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Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
LAAS-CNRS
Established1968
Laboratory type
Unité Propre de Recherche (UPR)
Research typeInformation Sciences and Technologies
Field of research
Information Sciences and Technologies: Decision and Optimization (DO), Energy Management (GE), Microwaves and Optics: from Electromagnetism to Systems (HOPES), Micro Nano Bio Technologies (MNBT), Trustworthy Computing Systems and Networks (RISC), Robotics (ROB)
Address7, av. du colonel Roche

BP 54200 31031 Toulouse cedex 4

France
LocationToulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
31031
AffiliationsCNRS

The Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (French: Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architectures des systèmes, LAAS) is a research laboratory linked with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS). This facility is located near other important higher education facilities in Toulouse, France: the Paul Sabatier University, SUPAERO, the ENAC, the INSA, as well as other research centers (the ONERA and the CNES). According to the High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres), LAAS is recognised as a leading research unit in France with outstanding scientific influence. [1]

History

Jean Lagasse founded LAAS in 1968 when automation was still a young field, computing was emerging, and robotics was in its infancy. Space exploration was a major scientific and geopolitical driver, and Lagasse convinced CNRS to establish a lab focused on automation and space applications.

Over time, LAAS shifted its focus to complex systems across various domains, evolving into a leading research center that helped shape new disciplines and elevate French science globally. [2]

Activities

In industrial robotics, LAAS-CNRS participates to the French project Air-Cobot. Picture of the robot in an hangar of Air France Industries.

The laboratory's research focuses primarily on Information Sciences and Technologies. It is organised into six scientific departments and 24 teams [3]:

• Decision and Optimisation (DO)

• Energy Management (GE)

• Microwaves and Optics: from Electromagnetism to Systems (HOPES)

• Micro Nano Bio Technologies (MNBT)

• Trustworthy Computing Systems and Networks (RISC)

• Robotics (ROB)

Its research spans automatic control, computing, micro- and nanosystems, and robotics, along with the following areas :

  • Methods and Algorithms in Control
  • Telecommunication Networks and Systems
  • Qualitative Diagnosis and Supervisory Control
  • Software and Tools for Communicating Systems
  • Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
  • Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Microsystems and Systems Integration
  • Micro and Nanostructures Technologies
  • Power Integration and Devices
  • Photonics
  • Microwave and Millimeter Wave Integrated Components for Telecommunication
  • Nano-addressing, Nano-biotechnologies
  • Modelling, Optimization and Integrated Management of Systems of Activities

References

  1. ^ "LAAS - Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architecture des systèmes". Hcéres. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  2. ^ "UN LABORATOIRE À LA POINTE DE L'INNOVATION DEPUIS 1968 - LAAS-CNRS". www.laas.fr. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  3. ^ "Departments - LAAS-CNRS". www.laas.fr. Retrieved 2025-02-01.

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