Augmentation and Autonomy

The objectives of this "Augmentation and Autonomy" pathway are to enable students who have chosen this pathway to gain a better understanding of societal issues around the following themes:

Human augmentation,
Autonomy of interaction devices.

Keywords:

Human augmentation
Assistive devices
Autonomy and regaining control.

All modules in the Cognitics theme of the training.

General presentation
The issue of human augmentation and the ethical questions that arise from it.
Augmented humans will be addressed in particular as IHS (Human System Integration) with the following objectives:

to substitute and/or compensate for a deficient function (health, disability and silver economy): assistance systems, exoskeletons, augmented reality, etc. through innovation in intelligent 4.0 environments: home automation, smartcities, factory 4.0, etc.
through innovation in intelligent 4.0 environments: home automation, smartcities, factory 4.0, etc.

The issue of autonomy and associated IHS. The place of humans in relation to autonomous systems, particularly in mobility issues (autonomous vehicles, trains of the future, etc.)
The concepts of situational awareness, social representation, affordance and cognitive load will be central.
I - The issue of human augmentation

theoretical framework: augmented human, aging population, equity or equality.
application areas:

Silver economy
Digital accessibility
Cognitics and architecture
Technical aids and using testing and prostheses
Alternative communications (pictogram, LSF, LPC, voice reader, etc.).)
ioT for health



II - The issue of autonomy and associated IHS

theoretical framework: affordance, situation awareness, induced stress (PSA, Clément Bougart) , confidence, autonomy and dependence.
fields of application:

autonomous vehicles: automotive, rail
adapted housing for independent living: AHH
factory of the future and smart cities
telemedicine
serious games, video games and augmented reality



III - A cross-disciplinary example
Parkinson's disease and mobility
Ethical issues will be addressed in the form of conferences on themes such as Singularity, Transhumanism, Digital Law and Data Protection.
IV - Training in FALC rules (in the form of a blocked workshop over 2 days in January)
A cycle of lectures will be offered so that students in the two "Augmentation and Autonomy" and "Cognitive Systems" courses can follow them.
Courses will be run in the form of 2 immersive weeks. An intermediate project follow-up period will take place in December.
In addition, 2 days of training in FALC rules will be offered in January
Validation:

Parts I, II and III: A project will be carried out in pairs on one of the application areas. A report followed by an oral presentation will be made in January.
Part IV: A practical application of FALC rules will be proposed and validated, i.e. translation of a document into FALC rules.

Cognitics