Cédric Anthierens

Associate Professor HDR 61st section

Phone : 04.83.16.66.18

e-mai : cedric.anthierens at univ-tln.fr

Bio

With an initial training in Mechanical Engineering (University of Le Havre and Besançon), I completed a DEA (post-graduate diploma) in Industrial Automation at INSA Lyon, which opened the door to a PhD in Microrobotics under the supervision of M. BETEMPS at the INSA Lyon Industrial Automation Laboratory (now the AMPERE Laboratory).

After an ATER post in mechanics at the IUT GMP in Aix-en-Provence, I joined SUPMECA Toulon as an associate professor in 2000 and worked in mechatronics research in the LISMMA laboratory (now QUARTZ) on the design of sensorimotor interfaces for virtual reality (50% co-supervision of a thesis) and home automation for energy management in commercial buildings (50% co-supervision of 2 theses).

In 2002, I initiated the creation of a final-year course in Robotics and Mechatronic Systems for ISEN and SUPMECA Toulon students, and was responsible for this course until the advent of SEATECH (merger of SUPMECA TOULON and ISITV) and the disappearance of SUPMECA Toulon (2016).

The mechatronic projects organized in large groups I supervised under this option have fuelled research projects such as the management of the lighting of an open space by automatic venetian blinds, the design of an underwater mini ROV (Babysub), as well as the creation of an autonomous sailing robot (MARIUS).

Since 2016…

Research

Involved in the COSMER laboratory since its creation, I now work in the robotics area and more specifically on the following projects:

• Sensory navigation guide for blind kayakers,
• Active underwater umbilical management between ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle),
• Trajectory planning for cooperative flotillas of underwater gliders for area coverage,
• Study of underwater caudal fin propulsion.

Supervision

• Carthage Engineering School final year internship (May/Aug 2016) – BlueROV programming via National Instrument MyRIO board.
• SEATECH graduation project (4 students – Oct 2016 / Feb 2017) – Smart cable reel for subsea ROV.
• SEATECH final year project entitled BASTONE for the design of an aquatic traction rail with 6-axis force measurement (2021).
• Design of a low-cost USV (ISC ROC 2022 master’s project).
• Design of a bio-inspired robot based on the lower limbs of webbed alvians for walking and swimming (Seatech 2024 graduation internship).

• Regional thesis on the active umbilical (Ornella Tortorici 2021).
• CIFRE Defense thesis on underwater glider fleet planning (Aurélien Merci with Alseamar and DGA, 2023).
• Contrat Doctoral Spécifique Normalien thesis on coordinated ROV, umbilical and USV control (Charly Péraud 2025).

Scientific outreach

• ANR reporter for CIFRE.
• Member of Club EEA.
• Member of GdR MACS and Robotics.
• Reviewer for Ocean Engineering, Ocean, IROS, ICRA.

Collective Responsibilities

• Head of COSMER seminars (2018-2021)
• Member of the SEATECH School Council (2014-2018)</ li>
• Member of the Laboratory Council (2014 -)
• Member of the ED548 Doctoral School Council (2024 -)

Teaching

I teach mechanics, automation, robotics and mechatronics at SEATECH in the 3 years of initial engineering training at the University of Toulon (Tronc Commun and course IMecaD et SYSMER).
Some of my teaching is done in the Digital Systems pathway of Seatech’s apprenticeship program, as well as in the Master 1 and 2 Ingénierie des Systèmes Complexes Robotique IA et Systèmes Embarqués (RISE) pathway and in the international Master 1 Mundus Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics (courses in English).

• Head of the ISC RISE Master 2 program since its creation in 2018 until 2023.
• Head of the 2-year Mechatronics and Robotics Systems – SYSMER course at Seatech since 2024.

Publications