4 Main Research Areas
- Micro and Nano system: modeling, design, and characterization, development of technological processes for micro and Nano systems, mostly for communication, for electrical energy management, for chemistry and for life sciences.
- Modeling, optimization and control of systems: Robust control of dynamical systems, polynomial optimization, estimation and diagnostic, supervision, filtering, operational research and production systems.
- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: Sensory-motor processes, perception and environment modeling, machine cognition, learning, action and motion planning and control, decisional and cognitive architectures, aerial and field robotics, Human-robot interaction, anthropomorphic motion.
- Critical Computer Systems: Fault tolerance, resilience in computer systems, security and safety, privacy, architectures and protocols for communication, quality of service, multimedia, software verification, distributed computing.
Two trans disciplinary axes
- Interactions with life (biology, humans) with ALIVE program
- Ambient intelligence, networked and ubiquitous systems with ADREAM program
A tradition of innovation and partnership with industry
LAAS CNRS has established a partnership network in many application areas: aeronautics, space and embedded systems, transportation networks, chemistry, health, environment, energy, defense services. Partnership research has taken the original form of "joint research-industry laboratory", a concept invented in the LAAS in 1991. This special relationship with industry, large or small groups, has also resulted in a “LAAS affiliate partners society”. Research of the LAAS CNRS hasa strong synergy with the business areas of Midi-Pyrenees clusters (Aerospace Valley, Cancer-Bio-Health, AgrimipInnovation, Water) and Systematic, Cap Digital and Derbi clusters. They fit into several platforms of the IRT AESE (Technological Reseach Institute for aeronautics, space and embedded systems).
High tech equipment
Central RTB technology for micro and nanotechnology, member of the national network Renatech RTB, 1500 m² clean room class 10,000 and 100.
Characterization Platform / Interaction with the living.800-m², characterization of components and micro-Nano systems in electrical, microwave, optical, chemical and biological. ALIVE Program: 400-m²platform, the platform Nano biotechnology ITAV (Centre Pierre Potier / Oncopôle).
CAD platform for micro and Nano systems
Robotic Platform: about ten autonomous robots (humanoid, support, outdoor air and ground). Part of the network Robotex (Equipment of Excellence).
Networks Platform: experimentation and validation of protocol architectures and mechanisms from research networks. Experiments in a real multi-technology, multi domains and supervised, and in an emulated environment.
Embedded Systems Platform (Adream Program): mobile devices and intelligent, living in an enriched environment by sensors and actuators, connected by wireless networks.
Photovoltaic Platform (energy building optimized): optimization of energy, mainly solar home
Affiliate partners society
- 75 companies (SME, large business groups)
5 joint research-industry laboratories
- LISPA with Freescale
- PEARL with Alstom
- PixCell with Essilor
- Autodiag with Actia
- Airsys with Airbus
5 spin off LAAS-CNRS, 10 supported
- Kinéo, motion planning
- Néosens, chemicalsensors
- QoS design, network simulation/optimization
- Tag technologies, microsystemsto detectmovementin automation
- Noomeo, 3D sensors
