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HUCEBOT - Human-Centered Robotics (successeur de l'équipe LARSEN)

France

Ivaldi and Mouret co-founded the startup Bleu Robotics, building on around 20 years of humanoid robotics research to deliver AI-driven humanoid robots for industry.

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-10

AffiliationInria (Centre Inria de l'Université de Lorraine, associé au LORIA, CNRS et Université de Lorraine)
CountryFR
TypePublic research
Research areashumanoid robotics, whole-body control, exoskeletons, teleoperation, learning-based control
Flagship contributionDeveloped the SEIKO whole-body multi-contact force controller for position-controlled humanoid robots, tested on the Talos humanoid, with fully open-source code, published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2024).
Key peopleSerena Ivaldi (Directrice de recherche, cheffe d'équipe HUCEBOT depuis octobre 2023), Jean-Baptiste Mouret (Directeur de recherche, algorithmes MAP-Elites, ERC Starting Grant 2014), Pauline Maurice (Chargée de recherche CNRS)
Open outputsCode open source sur GitHub (github.com/hucebot, dont seiko_controller_code) ; participation aux projets européens euROBIN et ENACT (2024-2029).
CityNancy

Sources : Inria (2026-07)LORIA (2026-07)GitHub / IEEE RA-L 2024 (2024-06)

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