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Researcher

Christine Chevallereau

Also known as Christine Chevallereau-Wenger

Christine Chevallereau is a robotics researcher whose work links bipedal walking with bird-inspired balance. She defended a robotics thesis under Wisama Khalil in 1988. Her 2005 study examined stable running in a five-link biped, and she became a research director at CNRS in 2006. She coauthored a 2017 study of self-stabilizing 3D walking and a 2023 tensegrity model of bird posture, which represents leg bones with bars and muscles and tendons with cables. She received the CNRS Silver Medal in 2025 and, as of October 2026, is a research director at LS2N.

Now at
CNRS and Laboratory of Digital Sciences of Nantes
Works
284
Citations
5,800
h-index
33
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1988

    A robotics thesis

    She defends a robotics thesis at Nantes Université under Wisama Khalil in 1988.

  2. 2005

    Stable running for a biped

    In 2005, she publishes a study with Eric Westervelt and Jessy Grizzle on asymptotically stable running for a five-link, four-actuator planar bipedal robot.

  3. 2006

    A research director appointment

    She earns the habilitation à diriger des recherches and becomes a CNRS research director in 2006.

  4. 2017

    Self-stabilizing 3D walking

    She coauthors a study of self-synchronization and self-stabilization in 3D bipedal walking gaits in 2017.

  5. 2023

    A tensegrity model of bird posture

    In 2023, she coauthors “An upright life, the postural stability of birds: a tensegrity system,” which models leg bones with bars and muscles and tendons with cables.

  6. 2025

    A CNRS silver medal

    She receives the CNRS Silver Medal in 2025.

  7. As of October 2026

    Research director at LS2N

    She uses the name Christine Chevallereau-Wenger and is affiliated with LS2N in Nantes. As of October 2026, she is a CNRS research director at LS2N and specializes in robotics.

Career

  1. Since 2006CNRSResearch Director
  2. NowLaboratory of Digital Sciences of NantesResearch Director
  3. 2025–2026IMT Atlantique
  4. 2012–2015École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nantes
  5. 2011–2015Université Nantes Angers Le Mans
  6. 1994–2006Université de Nantes
  7. 1994–2006Nantes Université
  8. 1993–2006École Centrale de Nantes

Education

  1. 1988Nantes Université

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. RABBIT: a testbed for advanced control theory2003 · IEEE Control Systems · 538 citations
  2. Models, feedback control, and open problems of 3D bipedal robotic walking2014 · Automatica · 321 citations
  3. Optimal reference trajectories for walking and running of a biped robot2001 · Robotica · 272 citations
  4. Asymptotically Stable Walking of a Five-Link Underactuated 3-D Bipedal Robot2009 · IEEE Transactions on Robotics · 271 citations
  5. Nonlinear control of mechanical systems with an unactuated cyclic variable2005 · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 194 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

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Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Christine Chevallereau — Wikipédia fr.wikipedia.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. CV HAL - Christine Chevallereau cv.hal.science. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. [1702.07312] Self-synchronization and Self-stabilization of 3D Bipedal Walking Gaits arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. Pourquoi les oiseaux ne tombent pas en dormant | CNRS Le journal lejournal.cnrs.fr. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Médaille d'argent du CNRS — Wikipédia fr.wikipedia.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Membre – Laboratoire des Sciences du numerique de Nantes ls2n.fr. Checked 19 October 2026.
  7. Christine CHEVALLEREAU-WENGER - UFR Sciences et techniques sciences-techniques.univ-nantes.fr. Checked 19 October 2026.
  8. Laboratoire des Sciences du numerique de Nantes – L’INTELLIGENCE SCIENTIFIQUE AU CŒUR D’UN MONDE NUMÉRIQUE ls2n.fr. Checked 19 October 2026.