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Paul Baconnier completed his thesis at the Gulliver laboratory at ESPCI, under the supervision of Olivier Dauchot. In the course of his research, he developed an original macroscopic system made up of insectoid robots (hexabugs) and springs, forming a network constituting an active elastic solid. Paul has demonstrated novel collective phenomena in these systems, such as the spontaneous emergence of oscillations, translations and rotations. In addition to his experimental work, he also developed a theoretical model of the system and carried out numerical simulations to understand the physical origin of the collective phenomena observed. Paul’s work is undoubtedly a major advance in the field of active matter and mechanical meta-materials.
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