19^th JOINT COORDINATING FORUM

INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED ROBOTICS PROGRAM

FRANCE STATUS REPORT

SUMMARY

1. STATUS AND CURRENT ACTIVITY OVERVIEW

   • 1.1. IARP Directions
   • 1.2. Current activity and report overview



2. UNDERWATER ROBOTICS

   • 2.1. ROV: VICTOR 6000
   • 2.2. ARAMIS
   • 2.3. AUV: SWIMMER
   • 2.4. ANTARES



3. EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND FIELD ROBOTICS

   • 3.1. Remote Hostile-Site Intervention
     • 3.1.1. Planetary Exploration
     • 3.1.2. Antarctica
     • 3.1.3. Internation Collaboration
   • 3.2. Smart Vehicles and Multi-Sensor Systems for Humanitarian Demining
   • 3.3. Construction and Civil Works Robotics



4. ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

   • 4.1 The SHARP Project
     • 4.1.1. Project overview
     • 4.1.2. The Motion Planner
     • 4.1.3. The Mission Scheduler
     • 4.1.4. The Motion Controller
     • 4.1.5. Sensor-Based Manoeuvres
   • 4.2 MOLOG (MOtion for LOGistics) - Esprit LTR Project 28226



5. ADVANCED DESIGN AND CONTROL

   • 5.1 The INRIA Project SAGA
     • 5.1.1. Parallel robots
     • 5.1.2. Optimal design
     • 5.1.3. Symbolic computation and equation solvers
   • 5.2 The BIP 2000 Anthropomorphic Biped Robot



6. ASSISTIVE AND PERSONAL ROBOTICS: THE DILIGENT PROJECT

   • 6.1 Human-Friendly Navigation
   • 6.2 Results and future work