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
Human Robot Interaction
Have you ever dreamed of flying? The Symbiotic Drone Activity is a project that aims to give you the sensation of flying while controlling a real drone. The goal of… Read more
Spin-offs – Mobile & Rescue Robots
The consortium is keen on supporting entrepreneurship. The below spin-offs were granted the NCCR Robotics spin fund. For a comprehensive list of spin fund holders please see our spin-off page.… Read more
Past Events
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29 Oct – 31 Oct 2018 9:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2018) | CoRL 2018 will take place on October 29-31 2018 in Zurich. The conference focuses on the intersection of robotics and machine learning. CoRL aims at being a selective, top-tier venue... |
Ultimate SLAM? Combining Events, Images, and IMU for Visual SLAM in HDR and High-Speed Scenarios
Posted on: September 19, 2017
Biomimétisme: la nature copiée-collée
Publication date: December 4, 2017
Published in: In Vivo Magazine
Researchers Develop Robots that Swim with Fish
Publication date: November 14, 2017
Published in: Asharq Al-Awsat
A robotic spy among the fish
Publication date: November 8, 2017
Published in: Phys.org
Robotic eel seeks out water pollution
Publication date: October 30, 2017
Published in: Reuters
Ces robots qui nous assistent
Publication date: October 16, 2017
Published in: La Liberté
Prof. Dario Floreano NCCR Director & Professor Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) and Management Team, EPFL dario.floreano@epfl.ch +41 21 693 52 30
Dr. Jaime Duarte Postdoctoral Researcher Sensory-Motor Systems Lab (SMS), ETH Zurich jaime.duarte@hest.ethz.ch +41 44 632 57 95
Stefan Schrade Doctoral Student Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (RELab), ETH Zurich stefan.schrade@hest.ethz.ch +41 44 510 72 31
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Soft Robotics: Challenges and Perspectives
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There has been an increasing interest in the use of unconventional materials and morphologies in robotic systems because the underlying mechanical properties (such as body shapes, elasticity, viscosity, softness, density and stickiness) are crucial research topics for our in-depth understanding of embodied intelligence. The detailed investigations of physical system-environment interactions are particularly important for systematic development of technologies and theories of emergent adaptive behaviors. Based on the presentations and discussion in the Future Emerging Technology (fet11) conference, this article introduces the recent technological development in the field of soft robotics, and speculates about the implications and challenges in the robotics and embodied intelligence research. (C) Selection and peer-review under responsibility of FET11 conference organizers and published by Elsevier B.V.
Posted on: June 28, 2012