For this 30th edition, the Fête de la Science returns from 01 to 11 October 2021 under the theme of the emotion of discovery, inviting us to reflect on science, its actors, its construction dynamics and its links with society.

For this occasion, ISIR is participating in the event through several events.
Conference | Thursday 07 October
On the occasion of the Fête de la Science, Inserm and the libraries of the City of Paris are joining forces to welcome you to the conferences of the Automne de la Science, a cultural and literary event of exchanges and meetings.
Three members of the AGATHE team from ISIR will talk about their work and the design of robotic devices that can have revolutionary therapeutic applications. With Eléonore Ferrier Barbut (PhD student, ISIR), Alexis Poignant (research engineer, ISIR) and Emmanuel Guigon (CNRS research fellow, ISIR).

Conference | Augmented human: fantasies and realities
Thursday 7 October at 7pm
At the Jacqueline de Romilly Library, Paris 18ème
Reservation: 01 44 78 80 50 or online registration required
More about the conference: http://www.idf.inserm.fr/actualites/fete-de-la-science-2021-cycle-de-conferences-inserm-bibliotheques-de-la-ville-de-paris
School workshop | Thursday 07 and Friday 08 October
ISIR welcomes school groups to discover robotics through the programming of a mobile robot. After a presentation of the basic principles of robotics and a description of the robot, the participants will be able to program the robot.
The robotics workshop lasts 1 hour and is aimed at primary and secondary school classes. The slots are already full.
For more information on reservations for school and extracurricular activities at Sorbonne University: http://www.fetedelascience.upmc.fr
Open doors | Saturday 09 October
ISIR will open its doors to the general public on Saturday, October 09 to let you discover its research activities through mini-conferences and demonstrations of our robotic systems.
Come and discover the research activities conducted at ISIR and explore the world of robotics and its new technologies.

Discovering robotics
Saturday 09 October from 1pm to 6pm
Free entry, health pass required
For more information on the Fête de la Science at Sorbonne University: https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/actualites/fete-de-la-science-au-coeur-des-sciences
Our programme :
DEMONSTRATIONS, 03:00 pm – 06:00 pm:
- Interaction with an expressive conversational agent, in the hall,
- Surgical cockpit: robot for laparoscopic surgery, SIMA room,,
- Déambulation en RV pour l’analyse de la marche, SIMA room,
- Fishtank: une interface utilisateur pour toucher les objet virtuels, MAP room,
- Illusions Haptiques, MAP room,
- Démonstrateur de formation à l’assemblage en RV, iCUB room,
- Learning motor skills with the Baxter robot, room 312 on the 3rd floor of bar 65/66,
- Multi-robot demonstration in interaction with light, room 312 on the 3rd floor bar 65/66.
MINI-CONFERENCES, 20 minutes followed by questions:
- 02:30 pm: “Interactive micro-robotics and instrumentation at small scales”, by Mokrane Boudaoud,
- 03:10 pm: “Artificial Intelligence: the challenge of robotics”, by Stéphane Doncieux,
- 03:50 pm: “Robots and men”, by Emmanuel Guigon,
- 04:30 pm: “Learning by day and by night”, by Benoit Girard,
- 05:10 pm: “Human-Machine Interaction: Technology for humans (and not the other way around)”, by Gilles Bailly.
For more information on the Fête de la Science at Sorbonne University: https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/actualites/fete-de-la-science-au-coeur-des-sciences
