Overview
Pierre Cherelle is the founder, CEO and a board member of Axiles Bionics, based in Brussels. He states expertise in robotics, medical devices, prosthetics, prosthetic rehabilitation and business development.
He took up his current role in February 2019, having joined Axiles Bionics in June 2017 to work on business development and fundraising. Between July 2018 and August 2019 he was also a private equity investment associate at PE group.
Before that he spent his career at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he was a spin-off entrepreneur in robotics and AI from March 2014 to May 2017, and, from February 2008 to February 2014, a PhD researcher in robotics engineering and a teaching assistant. He studied at the same university throughout, taking a bachelor's degree in physics from 2002 to 2005, a master's degree in physics from 2005 to 2007, and a PhD in mechatronics and robotics engineering, completed in 2014.
Career history
In the news
- In the lab, everything behaves exactly as expected. Outside, everything behaves exactly as it wants 🌍 Walking on a treadmill is predictable. Cobblestones, slopes, gravel and uneven ground are not. That is why prosthetic development must go far beyond laboratory testing. From the earliest stages of our research, we have been fortunate to work with many users and learn from their real-life experience. Their time, feedback and willingness to return throughout the development process have been invaluable. They help us
- In prosthetics, the hardest part isn’t competing with technology. It’s competing with habits. ⚙️ The prosthetics industry is built around a small number of long-established players. They have shaped standards, clinical practices and expectations for decades. This brings valuable stability and familiarity. But it also makes introducing something new particularly challenging. When we started Axiles Bionics, we quickly realised that the real competition was not simply technology versus technology. It was technology versus habit. For
- 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Pierre Cherelle 🎙️, CEO & co-founder of Axiles Bionics, recorded a few months ago with EUROQUITY - WE. We talk about how Axiles started, how we think about mobility and MedTech, but also, very simply, what it actually takes to innovate in an industry that hasn’t changed that much over the years. If you missed it the first time around, definitely worth a listen [FR] 👇
- I learned some of my first lessons about teamwork on a stage, not in an office. 🎸 Before working in robotics, I spent several years playing in and managing a band. It may sound far removed from medtech, but it taught me something essential: a group only works when people understand their role and find a way to work together. 🎼 In music, you immediately feel when something is off. In a startup, it is much the same, only with more moving parts. Playing in a band showed me how quickly group dynamics can change when plans shift,
- What does the future of health look like? 🩺❤️ Find out on October 19, when researchers, health innovators, entrepreneurs and policymakers come together at TheMerode for the specialised business track Health & Human at the Flanders Technology & Innovation Festival. Expect inspiring insights, real-world cases, and conversations that spark new connections across the health and innovation ecosystem. Vrije Universiteit Brussel is deeply integrated throughout the programme, with our experts taking the stage in panels and keynotes in the
- Don't wait for the future of your sector to arrive. Build it at the Flanders Technology & Innovation Festival in Brussels, together with Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Two days. Three sectors. One place to meet the people, ideas and innovations driving your sector forward. On October 19 and 20, FTI Brussels brings professionals together at TheMerode for three specialised business tracks: 🏙️ Circular & City: How can we make our cities more circular, resilient and liveable? ❤️ Health & Human: How can technology, innovation and
- This is exactly what makes human walking so fascinating 🤯
- Some moments in this job stay with you forever 💭 During testing sessions, we expect data, metrics and observations. But sometimes, the clearest signal is human. A user pauses, takes a few steps, looks up and quietly says: “This feels different.” And sometimes, the emotion goes even further. Tears. Relief. A sense of rediscovery. 👣 Those moments are impossible to quantify, but impossible to forget. They remind us why we spend years refining prototypes, adjusting details and questioning assumptions. Because technology only
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