The research of the IRA2 team deals with the
design, realization and evaluation of assistance systems for a person in its environment (indoor or
outdoor). The diversity, the complexity and the unpredictability of the
environment require the use and the knowledge of artificial complex systems
(sensors and heterogeneous robots) in order to provide assistances.
The problem
is to remove technological and scientific obstacles allowing perception,
interaction and decision support for both an individual and a “robot” assistant
interacting with the intelligent environment (ambient robotics). The objective
is to offer multi-sensory aids to the control and decision making of the person
who is in immersion or semi-immersion in a virtual world (virtual reality) or
in direct interaction with the real environment (augmented reality), assisted
or not by one robot or more. The control of these complex systems requires the
application, development and evaluation of methods and techniques coming from
information sciences and engineering. They are mainly derived from the signal
and images theory, the software architectures models, the artificial
intelligence techniques, the interaction and collaboration in virtual and augmented
reality. The scope of the assistances is very diversified. It concerns both the
able-bodied and the disabled. The person can be assisted at home, while roaming
(by foot or by motor vehicle), on travel in a vehicle or a two-wheeler, or
within a professional environment.
This site gathers the IRA2 team publications.
To learn more about the IRA2 team of the IBISC
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