Communicating Robotics Research to Stakeholders

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**Niveau de diplôme exigé**: Bac + 4 ou équivalent

**Fonction**: Stagiaire de la recherche

**Contexte et atouts du poste**:
**Context and funding**:
The HUCEBOT team is involved in several European and French large scale projects (e.g., PEPR) about robotics and AI.
The team aims at improving the communication of their activities to public, industries and stakeholders.

**About the team**:
The team HUCEBOT develops control, learning, and interaction skills of human-centered robots, such as humanoid, mobile manipulators and exoskeletons. The team develops learning and control algorithms for teleoperated / supervised / autonomous robots, involved in complex manipulation tasks in man-made environments. It also develops AI-based control for wearable exoskeletons designed to assist humans at work, drones and quadrupeds to explore complex environments. The team has excellent robotics facilities, including several humanoid robots (Talos, iCub, G1), manipulators, drones, passive and active exoskeletons, wearable sensors, force plates etc. Its laboratory has a 3D printing facility and a mechatronic workshop for prototyping and maintenance, and a motion capture room with Qualisys and Xsens sensors.
The team consists of many research scientists, postdocs, PhD and has the support of 1 software and 1 mechatronics engineer. The team is international - English and French speaking. French is not required, although free French classes are available in the institute for non-French speakers.

**About the laboratory and Nancy**:
The Inria Center of the University of Lorraine, is co-located with the Loria laboratory, in the Science and Technology Campus of the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France), next to the Botanical Gardens, at 20 minutes by public transportation or bike from the Nancy train station and City Center. Several student residences and facilities are at walking distance. Nancy is a University town, with a high quality of life and a vibrant student, Erasmus and expat community. Life is Nancy is very affordable compared to Paris, it is easy to find a student residence or apartment. Team members can also access to SUAPS, the University’s sports facilities.

**About Nancy in France**:
Nancy is the capital of the Grand Est region in France. It is well connected by train to Paris (90 min), Strasbourg (90 min), Luxembourg and Germany. There are direct trains from Nancy to the Paris airport CDG and the Luxembourg airport LUX.
The region around Nancy is ideal for outdoor activities: there are many country trails, long bike trails, forests, mountains, lakes, ski in winter too.

**Mission confiée**:
The internship is about the implementation of a communication strategy for the team, to reach out to relevant stakeholders.
The intern will be responsible to update the team’s website and create communication content for the ongoing projects currently in execution in the team.
He/she will also help to create a newsletter and to reach out to the relevant stakeholders through the appropriate channels.
Finally, he/she will be involved in the different team’s activities related to communication to industries and general public, including public events, workshops and conferences.
The internship is for a 4 to 6 months period and must terminate before mid-July.

**Principales activités**:

- Improve and update the team’s website and social media
- Create content based on the team’s project
- Collaborate with the team to communicate on the current experiments and developments
- Participate in and help to organize the team and the project’s relevant activities and events

**Compétences**:

- Technical skills:
- Excellent skills and/or experience with marketing and communication
- Interest and preferably experience with communication for research teams
- Wordpress, CANVA, Excel, Video Editing
- Soft skills:
- Excellent communication skills at work, and ability to report progress
- Proactivity.
- Not afraid of challenging projects.
- Rigour and intellectual honesty
- Curiosity and desire to learn
- Practical mindset and ability to develop robust and reliable solutions
- Autonomy and organizational skills
- Love working in a multi-cultural environment
- Team player

**Avantages**:

- Subsidized meals
- Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
- Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
- Possibility of teleworking (after 6 months of employment) and flexible organization of working hours
- Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
- Social, cultural and sports events and activities
- Access to vocational training
- Social security coverage

**Rémunération**:
€4.35/hour

**Informations générales**:

- **Thème/Domaine**: Robotique et environnements intelligents
Communication digitale et services numériques (BAP