Projects and collaborations
Our work takes place within the TSCF research unit and involves academic, industrial and international partners. This selection covers R-LEAF’s ORICA programme and the wider TSCF robotics collaborations. Each entry links to an institutional or project partner source describing its scope.
Research programmes
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ORICA
Junior professorship programme · INRAE
Mapping changing environments, navigating deformable ground and vegetation, and manipulating plants. ORICA brings these questions together within R-LEAF.
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NINSAR
PEPR Agroécologie et Numérique · 2023–2027
Cooperative robot fleets for new agroecological cropping practices. TSCF contributes to a consortium linking robot behaviour, field operations and environmental feedback.
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MUSCAA
ANR · started December 2023
Anticipating changes in terrain interaction to adapt robot behaviour. Coordinated by TSCF, the project combines perception, learning and supervision of control modes.
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STAIRS
Grand Défi Robotique Agricole · launched 2025
Shared methods for robot interoperability, environmental assessment and software development. TSCF coordinates the project with RobAgri.
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CapaRob
CIR ITPS · CAP 20-25
Designing the supervision of agricultural robot fleets with the people who use them. The collaboration between ACTé and TSCF studies work organisation, operator control and simulated operating situations.
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ManiVol
I-SITE CAP 20-25 · TSCF and SIGMA Clermont
Aerial manipulation for placing, moving and retrieving connected sensors in agricultural environments, using feedback from the objects themselves.
Joint laboratories
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AgriVia
ANR LabCom · TSCF and INNODURA TB
Reliable multimodal perception for autonomous navigation in natural environments, accounting for people, crops and deformable vegetation.
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TIARA
ANR LabCom · TSCF and SABI AGRI
Adaptive control and decision making for electric agricultural vehicles, with robot behaviour selected according to the task and operating conditions.
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i-SMART
Associated partnership laboratory · TSCF and Sherpa Engineering
Methods and engineering tools for agricultural robotics and off-road mobility, developed through the AgroTechnoPôle partnership.
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TREASUR
International associated laboratory · INRAE and NARO, Japan
Research on adaptive robot behaviour, navigation safety, implement control and energy use. The cooperation between TSCF and NARO was launched in 2024.
European projects
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AIGreenBots
Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral network
Doctoral training in robotics and sensor fusion for precision agriculture. TSCF studies how local robot measurements and wider environmental data can support adaptation to terrain conditions.
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GreenFieldData
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Joint Doctorate · 2026–2031
A European doctoral network coordinated by TSCF, bringing together digital methods, agroecology and the needs of technology users.
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agrifoodTEF
European testing and experimentation network
Facilities and expertise for testing and validating agricultural robotics and artificial intelligence. TSCF is involved through its experimental infrastructure.
Research networks and facilities
TSCF participates in the CIR ITPS — Innovative Transportation and Production Systems at Université Clermont Auvergne. Its Agrotechnologies theme connects robotics, agricultural practices and the people who use these technologies. CapaRob is one example of work supported by this research centre.
The Roboterrium provides robots and experimental facilities for research in natural and agricultural environments within the TIRREX infrastructure. The AgroTechnoPôle supports collaborative research, testing and development with agricultural equipment partners.
Collaboration with the Northern Robotics Laboratory (Norlab) at Université Laval includes doctoral research on mapping and field robotics, as well as joint studies of tracked vehicle motion. See the people and publications pages for the researchers and resulting work.