Universities, R&D Groups and Academic Networks

ICINCO is a unique forum for universities, research groups and research projects to present their research and scientific results, be it by presenting a paper, hosting a tutorial or instructional course or demonstrating its research products in demo sessions, by contributing towards panels and discussions in the event's field of interest or by presenting their project, be it by setting up an exhibition booth, by being profiled in the event's web presence or printed materials or by suggesting keynote speakers or specific thematic sessions.

Special conditions are also available for Research Projects which wish to hold meetings at INSTICC events.

Current Academic Partners:

The University of Haute-Alsace (UHA)

The University of Haute-Alsace (UHA, Université de Haute-Alsace) is an academic institution devoted to research and student education, welcoming some 8000 students on its two campuses: Mulhouse (6500 students) and Colmar (1500 students).

UHA offers hundreds of educational programmes in four main areas :

- Literature, Languages and Humanities

- Business and Management

- Law and Social Sciences

- Applied Sciences and Technologies

UHA is a high-level research institution, with 17 research units divided into 6 different areas.

http://www.uha.fr/

H2R

The major drawbacks of existing walking bipeds are related to stability, energy consumption, and robustness to unknown disturbances. In healthy humans, walking emerges naturally from a hierarchical organization and combination of motor control mechanisms. The result of this process is a highly efficient, stable and robust gait.

The goal of H2R project is to demonstrate human-like gait and posture in a controlled compliant biped robot as a result of a combination of the most relevant motor control and cognitive mechanisms found in humans.

In order to achieve this goal, we will adopt a threefold process:

1. Investigating the human behavior in order to formalize the most crucial biomechanical and neuromotor principles of walking and standing. For more information visit the section Studying humans

2. Testing the formalized biological concepts, by their integration into currently existing robotic platforms. At the same time, we will develop a new biped (namely H2R biped), by iteratively including the components and methods successfully tested. For more information, visit the section Developing robots

3. Giving birth to an internationally validated benchmarking scheme to test the human-like properties of robotic bipeds. This process will strongly rely on worldwide participation of other research groups, through workshops, seminars, and networking activities.
http://www.h2rproject.eu/