SurHUByx is the name of a mannequin like no other. Fitted with sensors, SurHUByx is made of materials as close as possible to the human thorax. Its aim: to transmit information on the dangerousness of a ballistic shock or the severity of an explosion - displacements, deformations, pressures, accelerations - and thus validate the performance of protection systems for the benefit of soldiers or police officers.

Presented at Eurosatory, SurHUByx is the fruit of cooperation between the French Defense Innovation Agency, the Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-mer, and leading academic players combining their skills: the ICB laboratory at UTBM, the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, the ISL Institut franco-allemand de recherches de Saint-Louis, and the CNRS.

Congratulations to Sebastien Roth, Professor of Mechanics at UTBM, for his commitment to this project, the proposal and co-direction of a first thesis led by Martin CHAUFER, with a second thesis currently being led by Pierre Gardère.