Jean ARLAT 
Director 
+33 (0)5 61 33 62 70 
direction@laas.fr
Pascale THÉVENOD 
Management and decision support 
+33 (0)5 61 33 62 37 
pascale.thevenod@laas.fr

CONTACTS

Research personnel  
(full-time equivalent): 

554

including PhD students: 

240

Partnership  
research incomes: 

5 160 k

€

Global budget: 

43 000 k

€

www.instituts-carnot.eu

A Dynamic Ecosystem

Organisms and PIA Instruments 

Carnot institutes, ANRT, CNES, DGA, 

Fraunhofer, INRA, INSERM, IRT Antoine 

de Saint-Exupéry, Toulouse Tech Transfer

Competitiveness Clusters

Aerospace Valley, Agri Sud Ouest Innovation, 

Cancer Bio Santé, Eau, DERBI (Development of 

Renewable Energies for Housing and Industry), 

Systematic, Cap Digital

Advanced Platforms supporting 

Research and Innovation

 Micro and nano manufacturing (RENATECH: 

National Network for micro and nano 

systems) - clean room (1500 m

2

)

 Characterizations: electrical, thermal, RF, 

EMC (600 m

2

)

 Biological and chemical analysis (400 m

2

)

 Design and simulation of micro and nano 

systems

 Robotics - fleet of a dozen of robots: 

humanoids, manipulators, assistance robots, 

intervention robots, UAVs

 Instrumented and energy optimized 

building: cyber-physical systems and 

management of photovoltaic energy

Institut Carnot LAAS CNRS 

7, avenue du Colonel Roche 

BP 54200 

31031 Toulouse cedex 4

France

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RENATECH Platform

Integration of sensors

on flexible substrate

Authentification

by smart card

Robotics Platform

© Anne Mauffret, LAAS-CNRS

© LAAS-CNRS

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© Emmanuel Perrin, Photothèque CNRS

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