Passionate about underwater robotics, I defended a Franco-British PhD thesis about localization methods for underwater robots with set-membership approaches. See more.
Mobile robotics motivates the study of new methods to deal with dynamical systems using a constraint programming approach. I performed a postdoctoral research on this topic at IMT Atlantique/LS2N (Nantes, France).
I am currently an associate professor in Robotics at ENSTA Bretagne (Brest, France) and member of the Robex team in the research laboratory Lab-STICC.
Set-membership terrain-based navigation Simon Rohou
Submitted.
The Codac library: a Catalog Of Domains And Contractors Simon Rohou, Benoît Desrochers
Accepted. To be published in Acta Cybernetica - Special Issue of SWIM 2022, 2023.
The objective of this winter school is to provide a comprehensive introduction to set-based methods, particularly interval-based approaches, spanning from theoretical foundations to their applications in various problem domains such as parameter identification, state estimation, and robust control.
The aim is to equip attendees with the knowledge and skills needed to apply set-based methods effectively in their research, engineering, or scientific work, while also promoting these methods as valuable tools in addressing complex and uncertain systems.
The training will be led by researchers actively involved in this field, who will bring their own academic and industrial expertise. The format of the training will be intentionally diverse, combining both lectures and practical workshops where participants will have the opportunity to use open-source tools to solve real-world problems.
The school is mainly intended for PhD students and young researchers demonstrating an interest in the field of set-based methods. They must submit a scientific CV that shows an academic background enabling them to follow the content of the event.
Underwater exploration techniques : history and innovations. October 2019: A flip-flops conference given during the Festival Baie des Sciences at Saint-Brieuc (France).
Talks
19/10/2023JNRR 2023(Moliets, France)Tutorial about Constraint programming for robotics.
Abstract. Slides.
27/06/2023SWIM 2023(Angers, France)Brunovsky decomposition for dynamic interval localization.
Abstract. Slides.
24/06/2016
PRASYS Seminar (Brest, France)Collaborative localization over the seabed: a Walking Strategy.
Slides.
09/03/2016GdR Robotique(Montpellier, France)Wide underwater area exploration with autonomous vehicles: a Walking Strategy.
Slides.
16/07/2015
OSM Seminar (Brest, France)Robot localization in an unknown but symmetric environment.
Slides.
10/06/2015SWIM 2015(Praha, Czech Republic)Robot localization in an unknown but symmetric environment.
Abstract. Slides.
Guerlédan project
I am leader of the Guerlédan Project that gathers, twice a year, ENSTA Bretagne's students from Robotics and Hydrography-Oceanography around Guerlédan Lake (Brittany, France).
This offers to the students some unique opportunity to work on realistic challenges involving autonomous robots, hydrographic sensors and nautical resources deployed in such complex environment.
Various issues are dealt with, such as underwater dam inspection, black-box research, hydrographic survey, 3d reconstruction of floodgates, etc.
Software
I am developing the Codac library: a C++ project providing tools to guarantee computations over sets of trajectories. See more on the official webpage.
Consortium
Member of the Contredo project (ANR), that gathers several academic and industrial partners with the aim of designing a software tool based on intervals to handle dynamical systems.
Contact
Office M026
ENSTA Bretagne
2, rue François Verny
29806 Brest Cédex 9
Tél: +33(0)2 98 34 87 66
Since 2020, I am in charge of the Marine working group of the French national Research Group in Robotics (GdR) established by the CNRS. See more. 
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