The LAAS (Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes) is a research unit of the French CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) associated with Toulouse Universities and Schools (UPS, INP, INSA). Its domains are Automatic Control, Computer Science, Microelectronics, and Robotics. LAAS is active in research on intelligent and autonomous robotic systems and is involved in several European and industrial projects. The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Department performs research on environment perception and representations, motion planning and control, planning and temporal reasoning, learning, robot decisional architectures, and human-robot cooperation. The group has been involved in several FP5 and FP6 EU projects such as EGERIS, COMETS, OROCOS, CAMERA, COGNIRON, COMMROB, and collaborative contracts with public institutions and private companies.