of three miniature bio-inspired optic flow sensors in natural environments, In Proc. of the IEEE Conf. on Sensors Technologies and Applications, Sensorcomm, Venise, Italia, pp. 51-55.

F. Valette, F. Ruffier, S. Viollet and T. Seidl (2010)
Biomimetic optic flow sensing applied to a lunar landing scenario, In Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA ’10, Anchorage, USA, pp. 2253-2260

S. Viollet, L. Kerhuel and N. Franceschini (2008)
A 1-gram dual sensorless speed governor for micro-air vehicles, In Proc. of the IEEE Mediterranean Conf. on Control and Automation MED’08, Ajaccio, France, pp. 1270-1275.

L. Kerhuel, S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2007)
A sighted aerial robot with fast gaze and heading stabilization, in Proc. of the IEEE IROS 2007, San Diego, USA, pp. 2634-2641.

S. Viollet and N. Franceschini (2004)
A miniature biomimetic gaze control system, In Proc of the IEEE ICRA 2004, New-Orleans, USA.

F. Ruffier, S. Viollet, and N. Franceschini (2003)
OSCAR and OCTAVE : Two bio-inspired visually guided aerial micro-robots, IEEE Int Conference on Advanced Robotics ICAR 2003, Coimbra, Portugal

F. Ruffier, S. Viollet, S. Amic, and N. Franceschini (2003)
Bio-inspired optic flow circuits for the visual guidance of micro-air vehicles, IEEE Int Symposium on Circuits and Systems ISCAS 2003, Bangkok, Thailande

S. Viollet, and N. Franceschini (1999)
Biologically-Inspired Visual Scanning Sensor for Stabilization and Tracking IEEE Internat. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems IROS' 99, Kyongju, Korea