Bridge the gap between academia and industry

The R&D team is dedicated to supporting and advancing the institute's missions (research, education, technology transfer) by developing, maintaining, and optimizing software tools, platforms, and infrastructure. Our goal is to enable researchers to focus on scientific innovation by providing robust, efficient, and user-friendly technical solutions.
Our work spans the full lifecycle of a research idea: building web and desktop applications, data acquisition systems, and robotic control software; maintaining reliable infrastructure and open-source releases; and documenting the tools researchers rely on daily. Beyond development, the team teaches and mentors — through onboarding, academic courses, and public outreach — and regularly contributes to research itself, co-authoring papers alongside colleagues across the institute.
We bridge this gap through four types of engagement: