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LAAS, located in Toulouse, France, is a large research unit of the CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research, within the Department of Information and Engineering Sciences and Technologies. LAAS is associated to the University of Toulouse (Université Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse).
The research topics of LAAS, fundamental or applied, are focused on the study of complex systems at different scales with a multidisciplinary and systemic vision and an integrative approach. With 600 researchers, university faculty, engineers, technicians, post-docs and PhD students, LAAS is one of the key players in Systems research in the Midi-Pyrénées region, in France and in Europe.
Four main Research Areas:
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Micro Nano Systems (MINAS) :
Micro and nanosystem modeling, design, and characterization, and development of technological processes for micro and nanosystems, mostly for communication, for electrical energy management, for chemistry and for life sciences. |
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Modeling, Optimization and Control of Systems (MOCOSY):
Robust control of dynamical systems, polynomial optimization, estimation and diagnostic, supervision, filtering, operational research and production systems. |
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Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RIA):
Sensori-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. |
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Critical Computer Systems Research Area (SINC):
Fault tolerance, resilience in computer systems, security and safety, privacy protection, architectures and protocols for networking, quality of service, multimedia communication, software verification, distributed computing. |
Cutting-edge Technologies and facilities:
1500 m2 clean room for Micro and nano-technologies and 500 m2 characterization unit for micro and nano-technologies. Computer aided design facilities for micro and and nano systems.
10 robots including a mobile manipulator, one humanoid robot, 3 drones, and one outdoors robot.
Main application Domains:
- Aeronautics
- Space
- Life and Health sciences
- Biotechnologies
- Environment
- Power management
- Transportation
- Telecommunications and networks
- Service
- Defense and civil security
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