Equal opportunity luncheon with Prof. Katherine Kuchenbecker, MPI Stuttgart

On Thursday, May 31 and Friday, June 1st2018, Prof. Katherine Kuchenbecker visited ETH Zurich and gave a lecture on “Telerobotic Touch” as part of the Distinguished Seminar in Robotics, Systems and Control series. Katherine is director of the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, and member of the …

NCCR Robotics Equal Opportunity (EO) Committee Kick-off Meeting

The new Equal Opportunities Committee’s Kick-off meeting took place in Bern on 28th February. We are glad to announce the composition of the committee, which is constituted of volunteers from our institutions and has a good gender balance. Prof. Laura Marchal-Crespo (UNIBE) has been elected as head of the committee. During this first meeting, the committee started …

Family and Career

Family and Career

NCCR Robotics is committed to supporting work life balance. SNSF 120% Support grant The SNSF 120% support grant can give more flexibility for your scientific career! The grant is aimed at… Read more

Courses for Girls

Courses for Girls

As part of the NCCR Robotic’s commitment to increase interest in robotics studies amongst the younger generations, particularly the interest of young girls in robotics and robotics related areas, we are… Read more

Support Systems

Support Systems

Our Equal Opportunities strategy aims to increase the number of women in robotics and encourage them to continue their career at all research levels. Undergraduate Students Lunch events for female students… Read more