Presentation

The Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI), is a Joint University Research Institute participated by the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) that conducts basic and applied research in human-centered robotics and automatic control.

The institute, founded in 1995, is a key player in the Spanish robotics and automatic control scenes, and a valued participant in a large number of international collaborations.

IRI has three main objectives:

To carry out excellence research in Robotics and Automatic Control

To cooperate with the community in industrial technological projects

To offer scientific education through graduate courses

The Institute's research activities are organized in four research lines:

AUTOMATIC CONTROL

KINEMATICS & ROBOT DESIGN

MOBILE ROBOTICS & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

PERCEPTION & MANIPULATION

Recognitions

María de Maeztu Excellence Unit

IRI has received the "María de Maeztu" scientific excellence seal for the period July 2017 to June 2021. In this period, a Strategic Research Program in human-centered robotics will be developed.

Consolidated Research Groups

IRI researchers belong to the next research groups accredited as "Grups Consolidats" by the Generalitat de Catalunya

KRD: Kinematics and Robot Design

RobIRI: Grup de Robòtica de l'IRI

SAC: Sistemes Avançats de Control

VIS: Vision and Intelligent Systems

Quality Management System

In 2017, IRI has defined a Quality Management System based on ISO 9001:2015. This system has been launched and audited with the collaboration of ACCIÓ-Generalitat de Catalunya. The audit certificate can be consulted here.

Activity Reports

Here you can find the last years biennial activity reports of our institute:

Biennial Report 2015-2016	Biennial Report 2013-2014	Biennial Report 2011-2012	Biennial Report 2009-2010