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<div
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roman","new
york",times,serif;font-size:16px">The Chroma group at Inria
Grenoble,
France ( <span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1143_com_zimbra_url"><span
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id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1150_com_zimbra_url"><span
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id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1219_com_zimbra_url"><a
href="https://team.inria.fr/chroma/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://team.inria.fr/<wbr>chroma/</a></span></span></span></span> )
has a funded
PhD position
in automous
vehicle
navigation.<br>
<br>
------Context------<br>
The funding
project
involves Inria
(<span
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id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1144_com_zimbra_url"><span
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class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1220_com_zimbra_url"><a
href="https://www.inria.fr/en/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.inria.fr/en/</a></span></span></span></span>)
and the Valeo
Company (<span
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id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1145_com_zimbra_url"><span
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id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1221_com_zimbra_url"><a
href="http://www.valeo.com/en/the-group/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.valeo.com/en/the-<wbr>group/</a></span></span></span></span>).
Its goal is to
propose a
novel approach
for solving
the problem of
navigation of
fully
autonomous
vehicles in
urban
environments. <br>
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The Chroma
group and the
PhD student
involved in
this project
will focus on
integrating
models of
human drivers
(pedestrian
and/or
drivers),
proxemics
(human
management of
space) and
traffic rules
to integrate
an autonomous
vehicle in a
flow of cars.<br>
<br>
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<div
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times
new
roman","new
york",times,serif;font-size:16px">The overall objective of Chroma
team is to
address
fundamental
and open
issues that
lie at the
intersection
of the
emerging
research
fields called
“Human
Centered
Robotics » and
“Multi-Robot
Systems
(MRS) ». Our
goal is to
design
algorithms and
develop models
allowing
mobile robots
to navigate
and operate in
dynamic and
human-populated
environments.
Chroma is
involved in
all decision
aspects
pertaining to
(multi)robot
navigation
tasks,
including
perception and
motion-planning. Our approach for addressing this challenge is to bring
together
probabilistic
methods,
planning
techniques and
multi-agent
decision
models. This
is done in
cooperation
with other
disciplines
such as
psycho-sociologists
for the
purpose of
taking into
account human
models. Two
main research
themes of
robotic
navigation are
addressed : i)
Perception and
situation
awareness in
human-populated
environment,
by focusing on
bayesian
perception and
sensor fusion
ii) Scaling-up
single and
multi-robot
motion-planning,
by combining
uncertainty
modeling,
decentralized
(swarm) models
and
multi-agent
sequential
decision
making. The
Chroma team is
also concerned
with
applications
and transfer
of the
scientific
results. We
work with
industrial and
start-up
partners. Our
main
application
domains
concern
autonomous
vehicle
driving (with
Renault and
Toyota),
aerial robots
for
surveillance
tasks and
services
robotics.</div>
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-----How to
apply-----<br>
The ideal
candidate has
a strong
background in
planning,
control and
robotics. The
candidate must
be a
proficient
user of C/C++
and ROS and
any relevant
computer
vision library
(e.g., ViSP,
OpenCV, PCL).
Scientific
curiosity,
large autonomy
and ability to
work
independently
are also
expected.<br>
Interested
candidates
must send to
Anne
Spalanzani ( <span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3866_com_zimbra_email"><span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3871_com_zimbra_email"><span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1146_com_zimbra_email"><span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1153_com_zimbra_email"><span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1218_com_zimbra_email"><span
class="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219Object"
id="gmail-m_-6060725537025479219OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1222_com_zimbra_email"><a
href="mailto:anne.spalanzani@inria.fr" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">anne.spalanzani@inria.fr</a></span></span></span></span></span></span> )
the following
material:<br>
- a motivation
letter with
any relevant
information
for proving a
good match
with the
description of
the activities
and expected
profile of the
candidates<br>
- a detailed
CV<br>
- name of at
least two
referees<br>
- results in
M1 and M2<br>
<br>
Keywords :
Robotics,
Autonomous
vehicle,
planning, risk
analysis,
human-robot
interaction</div>
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