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Claude Laurgeau

Claude Laurgeau is a French roboticist whose work connected robotics, machine perception and intelligent transport. He taught at the University of Nantes from 1975 to 1982 and directed the IT Agency's robotics research department from 1982 to 1987, then founded Mines Paris's CAOR in 1988 and led it until February 2008. At CAOR, his team developed RTMaps in 1998 while researchers explored computer vision and Bayesian-network data fusion for vehicle perception, and he co-founded Intempora with Bruno Steux in 2000. Mines Paris demonstrated the LaRA autonomous vehicle with RTMaps onboard in 2002, and he received the Engelberger Robotics Award in 2004. As of October 2026, he is an Intempora co-founder who continues to give conferences on robotics and autonomous driving.

Now at
Intempora
Works
66
Citations
819
h-index
14
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1975–1987

    From Nantes to the IT Agency

    He teaches at the University of Nantes from 1975 to 1982, then directs the "Productive robotics research" department at the IT Agency from 1982 to 1987.

  2. 1988–February 2008

    Founding Mines Paris CAOR

    He founds the Centre de Robotique (CAOR) at Mines Paris in 1988 and directs it until February 2008.

  3. 1998

    Developing RTMaps

    His CAOR team develops RTMaps at Mines Paris in 1998 for robotics and intelligent transport systems.

  4. 1998–2000

    Intempora and vehicle perception

    His team includes PhD students Bruno Steux and Pierre Coulombeau, who aim to develop computer-vision algorithms and Bayesian-network data fusion for vehicle perception and positioning. He co-founds Intempora with Steux in 2000 from work at CAOR.

  5. 2002

    The LaRA autonomous vehicle

    At the IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium in Versailles in 2002, Mines Paris demonstrates the LaRA autonomous vehicle with RTMaps as its onboard data-processing software.

  6. 2004

    An Engelberger Award

    He receives the Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award in 2004.

  7. March 2016

    Leading VEDECOM

    At a connected and autonomous car event in March 2016, he is president of VEDECOM and founder of Mines ParisTech's robotics center.

  8. As of October 2026

    Conferences on autonomous driving

    He is an Intempora co-founder and continues to give conferences on robotics and autonomous driving at universities and research centers in Europe and China.

Career

  1. NowIntemporaCo-founder
  2. From 2016VEDECOMPresident
  3. 1999–2008École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
  4. 1995–2008Centre de Robotique
  5. 1988–2008Mines ParisFounder, Director
  6. 1975–1982Nantes Université

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Vehicle detection combining gradient analysis and adaboost classification2005 · IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems · 146 citations
  2. Fade: a vehicle detection and tracking system featuring monocular color vision and radar data fusion2003 · 99 citations
  3. Comparative synthesis of the 3 main European projects dealing with Cooperative Systems (CVIS, SAFESPOT and COOPERS) and description of COOPERS Demonstration Site 42008 · IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) · 85 citations
  4. An analysis of the lane changing manoeuvre on roads: the contribution of inter-vehicle cooperation via communication2007 · IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium · 66 citations
  5. Real-time crash avoidance system on crossroads based on 802.11 devices and GPS receivers2006 · IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC) · 44 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Nantes Université. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
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  4. 47% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Claude Laurgeau en.wikipedia.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. When engineering meets AI: international award for the Robotics Center and its advances in autonomous navigation minesparis.psl.eu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. INTEMPORA: Strengthening the AD Portfolio dspace.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. INTEMPORA - Membre NextMove nextmove.fr. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Intempora - Software development tools for autonomous vehicles intempora.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Conférence Télécom ParisTalks | De la voiture connectée à la voiture autonome | Télécom Paris Executive Education executive-education.telecom-paris.fr. Checked 19 October 2026.