3A expertise: IRIS program - Robotics Engineering and Systems Intelligence
General engineer, student program, orprofessional training contract, third-year expertise in Robotics Engineering and Systems Intelligence.
Campus
Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Lille
Objectives
Improving competitiveness requires European industry to evolve towards production agility. In this context of transition towards the industry of the future, the development of new technological means and associated knowledge is expected. The objective of this training is to train executives capable of:
- Define industrial production tool requirements
- Develop new engineering concepts based on a multidisciplinary approach
- Designing and controlling innovative mechatronic/robotic systems for industrial, medical, or societal applications
SPECIFICITY – 2 possible courses of study – PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CONTRACT and STUDENT status
This training can be carried out:
- in the form of a 12-month professional training contract. During this period, the learner is therefore employed by a company (at a minimum of 80% of the minimum wage) and alternates between periods at the School and in the company (on average, 2 days in the company + 3 days at school per week in S9, then full-time in the company in S10).
- as a student
Program
Module M1: Advanced design of industrial robotics systems (40 hours)
- Need, definition, and components of an agile cell
- Designing an agile cell
- Robot with Cartesian and polyarticulated architectures
- Innovation management: Success story
Module M2: Modeling and Control of Mechatronic Systems (42 hours)
- Modeling strategy: Analytical and numerical methods, Modeling using localized constants
- Model identification: Experimental modal analysis
- Robot control (servo structure, compliance, redundancy)
- Trajectory planning and vibration compensation
Module M3: Innovations in Mechatronics/Robotics (44 hours)
- Control/vision in robotics
- Optimal real-time control
- Intelligent, autonomous system (machine learning, reinforcement learning)
- Collaborative robotics
MT Module: Cross-disciplinary programming module for robotics (24 hours)
- Industrial robot programming
- Development of technological building blocks (Vrep, ROS, etc.)
Key scientific and educational leaders in the field
Manager: Richard Béarée
Teaching team: Olivier Gibaru; Olivier Thomas; Jean-Paul Decocq; Jorge Palos
Related technology platform
Agile Factory – a certified national platform belonging to Robotex
Assessment methods
Written exam and continuous assessment (mini-project with tutoring) for each module
Benefits of the training
Implementation of concepts using innovative methods from the Agile Factory platform (cobotics, mobile robotics) / input from experts in innovation and psychology (human acceptance of systems)
Partners
- Manufacturers: KUKA France, BA Systems
Career opportunities
The main sectors concerned are: automotive, aerospace, rail, naval, agri-food, luxury goods, oil and gas, medical, mechanical, metallurgy, electrical, digital, IT, and energy equipment.
Examples of internship opportunities offered / projects carried out
- Renault SAS – Autonomous assembly cell
- PSA – Risk analysis in cobotics
- Faurecia – Automated unloading
- Dior – Cobotic integration on perfume production line
- Stanley Robotics - Vision system integration for autonomous vehicles.
- Zodiac Aerospace – Vision inspection of an aerospace cabinet
- Builders companions – design/development of a mobile system for the building trade
- Kuka France – Development of technological building blocks for industrial robots
- Kuka System Aerospace – Interpolated control of an aerospace riveting effector
Practical information
- Required level: M1
- International equivalent level M2
- Course language French / English (10%)
- Period: Fall
- Number of hours: 150 hours
- ECTS credits: 13
Contacts
Keywords
Mechatronics, advanced robotics, control/command, design, factory of the future
3A Expertise - "Innovative Process Engineering" Course
Grande Ecole Engineering Programme, student curriculum, 3rd-year specialization in Innovative Process Engineering (IPI). This specialization can be pursued through a a professional training contract.
Campus
Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers
2, boulevard du Ronceray - PO Box 93525 - 49035 ANGERS Cedex 01
Objectives
Arts et Métiers generalist engineers whose vocation is to work in the design and production of products and production systems. Arts et Métiers engineers Arts et Métiers recognized as pragmatic engineers, combining technological knowledge, practical experience, and team spirit. The expertise offered here in the third year reinforces the engineering student's knowledge in a specific area of expertise: "Innovative Process Engineering" (IPI).
This IPI expertise fits perfectly within the European development program Factories of the Future (H2020) and the national Industry of the Future plan. It introduces future engineers to the possibilities and challenges of emerging processes that will be used in the factory of the future.
Teaching methods
This team of experts consists of Arts et Métiers engineering students Arts et Métiers their third year as students, apprentices, or professional contract. The training is therefore divided into different periods. There are four main periods at the school, interspersed with industrial periods.

During industrial periods, students enrolled in the program are assigned an industrial or research project of their choice within the theme of "Innovative Processes."
Program
During the four periods at school, expertise sequences take place, consisting of theoretical input and practical work. Each period revolves around a separate theme:
Period 1 – Additive Manufacturing and the Factory of the Future
- Metal additive manufacturing
- Polymer additive manufacturing
- Robotics – Robotics
- Topological optimization
Period 2 - Machining Assistance and Smart Machines
- Behavior of materials under extreme conditions
- Cryogenic and high-pressure assistance
- Scientific simulation of machining assistance
- Intelligent Machine
Period 3 – Forming of biocomposites and service life
- Biocomposites
- Thermoforming of composites
- Fatigue and impact
Period 4 – Metal forming and experimental techniques
- Product durability
- Foundry business simulation
- Hot Forming Processes – Superplasticity
Key scientific and educational leaders in the field
- Amine Ammar, professor of numerical methods
- Julien Artozoul, typesetting and foundry teacher
- Yessine Ayed, teacher-researcher in machining
- Aude Caillaud, foundry and materials teacher
- Guénaël Germain, machining instructor and researcher
- Laurent Guillaumat, Professor of Composites & Sustainability
- Etienne Pessard, lecturer and researcher in fitness and sustainability
- Svetlana Terekhina, professor and researcher in polymers and composites
- Idriss Tiba, materials lecturer and researcher
- Simon Richir, professor of virtual reality and augmented reality
Related technology platform
Angevin Laboratory of Mechanics, Processes, and Innovation
Angers Industrial Foundry Laboratory
Assessment methods
Project-based evaluation of applications during each period
Benefits of the training
The training program has a strong practical component, in addition to presentations by industry professionals and specialists on topics related to innovative manufacturing processes.
Career opportunities
- R&D Engineer
- Methods Engineer
- Process engineer
- Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Methods Engineer
- Industrialization Engineer
Partners
- ESI Group
- DAHER
- École Centrale Nantes
- University of Nantes
- National School of Science and Technology of Rennes
- Jules Verne Research Institute
Practical information
- Required level: 2nd year Arts et Métiers
- Equivalent international level: Master of Science )
- Course language: French
- Period: October - February
- Number of hours: 150 hours
- ECTS credits: 13
Contacts
Additional information
Engineering students can pursue this expertise as students, apprentices, or under a professional training contract.
Keywords
#technology, #processes, #FactoryOfTheFuture
3A Expertise - "Industrial Management" Course
General engineer, student program, or professional training contract, third-year expertise in Industrial Management.
Campus
Arts et Métiers Campus Arts et Métiers Lille
8 Boulevard Louis XIV - 59046 Lille Cedex
Objectives
This expertise aims to train engineers capable of planning and managing complex systems characterized by strong interaction between technological, organizational, financial, and human variables.
Industrial management engineers will have an integrated view of industrial and manufacturing realities, enabling them to work in technology and business management in a competitive and constantly changing environment. They will have a set of skills based on quantitative methods that will enable them to model, analyze, and solve interdisciplinary, organizational, and economic technological problems, as well as communicate their findings.
Engineers will be made aware of the transition to the industry of the future , which affects all areas of production.
SPECIFICITY – 2 possible courses of study – PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CONTRACT and STUDENT status
This training can be carried out:
- in the form of a 12-month professional training contract.During this period, the learner is therefore employed by a company (at a minimum of 80% of the minimum wage) and alternates between periods at the School and in the company (on average, 2 days in the company + 3 days at the School per week in S9, then full-time in the company in S10).
- as a student
Program
Module M1: Financial Management
The success of a company's activities requires a mastery of economic and accounting information so that it can be used in financial and operational decision-making. Decision-making on investment projects requires an analysis of their economic and financial viability.
This module will cover the following points:
- Financial accounting
- Cost analysis of the product, process, or activities
- Investment project: planning, budget, and financing
Module M2: Production Support Functions
Support functions provide assistance to industrial activities. Their objectives are to improve and optimize manufacturing. They mainly concern industrialization, quality management, and facility maintenance.
This module will cover the following points:
- Improvement of industrialization and adaptation of production equipment: Continuous improvement .
- Implementation of the quality approach, monitoring and control of quality indicators
- Process maintenance plan, processes, and maintenance activity management
Module M3: Decision Support Methods
Industrial challenges are becoming increasingly complex, leading organizations to rely on mathematical analyses and tools to make decisions that were previously largely basedon on the manager's intuition. Decision support tools provide relevant answers to production issues involving several possible choices and facilitate strategic or operational decision-making in imprecise and/or uncertain environments.
This module will cover the following points:
- Operational research for the management of complex systems
- Production flow modeling and simulation
- Cross-functional technologies
Key scientific and educational leaders in the field
Manager: Nathalie Klément
Teaching team: Olivier Gibaru; Anthony Quénehen; Stéphane Clenet, Richard Béarée
Assessment methods
Continuous assessment, exams, individual and team projects.
Advantage of training
- Creation of a training chair based on this expertise starting in the 2021 academic year: a special relationship with industry partners who will speak to students throughout the semester and who will propose and supervise study projects. More information about the chair.
- Green Belt certification will be offered to students in the program thanks to the new partner of the Training Chair.
Related technology platform
Partners
Strong partnerships with the local industrial fabric
Career opportunities
All sectors in industrial management
Targeted companies
Industrial sector companies (large groups, SMEs, production sites, creation of innovative products, etc.)
Examples of end-of-study internships completed
- TOYOTA : improvement of internal logistics flows
- RENAULT : analysis of the functionalities of the control system for Renault's assembly plants
- FAURECIA : continuous improvement in the field of logistics
- Schneider Electric Industries : adapting Big Data techniques to a production line
- AIRBUS HELICOPTERS : continuous improvement in production costs for the H175 program
- Zodiac Aerospace : study of the implementation of preventive maintenance
- HERMES : optimizing workflow and securing supplies inventory in the watchmaking workshop
Practical information
- Required level: M1
- International equivalent level M2
- Course languages: French / English (10%)
- Period: Fall
- Number of hours: 150 hours
- ECTS credits: 13
Contact
Keywords
Financial management, continuous improvement, quality, operational research, flow simulation
Open house at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers
The Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers will open its doors on Saturday, January 27, 2018, to present its range of courses from high school diploma to master's degree level.