Internship (M/F) : Communicating Robotics Research to Stakeholders

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**Type de contrat**: Convention de stage

**Niveau de diplôme exigé**: Bac + 3 ou équivalent

**Fonction**: Stagiaire de la recherche

**Contexte et atouts du poste**:
Context and funding:
The position is funded by the PEPR O2R, a national French program to advance research in robotics which reunites several French laboratories in robotics, AI, and Social and Human Sciences.

In this context, the HUCEBOT team is involved in the projects AS3 and PI3, with the challenge to design AI-powered controllers for exoskeletons for improved assistance and socially intelligent robots that are deployed in real conditions.

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 prediction and control techniques for wearable exoskeletons designed to assist humans at work. 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.

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 and expat community.

**Mission confiée**:
The internship is about the design of a communication strategy for the team, to reach out to relevant stakeholders. The intern will be responsible to design the structure of the team’s website and its social media profiles. He/she will define a communication strategy and create communication content related to the projects currently in execution in the team. He/she will also help create content material for the newsletter of the PEPR and its media channels.

The internship is for a 3 to 6 months period (6 months ideally).

**Principales activités**:

- Review state of the art in communication for robotics teams, robotics companies and academic teams in general
- Design communication strategy
- Improve and/or create/design the team’s website and social media
- Create content based on the team’s project
- Write report
- Collaborate with the team to communicate on the current experiments and developments

**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 F)
- **Ville**: Villers lès Nancy
- **Centre Inria**: Centre Inria de l'Université de Lorraine
- **Date de prise de fonction souhaitée**: 2025-04-01
- **Durée de contrat**: 6 mois
- **Date limite pour postuler**: 2025-03-11

**Consignes pour postuler**:
**Sécurité défense**:
Ce poste est susceptible d’être affecté dans une zone à régime restrictif (ZRR), telle que définie dans le décret n°2011-1425 relatif à la protection d