Institute of System Engineering and Robotics (ISER) "Saint Apostle and Gospeller Mathew" of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) is established in 2010, based on joining the former Institute for Control and System Research (ICSR) and Central Laboratory for Mechatronics and Instrumentation (CLMP):

The activity of the Institute of System Engineering and Robotics is directed to:

• creation of knowledge, ideas, inventions and know-how in the frame of the globalizing knowledge society corresponding to the priorities of the European Council in areas like sensors, micro- and nano-systems, robotics, mechatronics, bioprocesses; measurement technologies, embedded intelligent systems, etc. Completing the full cycle of implementing the principle “science to the key” – from the idea and the invention via scientific investigation to the prototypes and technology transfer into industry;
• participation via consulting, expert and applied activities in the modernization of military equipment, technology and products of dual application for the needs of the Bulgarian Army according to the NATO standards and cooperation with the corresponding ministries and state organizations in these strategic spheres; consultations to governmental bodies on issues of the national security and antiterrorist policy;
• synthesis of new approaches, theories, models and end technologies in the field of bioprocesses via the investigation of the cell functions, acquisition of new information about certain syndromes, improvement of the control of complex biotechnological industries related to the production of bio-fuels from renewable sources;
• application of new and universal models and frameworks for evaluation of solutions and improvement of the efficiency of the energy sector and the municipal infrastructure of the city of Sofia according to the requirements of the European Commission;
• development of advanced scientific methods, algorithms and applied means for intelligent control, including Web-based architecture for tele-control of autonomous mobile objects, wireless communications and technologies, etc.;
• implementation of innovative solutions for design of new devices for extraction of energy from the sea waves and rivers with slow current velocity. Energy-saving mechanisms with accumulation of mechanical energy. Low-cost piezo-micromanipulators;
• research and development of mechatronic and robotized systems, executive devices and instruments with microprocessor control for multifunctional purposes in different directions of human activities for industrial uses, energy, medicine, food, pharmacology and light manufacturing, ecology, security and military purposes and others;
• design of innovative: systems for transfer and preservation of energy from renewable sources; devices for energy storage based on nanostructure components; systems for control of the energy of automobiles and small aircrafts;
• integrated components for energy conversion; bioreactors for cultivation of 3D cell cultures;
• ISER is an associated member of the CMS project of CERN – the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland. Specialists from ISER participate in the building and maintenance of components of the equipment and the instrumentation for the CMS experiment.