ISIR and the Smart Arm team are pleased to invite you to a screening of a documentary that traces the story of the Smart Arm team’s participation in the Cybathlon, an extraordinary human and scientific adventure.
Screening of the documentary “Smart Arm: A Human and Technological Adventure”
Thursday, 23 October 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Amphitheatre 25, Pierre and Marie Curie Campus, Sorbonne University, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris
Free admission, registration required
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Smart ArM team, in the presence of their pilot, Christophe Huchet, the team’s engineers and the director of the documentary’s maker, Océane Dubois.
About the documentary
Created in 2019 at ISIR, the Smart ArM team set itself an ambitious challenge: to design an innovative prosthetic arm to enable Christophe, who was born with agenesis of the right arm, to participate in the Cybathlon.
The Cybathlon is an international competition organised by ETH Zurich, where people with disabilities perform everyday tasks with the help of active assistive technologies. The event highlights the collaboration between research, technology and lived experience.
For five years, cameras followed the team members, engineers, researchers and athletes through the stages of design, training, testing, doubts and small victories.
The result is a documentary that delves into the heart of this adventure, where science is put at the service of humanity.
Find out more about the Smart ArM team
Contact : delage(at)isir.upmc.fr, ISIR communications officer
Published on 22/09/2025.
