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Note: The News Channel lists all of the news articles published since October 2016 – for older articles please refer to the EPFL News Archive.
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 …
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The open book for robotics beginners can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/2pa53Bg
The article “Bioinspired Morphing Wings for Extended Flight Envelope and Roll Control of Small Drones” has been awarded with the prize “La Recherche 2018” in the category Technology. Congratulations to the research team at Floreano Lab. Article reference: Di Luca M, Mintchev S, Heitz G, Noca F, Floreano D. 2017 Bioinspired morphing wings for extended flight envelope and …
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Top-3 finalists in the ZKB Pionierpreis (https://www.pionierpreis.ch/finalisten-2018/). Top-16 finalists in the W.A. de Vigier Stiftung (http://www.devigier.ch).
Sports Technology Awards: Best New Concept Best Participation Technology The ceremony will take place in London, on May 3rd 2018. For more information, click here: https://www.sportstechnologyawards.com/news/2018-shortlist/
Click here to apply (all programs are listed on the 2nd page): http://bit.ly/2lc32jH
Fotokite, an NCCR Robotics spin-off, has been selected amongst the 6 finalists of the Genius NY Competition The Highlights The cohort will arrive at The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse, NY in January for nearly 12 months of acceleration and incubation. Two phase in-residence accelerator program Phase One: Six teams receive a monthly stipend ($10,000 per month …
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Initiation to robotics MOOC offered by OpenClassrooms using Thymio, a robot developed by NCCR Robotics researchers. More info here (website in French)
23.02.18 – EPFL scientists are developing a three-legged robot for search and rescue missions that can crawl, roll, jump, and – like a Swiss Army knife – fold away into compact form, all on less power than your standard LED light. Meet Tribot, the three-legged origami robot designed and built by EPFL scientists. Tri- for …
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Program’s Objectives This program provides education on the theory, technology and practice of intelligent robots, such as mobile robots, wearable robots, robotic manipulators, autonomous and brain-interfaced robots. In addition to classes spanning from electromechanical systems to advanced artificial intelligence, the program offers a large set of hands-on activities where students learn by designing, prototyping and …
