Abdenbi Mohand Ousaid received the Engineer degree in Automation from Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers, Algeria in 2008, a M.S degree in Automation Signal and Images Processing from Paris 11 University, France in 2009 and a Ph.D. degree in Robotics in 2013 from the University of Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France. From 2009 to 2014 he was a member of MICROB team of Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique. In 2014/2015, he was a Temporary Assistant Professor at the University of Versailles, physics department, France. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Franche-Comté/AS2M departement/FEMTO-ST institute. His current interest includes the optimal design of 3D micro-mechatronic systems. Now, he is involved in the development and the design of elementary blocks "catoms" in the context of Programmable Matter project.