SyRI (Robotic systems in interaction)

TIRREX : Technological Infrastructure for Robotics Research of Excellence

The Heudi­asyc research lab­o­ra­to­ry at UTC is involved in the Future Invest­ment Pro­gram, « Struc­tur­ing Equip­ment for Research » (ESR) Equipex + TIRREX, led by the CNRS.

Objectives

TIRREX (Tech­no­log­i­cal Infra­struc­ture for Robot­ics Research of Excel­lence) is the result of sev­er­al years of research and reflec­tion in the field of robot­ics. It aims to devel­op new flag­ship robot­ics plat­forms with nation­al coor­di­na­tion for their access and development.

 The project brings togeth­er all major actors in French aca­d­e­m­ic robot­ics research (CNRS, INRIA, CEA, INRAE) and is struc­tured around 6 the­mat­ic axes and 3 trans­ver­sal axes designed to sup­port the the­mat­ic axes. Bring­ing open­ness to an unprece­dent­ed lev­el in robot­ics, a third trans­ver­sal axis will focus on open infrastructure.

 It aims to ensure, stan­dard­ize access, and main­tain the open­ness of data, soft­ware, and pub­li­ca­tions pro­duced (FAIR data and open-source software).

Research topics

Equipex+CONTINUUM (2021–2029) : Collaborative continuum from digital to human

The Heudi­asyc research lab­o­ra­to­ry at UTC is involved in the Future Invest­ment Pro­gram, Struc­tur­ing Equip­ment for Research (ESR) Equipex + CONTINUUM, led by the CNRS.

CONTINUUM aims to cre­ate a col­lab­o­ra­tive research infra­struc­ture of 30 plat­forms locat­ed through­out France to advance inter­dis­ci­pli­nary research between com­put­er sci­ence and the human­i­ties and social sciences.

Objectives

Through CONTINUUM, 37 research teams will devel­op cut­ting-edge research focused on visu­al­iza­tion, immer­sion, inter­ac­tion, and col­lab­o­ra­tion, as well as on human per­cep­tion, cog­ni­tion, and behav­ior in virtual/augmented reality.

CONTINUUM enables a par­a­digm shift in our per­cep­tion, inter­ac­tion, and col­lab­o­ra­tion with com­plex dig­i­tal data and dig­i­tal worlds by plac­ing the human being at the cen­ter of data pro­cess­ing flows.

The project pro­vides sci­en­tists, engi­neers, and indus­tri­al users with a net­work of high-per­for­mance visu­al­iza­tion and immer­sion plat­forms to observe, manip­u­late, under­stand, and share dig­i­tal data, mul­ti-scale sim­u­la­tions, and vir­tu­al or aug­ment­ed expe­ri­ences. All plat­forms will enable remote col­lab­o­ra­tion and will be equipped with mobile devices that can be loaned to users to facil­i­tate access to these technologies.

Research topics

The CONTINUUM project revolves around 2 research axes:

• Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary research on inter­ac­tion, in col­lab­o­ra­tion between com­put­er sci­ence and the human­i­ties and social sci­ences, to increase knowl­edge and solu­tions in human-cen­tered computing;
• Deploy­ment of tools and ser­vices to meet the needs of var­i­ous sci­en­tif­ic domains in terms of access to big data, sim­u­la­tions, and virtual/augmented expe­ri­ences (math­e­mat­ics, physics, biol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, com­put­er sci­ence, med­i­cine, psy­chol­o­gy, edu­ca­tion, his­to­ry, archae­ol­o­gy, soci­ol­o­gy, etc.).