Un article de Laboratoire de nanorobotique.
Journal Papers 2006
Mathieu J.-B., Beaudoin G., and Martel S., “Method of propulsion of a ferromagnetic core in the cardiovascular system through magnetic gradients generated by an MRI system,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 292-299, Feb. 2006
Hannoyer P., Kim K., and Martel S., “Cooling an array of high-powered miniature robots using forced air convection,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, (accepted Sept. 2006, in press)
Martel S., Tremblay C., Ngakeng S., and Langlois G., “Controlled manipulation and actuation of micro-objects with magnetotactic bacteria,” Applied Physics Letters, (accepted Oct. 19, 2006, in press)
Felfoul O., Mathieu J.-B., Beaudoin G., and Martel S., “MR-tracking based on magnetic signature selective excitation,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, (conditionally accepted, re-submitted May 2006)
Mathieu J.-B. and Martel S. “Magnetic microparticle steering within the constraints of an MRI system: Proof of concept of a novel targeting approach,” Biomedical Microdevices, (submitted May 2006, accepted with some modifications)
Tamaz S., Chanu A., Mathieu J.-B., Gourdeau R., and Martel S., "Real-time MRI-based control of a ferromagnetic core for endovascular navigation," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, (submitted Sept. 2006)
Lu Z. and Martel S., “Exploitation of the flagella nanomotors and chains of single domain nanoparticles embedded in magnetotactic bacteria for the implementation of controlled bio-carriers,” Nano Letters, (submitted Oct. 2, 2006)
Bey-Oueslati R., Martel S., Therriault D., and Joseph Palm S., “High speed and accurate deposition of microchannel for the fast fabrication of three dimensional microfluidic devices,” (selected for publication in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics or International Journal of Heat and Technology, TBD)
Reviewed Proceedings 2006
Martel S. “Targeted delivery of therapeutic agents with controlled bacterial carriers in the human blood vessels” 2nd ASM/IEEE EMBS Conference on Bio, Micro and Nanosystems, January 15-18, 2006, San Francisco, California.
Martel S., “Magnetotactic phage-based microrobotic systems for the detection of live bacteria,” 1st IEEE-RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics – BioRob, Pisa, Italy, Feb. 20-22, 2006 (paper number 298).
Martel S., “Controlled bacterial micro-actuation,” Proceedings of International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, pp. 89-92, Okinawa, Japan, May 9-12, 2006
Lu Z., Truong O. D., André W. and Martel S., “Preliminary design of a biosensor based on MC-1 magnetotactic bacteria,” The Ninth World Congress on Biosensors (Biosensors 2006), Toronto, Canada, May 2006
Lu Z. and Martel S. “Microfluidic system for assessing the controllability of MC-1 magnetotactic bacteria as carriers in micro-channels,” The Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show (NSTI) Nanotech, Boston, MA, USA, May 7-11, 2006
Nguyen A. T. and Martel S., “Miniaturization of a piezo-actuation system embedded in an instrumented autonomous robot,” Proceedings of the 4th International IEEE-NEWCAS Conference, pp.261-264, Gatineau, Canada, June 18-21, 2006
Nguyen A. T. and Martel S., “Embedded piezo-actuation system for automatic motion control of a fleet of miniature robots operating on a synchronized vibrating platform,” Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA’06), vol. 10, pp. 8412-8415, Dalian, China, June 21-23, 2006
Martel S., “Towards MRI-controlled ferromagnetic and MC-1 magnetotactic bacterial carriers for targeted therapies in arteriolocapillar networks stimulated by tumoral angiogenesis,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 3399-3402, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
Pouponneau P., Yahia L’H., Merhi Y., Epure L. M. and Martel S., “Biocompatibility of candidate materials for the realization of medical microdevices,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 2362-2365, New York, Aug 30 –Sept. 3, 2006.
Chanu A., Aboussouan E., Tamaz S., and Martel S., “Sequence design and software environment for real-time navigation of a wireless ferromagnetic device using MRI system and single echo 3D tracking,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1746-1749, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
Felfoul O, Raimbert M., and Martel S., “Magnetic field mapping by selective equipotential excitation,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 3775-3778, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
Lu Z. and Martel S., “Preliminary investigation of bio-carriers using magnetotactic bacteria,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 3415-3418, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
André W. and Martel S., “Initial design of a bacterial actuated microrobot for operations in an aqueous medium,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 2824-2827, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
Mathieu J-B. and Martel S., “Magnetic steering of iron oxide microparticles using propulsion gradient coils in MRI,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 472-475, New York, Aug 30 – Sep 3, 2006.
Aboussouan E. and Martel S., “High precision absolute positioning of medical instruments in MRI systems,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, pp 743-746, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006 (Student Best Paper Award Finalist Nomination)
Aboussouan E. and Martel S., “Ferromagnetic artifacts in MRI: Minimization of motion effects in long TR acquisitions,” ,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1750-1753, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
Moufarrej B. and Martel S., “System for the validation of cell-tracking algorithms using on-demand simulated optical microscope images,” Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp. 1960-1963, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
Tamaz, S. and Martel, “Bidimensional MRI-based navigation system using a PID controller”, Proceedings of the 28th IEEE-EMBS Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, pp 1746-1749, New York, Aug 30 – Sept. 3, 2006.
André W. and Martel S., “Design of photovoltaic cells to power control electronics embedded in untethered aqueous microrobots propelled by bacteria,” Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1335-1340, Beijing, China, October 9-15. 2006
Bey-Oueslati R. and Martel S., “Micro heat pipe fabrication: high performance deposition platform for electronics,” 5th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF), Besançon, France, Oct. 25-27, 2006
Nguyen A. T. and Martel S., “A new actuation mechanism based on a synchronized vibrating platform for micro- and nanofactories,” 5th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF), Besançon, France, Oct. 25-27, 2006
André W., Moufarrej B., and Martel S., “Towards bacterial microfactories,” 5th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF), Besançon, France, Oct. 25-27, 2006
Bey-Oueslati R., Martel S., Therriault D., and Palm S., “High speed and accurate deposition of microchannel for the fast fabrication of three dimensional microfluidic devices,” Microfluidics 2006, Toulouse, France, Dec. 12-14, 2006
Palm S., Bey-Oueslati R., Martel S., and Therriault D., “Fabrication de microcaloducs à section triangulaire par écriture directe,” Microfluidics 2006, Toulouse, France, Dec. 12-14, 2006
El Fouladi J., André W., Savaria Y., and Martel S., “System design of an integrated measurement electronic subsystem for bacteria detection using an electrode array and MC-1 magnetotactic bacteria,” The International Workshop on Computer Architecture for Machine Perception and Sensing, Montréal, Canada, Sept. 18-20, 2006 (Invited Paper)
André W. and Martel S., “Preliminary design of an autonomous microrobot propelled by magnetotactic bacteria,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007 (in review)
Nguyen A. T. and Martel S., “Locomotion of a miniature robot based on synchronized vibrating actuation mechanisms,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007 (in review)
Martel S., Felfoul O., Lu Z., Aboussouan É., Mathieu J.-B., Pouponneau P., Chanu A, Tamaz S., Leroux J.-C., Gourdeau R., Beaudoin G., Soulez G., Yahia L’H., Merhi Y., and Mankiewicz, “Towards swarms of microrobots propelled by bacteria or magnetic gradients and operating under MR-tracking and computer control for precise navigation in human blood vessels,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007 (in review)
Martel S. and André W., “Towards autonomous bacterial microrobots,” International Advanced Robotics Programme (IARP), Paris, France, Oct. 23-24, 2006
Past years
Martel S. and Hunter I., Nanofactories based on a fleet of scientific instruments configured as miniature autonomous robots, Journal of Micromechatronics, 2003.
Martel S. and Baumann G., "Infrared positioning and communication unit for a nanorobotics platform operating in a cold helium atmosphere," Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IEEE/RSJ IROS 2003), Las Vegas, USA, Oct. 27-31, 2003.
Martel S. "Fundamentals of high-speed piezo-actuated three-legged motion for miniature robots designed for nanometer-scale operations, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2003), Catania, Italy, Sept. 17-19, 2003.
Mathieu J.B., Martel S., Yahia L., Soulez G., and Beaudoin G., "MRI systems as a mean of propulsion for a microdevice in blood vessels," Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Cancun, Mexico, Sept. 17-21, 2003.
Fofonoff T, Martel S., and Hunter I., "Assembly-ready brain microelectrode arrays," Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Cancun, Mexico, Sept. 17-21, 2003.
Martel S. and Fofonoff T., "New approaches for the implementation of minimally invasive microelectrode arrays designed for brain-machine interfaces," Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Invited Paper, Cancun, Mexico, Sept. 17-21, 2003.
Martel S.,"Cooling strategies for high performance miniature wireless robots designed to operate at the nanoscale,IEEE-NANO 2003, San Francisco, August 12-14, 2003.
Delafosse J.A. and Martel S. "Conception et intégration d'un micromoteur MEMS pour un nanorobot autonome," Proceedings of the First Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2003), Montréal, Canada, June 18-20, 2003
André W. and Martel S. "Utilisation de la méthodologie des systèmes intégrés sur puce (SoC) pour la conception d'un robot miniature opérant à l' échelle moléculaire," Proceedings of the First Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2003), Montréal, Canada, June 18-20, 2003
André; W. and Martel S. "Development of an embedded electronic system using system-on-chip methodology for a miniature robot designed for nanoscale operations",Proceedings of the First Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2003), Montréal, Canada, June 18-20, 2003.
Martel S.,"High throughput operations at the nanoscale using miniature instrumented", Nanotech and BioTech Convergence, Invited Paper, Stamford, NY, USA, May 5, 2003
Pigeon S., Meunier M., Sawan M., and Martel S. "Design and fabrication of microelectrode array dedicated for cortical electrical stimulation", Proceedings of the Canadian Conference
on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2003, Montréal, Canada, May 4-7, 2003.
André W., Delafosse J.A., and Martel S. "Walking-die: Utilization of MEMS and SoC in the conception of nanorobot," Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2003, Montréal, Canada, May 4-7, 2003.
St.-Jacques D., Martel S., and Boitani T. “Nanoscale grid based positioning system for miniature instrumented robots,” Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2003, Montréal, Canada, May 4-7, 2003.
Mathieu J.B., Martel S., Yahia L. Soulez G., and Beaudoin G. “Preliminary studies for using magnetic resonance imaging systems as a mean of propulsion for microrobots in blood vessels
and evaluation of ferromagnetic artifacts,” Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) 2003, Montréal, Canada, May 4-7, 2003.
Martel S., Schindler A., Baumann G., Riebel S., and Boitani T. “Cooling platform for an automated nanofactory based on a fleet of miniature robots designed for atomic scale operations”, IEEE Automation 2003, Taiwan, May 8-11, 2003.
Martel S., Pelletier J., Fréchette A., Azar A., Valin B., Poulin F., Blouin A., Prud'Homme H., and Hunter I. "Toward nanorobotics platforms for high-throughput biomedical applications at the nanometer-scale," Proceedings of the 2nd Joint IEEE-EMBS and BMES Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 2 pages, Oct. 23-26, 2002.
Fofonoff T, Martel S., Wiseman C., Dyer R., Hunter I., Hatsopoulos N., and Donoghue J. "A highly flexible manufacturing technique for microelectrode array fabrication," Proceedings of the 2nd Joint IEEE-EMBS and BMES Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 2 pages, Oct. 23-26, 2002.
Martel S. and Hunter I., “Nanofactories based on a fleet of scientific instruments configured as miniature autonomous robots,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Microfactories, Minneapolis, MN, USA, pp.97-100, Sept. 16-18, 2002.
Fofonoff T., Wiseman C., Dyer R., Malásek J., Burgert J., Martel S. Hunter I., Hatsopoulos N., and Donoghue J., "Mechanical assembly of a microelectrode array for use in a wireless intracortical recording device," Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, pp. 269-272, May 2-4, 2002.
Burgert J., Malasek J., Martel S., Wiseman C., Dyer R., Hunter I., Hatsopoulos N., and Donoghue J., "Embedded Electronics for a 64-channel wireless brain implant," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, pp. 124-134, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S., Embler J., Riebel S., Gibbons J, and Hunter I., "A novel heat dissipation approach for high-powered miniature robots," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4568, pp. 241-251, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S., Cervera Olague L., Bautista Coves Ferrando J., Riebel S., Koker T., Suurkivi J., Fofonoff T., Sherwood M., Dyer R., and Hunter I., "General description of the wireless miniature NanoWalker robot designed for atomic-scale operations," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4568, pp. 231-240, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S., Koker T., Riebel S., Sherwood M., Suurkivi J., and Hunter I., "An infrastructure suited for supporting a fleet of wireless miniature robots designed for atomic-scale operations," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4568, pp. 221-230, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S., Koker T., and Hunter I., "Main design issues for embedding onto a wireless miniature robot, a scanning tunneling positioning system capable of atomic resolution over a half-meter diameter surface area," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4568, pp. 68-77, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S., Bautista Coves Ferrando J., Cervera Olague L., Fofonoff T., and Hunter I., "Implementing frequency modulated piezo-based locomotion for achieving further miniaturization for wireless robots," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, pp. 210-220, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S. and Hunter I., "Piezo-drive circuits for amplitude modulated locomotion for miniature wireless robots," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4568, pp. 199-209, Newton, MA, Oct. 29-31, 2001.
Martel S., Hatsopoulos N., Donoghue J., Hunter I., Burgert J., Malasek J., Wiseman C., and Dyer R., "Development of a wireless brain implant: the Telemetric Electrode Array System (TEAS) project," Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25-28, 2001.
Martel S., Lafontaine S., and Hunter I., "A PC-based instrumentation board that overcomes many drawbacks of typical commercial data acquisition systems for electrophysiological recording applications," Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25-28, 2001.
Martel S., Jones L., and Hunter I., "A mechanically flexible, battery-powered, differential electrode unit for electrophysiological recordings," Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25-28, 2001.
Martel S. and Hunter I., "An IEEE-1394 based outlet for home automation and health care networks," Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25-28, 2001.
Martel S. and Hunter I., "A universal front-end stage for electrophysiological mappings," Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 25-28, 2001.
Martel S., Riebel S., Koker T., Sherwood M., and Hunter I., "Large-scale nanorobotic factory automation based on the NanoWalker technology," Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Special Session on Microrobotics in Manufacturing, Nice, France, Oct. 15-18, 2001.
Martel S., Sherwood M., Helm C., Garcia de Quevedo W., Fofonoff T., Dyer R., Bevilacqua J., Kaufman J., Roushdy O., and Hunter I., "Three-legged wireless miniature robots for mass-scale operations at the sub-atomic scale," Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: From Microrobotics to NanoRobotics, Seoul, South Korea, May 21-26, 2001.
Martel S., Saraswat A., and Hunter I., "Fundamentals of piezo-ceramic actuation for micrometer and sub-micrometer motions for the NanoWalker robot," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4194, Boston, MA, pp. 82-93, Nov. 5-6, 2000.
Martel S., Saraswat A., Michel A., and Hunter I., "Preliminary evaluation and experimentation of the push-slip method for achieving micrometer and sub-micrometer step sizes with a miniature piezo-actuated three-legged robot operating under high normal forces," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4194, Boston, MA, pp. 141-148, Nov. 5-6, 2000.
Martel S., Roushdy O., Sherwood M., and Hunter I., “Optical high resolution positioning system for miniature robot,” Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4194,
Boston, MA, pp. 121-128, Nov. 5-6, 2000.
Martel S., Kaufman J., Helm C., Fofonoff T., Bevilacka J., Dyer, R, Levine J., Au J., and Hunter I., "NanoRunner: a very small wireless robot with three piezo-actuated legs suited for design experimentations and validations through pre-programmed behaviors," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4194, Boston, MA, pp. 149-156, Nov. 5-6, 2000.
Martel S., Garcia de Quevedo W., and Hunter I., "Techniques for continuous power delivery to a group of 15-Watt +3.3 to ±150 VDC miniature wireless instrumented and fast stepping robots through several thousand intermittent contacts per second between the robots' legs and the walking surface," Proceedings of SPIE: Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 4194, Boston, MA, pp. 168-177, Nov. 5-6, 2000.
Martel S., Roushdy O., and Hunter I., "Miniature instrumented robots for mass-scale synthesis and characterization," Proceedings of the 1'st Annual International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology: MicroInstrumentation, Lyon, France, pp. 160-164, Oct. 12-14, 2000.
Martel S., Au J., and Hunter I., "A board-level microfluidic systems fabrication process based on electronic design methodology," Proceedings of the 1'st Annual International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology: MicroFluidics, Lyon, France, pp. 316-321, Oct. 12-14, 2000.
Martel S., Lafontaine S., and Hunter I., "A data acquisition card suited for implementing low-cost PC-based electrophysiological monitoring systems," Proceedings of the IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Hangzhou, China, pp.433-434, Sept. 26-28, 2000.
Martel S., Doyle K., and Hunter I., “Reducing the cost, size, and power consumption of medical devices through communication and reconfigurable computing techniques,” Proceedings of
the IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Hangzhou, China, pp. 74-75, Sept. 26-28, 2000.
Martel S., Bevilacqua J., Dyer R., Fofonoff T, Garcia de Quevedo W., Helm, C., Sherwood M., and Hunter, I., “Development of a miniature three-legged bio-instrumented autonomous robot,”
Proceedings of IEEE-EMBS Asia-Pacific Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Hangzhou, China, pp. 513-514, Sept. 26-28, 2000.
Martel S., Roushdy O. and Hunter I., “Novel approach for manipulating cells using miniature autonomous robots,” Proceedings of the Word Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Bioinstrumentation and Biosensors - Micro-machined Biomedical Devices, Chicago, July 23-28, 2000.
Martel S., Lafontaine S. and Hunter I., "A data acquisition card suited for adaptive temporal recording of fast electrophysiological events," Proceedings of the Word Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Bioinstrumentation III - Data Acquisition/Monitoring, Chicago, July 23-28, 2000.
Kanigan, T, Brenan, C., Sosnowski, L., Sambol, L., Martel, S., Crane, B., and Hunter, I., “Microneedle Electrochemical Sensor Arrays,” Proceedings, Chips to Hits Conference, Berkeley, CA., USA, Nov. 1999.
Martel S., Jones L., Lafontaine S. and Hunter I., "Actrode: a new series of mechanically flexible re-usable battery-powered active electrodes units," Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society and the 21st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Atlanta, GA., USA, Oct. 13-16, 1999.
Martel S., Lafontaine S. and Hunter I., "MIRADA: a data acquisition card suited for recording bio-signals and to implement custom hardware functions," Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society and the 21st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Atlanta, GA., USA, Oct. 13-16, 1999.
Martel S., Szabelski M., Leija A., Madden P., Lafontaine S. and Hunter I., "Initial results of a new type of locomotion for a wireless instrumented robot capable of subatomic movements," Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society and the 21st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Atlanta, GA., USA, Oct. 13-16, 1999.
Martel S., Riley G., Merchant M., Hunter I. and Lafontaine S., "Flip chip electronic system assembly process and issues for the NanoWalker: a small wireless autonomous instrumented robot," Proceedings of SPIE, Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 3834, Boston, MA, pp. 55-62, Sept. 21-22, 1999.
Martel S., Doyle K., Martinez G., Hunter I. and Lafontaine S., "Integrating a complex electronic system in a small scale autonomous instrumented robot: the NanoWalker project," Proceedings of SPIE, Microrobotics and Microassembly, Vol. 3834, Boston, MA, pp. 63-74, Sept. 21-22, 1999.
Martel S., Doyle K., Lafontaine S. and Hunter I., “A distributed isochronous network-based reconfigurable computing and I/O interface system,” Proceedings of the PDCS-99 12th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, International Society
for Computers and their Applications (ISCA), Fort Lauderdale, Fl., USA, 6 pages, Aug. 18-20, 1999.
Martel S., Madden P., Sosnowski L., Hunter I. and Lafontaine S., "NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nano-scale measurements," Proceedings of the European Optical Society (EOS) and SPIE International Symposium on Envirosense, Microsystems Metrology and Inspection, Vol. 3825, Munich, Germany, 12 pages, June 14-18, 1999.
Martel, S., Hunter, P.J., Bullivant D., Lafontaine, S. and Hunter, I.W., “The UnEmap project,” Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Vol. 20, Part 4/6: Instrumentation and sensors, brain and neural engineering, pp. 1956-1959, Hong Kong, 1998.
Bullivant, D., Hunter, P.J., Martel, S., Lafontaine, S. and Hunter I.W., “Mapping electro-physiological activity,” Proceedings of the International Society of Electrocardiology,
Cleveland, Ohio, p.38, July 31 -August 4, 1996.
Martel, S., Lafontaine, S., Hunter I.W. and Hunter P.J., “Design of an electro-physiological data acquisition system,” Proceedings of the International Society of Electrocardiology, Cleveland, Ohio, p. 104, July 31 - Aug. 4, 1996.
Bullivant, D., Martel, S., Lafontaine, S., Hunter, P.J. and Hunter, I.W., “UnEmap: An electrophysiological data acquisition, display and analysis system,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Engineering and Physics in Medicine, Queenstown, New Zealand,
p. 62, Nov. 1995.
Martel, S., Lafontaine S., Bullivant D., Hunter, I.W. and Hunter P.J., "An hardware object-oriented cardiac mapping system," Proceedings of the 17' th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society & 21st Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Montréal, Sept. 20-23 1995.
Martel, S., Lafontaine S. and Hunter, I.W., “UNIMA: Implementation of the new concept of virtual hardware interfaces,” Proceedings of the 3'rd Canadian Workshop on Field-Programmable Devices (FDP'95):Technology, Tools and Applications, Montréal, Canada, May
29 - June 1st 1995.
Martel, S., Lafontaine S., Bullivant D., Nielsen P.M.F., Hunter, I.W. and Hunter P.J., “High-resolution cardiac isopotential mapping with a flexible digital hardware interface system based on field-programmable devices,” Proceedings of the 3'rd Canadian Workshop on Field-Programmable Devices (FDP'95): Technology, Tools and Applications, Montréal, Canada, May 29 - June 1st 1995.
Martel, S., Lafontaine S. and Hunter, I.W., “Optimization of computer access cycle length to external universal FPGA-based modules,” Proceedings of the 3rd Canadian Workshop on Field-Programmable Devices (FDP'95): Technology, Tools and Applications, Montréal, Canada, May 29 - June 1st 1995.
Bullivant, D., Martel, S., Lafontaine, S., Nielsen, P.M.F., Hunter, I.W. and Hunter, P.J., “Electrophysiological data acquisition, display and analysis,” Proceedings of the Second
World Congress of Biomechanics, I, 1994.
Martel, S. and Hunter, I.W., “Predictability issues in the PC3 control system,” Proceedings of the Fourth Annual IRIS and PRECARN Conference, Toronto, June 1994.
Martel, S. and Hunter, I.W., “An universal communication link for remote control,” Proceedings of the Fifth Annual IRIS and PRECARN Conference, Vancouver, June 1994.
Martel, S. and Hunter, I.W., “The modular FPGA-based interface system UNIMA,” Proceedings of the Canadian Workshop on Field-Programmable Devices, Kingston, June 1994.
Martel, S., Hunter, I.W., Lafontaine, S. and Hunter, P.J., “EMAP: An electrophysiological mapping system,” Proceedings of the 18th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, 18, pp. 102-103, 1992.
Martel, S., Hunter, I.W. and Lafontaine, S., “Integration of parallel processing structures using a matrix approach,” Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering, 36.5.1-36.5.4, 1991.
Martel, S., Lafontaine S. and Hunter I.W., “A parallel processing system for intensive I/O, “Proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering,”
16, 27.4.1-27.4.5, 1990.
Martel, S., Hunter, I.W., Nielsen, P., Lafontaine, S., “A high performance distributed biomedical I/O system,” Proceedings of the 15th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, 16, pp. 169-170, 1990.
Bullivant, D., Martel, S., Lafontaine, S., Sands, G.B., Hunter, I.W. and Hunter, P.J., “Electrophysiological data acquisition, display and analysis,” Proceedings of Conference on Physics in Medicine and Biology, Rio de Janeiro, p. 577, Aug. 1989.
Nielsen, P.M.F., Hunter, I.W., Lafontaine, S. and Martel, S., “A parallel computation and control computer for micro-robotics,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1-6, June 21-23, 1989.
Martel, S., Hunter, I.W., Nielsen, P., Lafontaine, S. and Kearney, R.E., “A parallel supercomputer for biomedical analysis and control,” Proceedings of the 14th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, 14, pp. 43-44, 1988.
