InformatiKOM I, Bldg. 50.19, Atrium, Adenauerring 12

09. July 2025, 11:00

Serena Ivaldi is a senior research scientist (directrice de recherche) and head of the new Inria project-team Human Centered Robotics (HUCEBOT) at the Inria Center of the University of Lorraine and Loria, in Nancy, France. She currently holds the Robotics & AI Chair of the Cluster AI ENACT project and she is coordinator of the AS3 project “Decision, Learning and Social Interaction” of the French PEPR “organic robotics” program. Her research is focused on robots collaborating with and assisting humans, using a blend of robotics and AI.

Abstract:

In this talk I will present the activities of the new Inria project-team Human Centered Robotics (HUCEBOT). The HUCEBOT research team is dedicated to advancing algorithms for human-centered robots: robots that are not working autonomously in isolation, but that react, interact, collaborate and assist humans to the best of their capacity. Our goal is to enhance the workplace conditions for improved ergonomics and safety using robots that physically assist humans, such as exoskeletons, or replace humans in dangerous and/or remote situations, with teleoperated robot avatars and humanoid robots. Experiments with humans to validate the robotics technologies are at the core of the team. I will focus on some recent results of the team in assistive teleoperation integrating natural language and foundation models, as well as simulation of digital human models and active exoskeletons.