Pr. Abdelouahab Zaatri - Laboratory of Advanced Technology Applications Mechanical department

1. Complémentarité entre EspacePédagogique et Espace de Détentepour developper la créativité et l’Innovation Pr. AbdelouahabZaatri - Laboratory of Advanced Technology Applications Mechanicaldepartment University of Constantine, Algeria azaatri@yahoo.com Forum:www.lata.forumactif.info

3. Presentation of LATA • LATA stands for Laboratory of Advanced Technology Applications • It has been launched in 2003 • It isintented to fostertechnological applications withverylimitedmeans • itisdedicated for education, research and industry • It welcomesdomestic and international cooperation

4. Composition of LATA • 01 Coordinator • Draduate students – (DEUA, Ingenieur, LM) • Doctoral thesis (Robotics, Renewable Energy,..) • Each year: groups of students (graduation) are involved in projects

5. Objectives and General Policy • Itsgeneralpolicyisbased on some simple principles • Learn and Master Modern Technology with minimal cost • Makeimportant realizationswithvery few resources (Small isbeautiful) • Defineprojects and realizationsthat must have an industrial value (industrializable) • Carry out projects of industrial character but adapted to the socio-economical context; so that technology runs for development • Create a multidisciplinaryenvironmentincludingeventuallyotherpartners (cooperation)

6. National Partnership • It has special relations througheducation and researchwithvariousdepartments ( mathematics, Physics, Biology) of Université Mentouri-Constantine • University of Skikda (80 km), • University of Oum-el-bouaghi (80 km) • University of Batna (110 km) • PolytechnicMilitarySchool of Bordj El Bahri, Algiers (400) • National Center of Nuclearresearch  of Ain Oussera (500) • PolytechnicalSchollElHarrach

7. International Partnership • Laboratoire de Robotique, Université de Sofia Antipolis par le (programme euro-meditéranéen 3+3),France • Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes (LAAS), groupe Robotique et Interactions, Toulouse, France • DipartimentodiMeccanica, PolitecnicodiMilano, Italia • School of Engineering Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom • Psychology Department at the University of Central Florida, USA •  Centre de Robotique, Electrotechnique et Automatique, Université de Picardie, France • Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Laboratoire d'Automatique,France • Labo LIIA, IUT, Université Paris 12, France • Etcetc

8. Axes of research • Mecatronicsystems (Mechanics, electricity, electronics, automation, computer sciences, artificial intelligence,..). • Two main domains have been explored : • Robotics and telerobotics • Renewablesenergies

9. SomeRobotics Systems • Analysis, design and realizations of various types of robots • Serial robots • Parallel robots • Cable_based robots • Wheeled Mobile robots • Legged robots

10. Renewable Energies Analysis, design and realization of energetic systems • Solar tracker for photovoltaic pannels, • Solar tracker for photo-thermic systems, • Regulation systems , • Wind power, • Production of methane through bio-technological process, • Hybrid renewable energies

11. LATA’s Influence • First priceawarded by the president of algeria for the best project in interuniversity meeting in 2003 at Oran city • First national Award on RE for the 21 th June, 2011 • Some of our publications are used for educationnal programs in Europe atuniversitylevel (Spain: Teleroboticssystems ( http://e-enquestes.upc.edu/moodle_data/11412/Programa_SITE.pdf) • Some publications are cited in patented inventions (Example: « Lane marker projection method for a motorvehicle vision system , European Patent EP1705613. (http:// www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1705613A1.html) • Model (rapidPrototyping) are considered as remarquable model

12. Some Serial Robots (1) • First generation of Home made robots • Without or withverylimitedfinancial support • Designed and built up by graduatestudents

13. Camera de surveillance via Internet

14. Serial Robots (2) • Second generation of Home made robots • Withoutfinancial support • Designed and built up by graduatestudents

15. Parallel Robots

16. Mobile robots

17. Walking robots

18. Robots a Câbles

19. Prosthesis

20. Chaise pour Handicapé

21. Véhicules mobiles et handicapés

22. Robot control with cell phone

23. Renewable energies (1) • SolarTracker • BioGaz

24. Renewable energies (2)

25. RoboticsCompetitions • April 1999:participation to the preselection of Eurobotcompetition (Alrobotia). Our studentswerepreselected for final competition in France • AfricanGames in South Africa ( 2009 - Journey into Deep Space): Participation by providingsometeleconferences • AfricanGames and EducationalRobotics International (South African) is a project • June 2010: EUROBOT natioanlcompetitionorganised by Lataat Constantine university • June 2011: EUROBOT National co-organisedwithLataat Batna university • 2012 ???

26. AfricanGames and Competitions • Adrian S Meyer writes, "My organisation, the National YouthDevelopment Trust of South Africa [NYDT], is setting up a national RoboticsCompetition for South Africa The first competitionwillbeheld in April of 2007 as part of the AfricanYouthGames. • Proposal • Africancompetitionmaytake place in Algeria in 2010 ? • Some questions to bediscussed !! • Whatmeans and financial support? • Whatlevels and rules? Etc…