The Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and Microelectronics – LIRMM – is a joint research unit, jointly dependent on University of Montpellier and of the National Center for Scientific Research. Its research activities position LIRMM at the heart of information, communication and systems science and technology.
The robotics department at LIRMM comprises around thirty permanent staff (researchers, lecturers, and engineers) as well as approximately thirty doctoral and postdoctoral students. To design high-performance and safe robots capable of operating in harsh environments or collaborating in direct physical interaction with humans, the teams in the LIRMM robotics department work on the development and experimental validation of efficient, reliable, and robust modeling, design, perception, and control methods. The overall objective is to foster the development of fundamental tools and guide them toward commercialization and industrial transfer.
This work primarily concerns medical and manipulation robotics (DEXTER team), perception and underwater exploration robotics (RSP and ICAR teams), as well as human-robot physical interaction and humanoid robotics (IDH team). The department thus develops applied research activities particularly relevant to manufacturing, healthcare, the environment, and humans in their daily lives.
