spirops is fully dedicated to research and development in artificial intelligence. since 2004, it has been following a unique model, mixing freedom of research (whether applied or fundamental) and industrial development for application purposes. spirops has been refining its research to focus on the modelling of human intelligence. the central research topic is now 'understanding'; in other words, modelling the 'conscious' functioning of the human brain, as opposed to 'unconscious' or 'involuntary' functioning, such as image perception or sound recognition.