Intelligent Robots for Improving the Quality of Life The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics is a Swiss nationwide organisation funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation… Read more
Dronistics: new NCCR Robotics spin-off
The NCCR Robotics Spin Fund committee has granted Przemyslaw Kornatowski the Spin Fund for Dronistics. Dronistics is the 11th NCCR Robotics Spin-off and is hosted at Floreano Lab.
NCCR Robotics drones showcased at VivaTech 2018 in Paris
Several drones were provided by NCCR Robotics to be exhibited at VivaTech 2018 in Paris last May, including a Dronistics drone. L’Agefi published a special “Home of Drones” magazine in support of this event, which features NCCR Robotics director Dario Floreano, as well as some of our spin-offs (Flyability, Foldaways Haptics and Fotokite). You …
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NCCR drones can now be effortlessly controlled with pointing gestures.
NCCR drones can now be effortlessly controlled with pointing gestures. A video demonstration of the system developed by IDSIA has been published at the Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2018) conference, March 5-8, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA. More info: http://people.idsia.ch/~gromov/hri-landing/
Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicycles
Developed by UZH researchers, the algorithm DroNet allows drones to fly completely by themselves through the streets of a city and in indoor environments. Therefore, the algorithm had to learn traffic rules and adapt training examples from cyclists and car drivers. All today’s commercial drones use GPS, which works fine above building roofs and in …
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Scaramuzza lab at IROS 2017
Scaramuzza lab was nominated for the Best Paper Award on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics Finalist and ranked 2nd at the IROS 2017 Autonomous Drone Race.
RPG drones use event cameras to fly faster and even in the dark!
First ever autonomous flight with an event camera, which demonstrates agile manoeuvers and flying in low-light environments. Read more
Swiss Robotics Industry Day 2017 – extra seats added!
Thank you for your great interest in this year’s Swiss Robotics Industry Day organized in conjunction with digitalswitzerland and supported by the Canton of Vaud! We are happy to announce that some more seats are available at: http://swissroboticsindustry.ch/register/ Please kindly note that applications for tickets are treated on a first-come, first-served basis and that the overall …
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Past Events
| Date/Time | Event | Description |
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31 Jul – 2 Aug 2018 All Day |
EPFL Drone Days
EPFL, Lausanne Suisse |
Some NCCR Robotics laboratories will present demos at the EPFL Drone Days 2018. https://dronedays.epfl.ch |
Perception-aware Receding Horizon Navigation for MAVs
Posted on: April 18, 2018
A little fold-up joystick brings haptics to portable devices
Posted on: April 18, 2018
Landing a Drone with Pointing Gestures
Posted on: March 29, 2018
DroNet: Learning to Fly by Driving
Posted on: January 23, 2018
A drone for last-centimeter delivery
Posted on: December 18, 2017
Integrative Demo of Aerial and Terrestrial Robots for Rescue Missions – 1st November 2017
Posted on: December 12, 2017
Differential Flatness of Quadrotor Dynamics Subject to Rotor Drag for Accurate Trajectory Tracking
Posted on: December 8, 2017
Swiss Robotics Industry Day 2017
Posted on: November 21, 2017
Visual Inertial State Estimation at 20m/s on DARPA FLA Drone with SVO 2.0
Posted on: November 7, 2017
IROS 2017 Autonomous Drone Race: Vision-based Navigation Running fully Onboard
Posted on: October 11, 2017
Ditch the joystick? Swiss develop jacket that pilots drones
Publication date: August 3, 2018
Published in: Fox Carolina
L’histoire des drones s’écrira en Suisse
Publication date: June 27, 2018
Published in: L'Agefi
Agefi Focus – Home of Drones
Publication date: May 25, 2018
Published in: L'Agefi
Keywords: cargo drone, drone, drones, flying robots, mobile robots, rescue robots, technology transfer
La Suisse, paradis des drones
Publication date: May 25, 2018
Published in: Le Matin
La Suisse cherche à vendre ses drones high tech
Publication date: May 24, 2018
Published in: swissinfo.ch
Des drones suisses pour épater Zuckerberg
Publication date: May 22, 2018
Published in: Le Temps
Les EPF sont les poumons du biotope novateur de la Drone Valley suisse
Publication date: May 20, 2018
Published in: L'Agefi
Bienvenue en Suisse, dans la Maison des Drones
Publication date: May 16, 2018
Published in: L'Agefi
La recherche et l’industrie des drones en symbiose à l’EPFL
Publication date: May 14, 2018
Published in: L'Agefi
Keine Angst vor Robotern
Publication date: April 19, 2018
Published in: Migros Magazine
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. 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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Proximity Human-Robot Interaction Using Pointing Gestures and a Wrist-mounted IMU
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Posted on: November 5, 2019
Robot Identification and Localization with Pointing Gestures
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Posted on: November 5, 2019
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