NCCR Robotics is a consortium of robotics laboratories across Switzerland, working on robots for improving the quality of life and to strengthen robotics in Switzerland and worldwide. Newsletter
Drones can almost see in the dark
(credit: UZH/Davide Scaramuzza) UZH researchers have taught drones how to fly using an eye-inspired camera, opening the door to them performing fast, agile maneuvers and flying in low-light environments. Possible applications could include supporting rescue teams with search missions at dusk or dawn. To fly safely, drones need to know their precise position and orientation …
Teleoperation of robotic hand
Muscular activity contains information on motion intention. By decoding the muscular activity of an arm during reachig-to-grasp motions, Billard Lab were able to detect grasp type in the early stages of a reaching motion which enables fast activation of a robotic hand by teleoperation. Reference: I. Batzianoulis, S. El Khoury, E. Pirondini, M. Coscia and S. Micera …
Release of the Event-Camera Dataset for SLAM Applications
NCCR Robotics are very happy to announce the release of the first public collection of datasets recorded with an event camera (DAVIS) for pose estimation, visual odometry, and SLAM applications! The data also include intensity images, inertial measurements, ground truth from a motion-capture system, synthetic data, as well as an event camera simulator that allows …
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Past Events
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15 Jun – 16 Jun 2017 All Day |
Building Bodies for Brains & Brains for Bodies & 3rd Japan-EU Workshop on Neurorobotics
Geneva, Geneva |
Building Bodies for Brains & Brains for Bodies & 3rd Japan-EU Workshop on Neurorobotics Registration for both events now open. |
Mori: A Modular Origami Robot
Posted on: June 8, 2017
Keine Angst vor Robotern
Publication date: April 19, 2018
Published in: Migros Magazine
A pioneer of “evolutionary robotics” borrows drone designs from nature
Publication date: June 9, 2017
Published in: The Economist
Roland Siegwart: «Autonome Maschinen sind dem Menschen überlegen»
Publication date: April 25, 2017
Published in: wissenschaft persoenlich
Should robots be taxed for stealing jobs?
Robot ‘Telepathy’ Could Make Self-Driving Cars Safer
Publication date: March 7, 2017
Published in: LiveScience
Zurich: Machine learning
Publication date: February 27, 2017
Published in: Business Traveller
Allegro Hand
Publication date: February 21, 2017
Published in: Discovery Channel Canada
Link: http://www.discovery.ca/
Video Friday – Allegro Hand
Publication date: February 17, 2017
Published in: IEEE Spectrum
A Question of Perception — Talking Autonomous Robot Navigation with Prof. Davide Scaramuzza
Publication date: April 18, 2016
Published in: Waypoint
In search of lost people, drones recognize and follow forest trails
Publication date: February 11, 2016
Published in: ZDNet
Prof. Dario Floreano NCCR Director & Professor Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) and Management Team, EPFL dario.floreano@epfl.ch +41 21 693 52 30
Prof. Robert Riener NCCR Co-Director & Professor Management Team and Sensory-Motor Systems Lab (SMS), ETH Zurich riener@hest.ethz.ch +41 44 632 66 79
Dr. Wafa Johal Postdoctoral Researcher Computer-Human Interaction in Learning and Instruction (CHILI) and Robotic Systems Lab (LSRO), EPFL wafa.johal@epfl.ch +41 21 693 26 11
Dr. Jeffrey Delmerico Senior Researcher and Postdoc Robotics and Perception Group (RPG), UZH jeffdelmerico@ifi.uzh.ch +41 44 635 45 89
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Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones
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We are witnessing the advent of a new era of robots — drones — that can autonomously fly in natural and man-made environments. These robots, often associated with defence applications, could have a major impact on civilian tasks, including transportation, communication, agriculture, disaster mitigation and environment preservation. Autonomous flight in confined spaces presents great scientific and technical challenges owing to the energetic cost of staying airborne and to the perceptual intelligence required to negotiate complex environments. We identify scientific and technological advances that are expected to translate, within appropriate regulatory frameworks, into pervasive use of autonomous drones for civilian applications.
Posted on: May 31, 2015