This research activity mainly relies on methodologies based on MBSE (Model-Based Systems Engineering) models capable of integrating a large number of constraints (agility, eco-design, multiphysics, safety, etc.), ranging from the definition of the need to candidate system architectures, by taking into account the system’s entire lifecycle, and addressing aspects such as “product” and production “process” and coupling them together (co-design of aproduct and its process).

The systems addressed are essentially mechatronic systems and cyber-physical systems (CPS), potentially embedded in autonomous and production systems :

• Aeronautical and aerospace systems to assist the necessary changes in the sector ;
• Autonomous transport systems (terrestrial, air, naval) and new modes of mobility ;
• Production systems including cobotics and CPPS (Cyber-Physical Production Systems) used in the digitalisation of tomorrow’s factories (Industry 4.0), integrated in the processes and for operating and controlling them ;
• New multi-energy systems (MES) that combine wind power and solar power, for example ;
• Connected medical devices (IoT), such as the artificial pancreas ;
• Bio-inspired robotics and swarm robotics ;
• New mechanical assemblies adapted for implementation in these new systems.