Lotfi Chikh

Lotfi Chikh is an experienced professional in robotics and automatic control, currently serving as Partnerships Manager and Robotics Technology Leader at Technip Energies since October 2019. With extensive expertise in system architecture for robotic hardware and software, Lotfi has been involved in technological strategy management and European collaborative projects. Prior to this role, Lotfi worked as a Senior R&D Engineer/Researcher at TECNALIA Research & Innovation from April 2011 to September 2019, focusing on advanced manufacturing and underwater inspection robots. Lotfi began the career as an R&D Engineer and PhD candidate at Fatronik-Tecnalia, where the work centered on modeling and control of pneumatic parallel robots during a CIFRE Fellowship. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Robotics and Automatic Control from Centrale Nantes and a PhD in Automatic Control and Robotics from LIRMM, Université Montpellier.