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Watch this omnicopter fetch a ball

Dario Brescianini 17 May 2017

We have developed a computationally efficient trajectory generator for six degrees-of-freedom multirotor vehicles, i.e. vehicles that can independently control their position and attitude. The traject...

Meet the labs of NCCR Robotics: Paik Lab

NCCR Robotics 15 May 2017

Meet the NCCR Robotics Paik Lab (RRL, EPFL) - headed by Professor Jamie Paik, the lab is dedicated to creating interactive robotic systems using cutting edge manufacturing techniques. The lab speciali...

Insect-inspired mechanical resilience for multicopters

NCCR Robotics 27 Feb 2017

Over recent years the explosion in popularity of drones, both professionally and for amateur use, has inspired researchers to consider how to make flying robots as safe and robust as possible. Previou...

Switzerland invites international startups to disrupt key industries

Robohub Editors 16 Feb 2017

Kickstart Accelerator, one of Europe’s largest multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators and an initiative of digitalswitzerland, has today announced that applications are open to inte...

The art of drone flight: Creating drone costumes

Léa Pereyre 07 Feb 2017

Drone costume designer Léa Pereyre showcases several of her imaginative designs and describes her experience with dreaming up new concepts for this emerging art form. Check out more designs on the...

A look back at Cybathlon 2016

NCCR Robotics 27 Dec 2016

On 8 October 2016, the world's first Cybathlon took place in Zurich, Switzerland. The event, organised by ETH Zurich with NCCR Robotics as presenting sponsor, offered the opportunity for people with d...

Tackling the European refugee crisis with solar-powered UAVs: A fully autonomous 26 hour search-and-rescue flight

Philipp Oettershagen 24 Aug 2016

One year after having demonstrated the 81-hour continuous solar-powered flight that is still the current world record in flight endurance for all aircrafts < 50kg total mass, the AtlantikSolar UAV ...

Flying Ring robot can fly on its side

Rajan Gill 09 Aug 2016

The Flying Ring is a new flying vehicle being developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich. The goal of the project is to fully characterize all aerodynamic properties of th...

Flying robots perform 100th show on Broadway, using new localization technology and algorithms

Bill Keays and Markus Waibel 29 Jul 2016

Since April, a troupe of eight flying machines has been performing in a Cirque du Soleil Broadway show called Paramour. This group of quadcopters has now completed its first 100 shows in front of a li...

‘IDSC Tailsitter’ flying robot performs vertical loops and easily transitions between hover and forward flight

Robin Ritz 28 Jul 2016

The IDSC Tailsitter has been designed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, as a testbed for novel control algorithms for tailsitter vehicles. The goal of the project is to dev...

Autonomous exploration planning using aerial robots

Kostas Alexis and Andreas Bircher 23 May 2016

Autonomous exploration of unknown environments corresponds to a critical ability and a major challenge for aerial robots. In many cases, we would like to rely on the ability of an intelligent flying s...

Call for euRathlon/TRADR Summer School 2016 on heterogeneity in robotic systems

Marta Palau Franco 04 May 2016

The University of Oulu will host a summer school on heterogeneity in Robotic Systems this August in Oulu, Finland, where the latest advances and developments in the field of European research within t...

The Monospinner: world’s mechanically simplest controllable flying machine

Weixuan Zhang, Mark Mueller and Raffaello D'Andrea 03 May 2016

The Monospinner (Fig.1), developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich, is the mechanically simplest, controllable, flying machine in existence. It has only one moving part ...

New startup accelerator looks to enable smart and connected machines

Sabine Hauert 14 Apr 2016

The Kickstart Accelerator program in Switzerland is currently accepting applications from early-stage startups making "smart and connected machines", namely robots....

Drones to help farmers with weed control

Horizon Magazine 01 Apr 2016

by Fintan Burke The last place you might expect to find drones and rovers is checking up on a corn field, but they could soon join tractors and ploughs on a farmer’s list of must-have agricultura...

ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 2

Open Source Robotics Foundation 23 Mar 2016

ROSCon is an annual conference focused on ROS, the Robot Operating System. Every year, hundreds of ROS developers of all skill levels and backgrounds, from industry to academia, come together to teach...

Tickets for Cybathlon now on sale

NCCR Robotics 11 Mar 2016

On Saturday, 8 October 2016 ETH Zurich is organising the very first Cybathlon at the SWISS Arena in Kloten, Switzerland. Individuals with physical disabilities will compete side by side in six deman...

Applying direct transcription methods to robot motion planning

NCCR Robotics 08 Mar 2016

When you walk across a room or down a path, your brain is making thousands of decisions on how best to move. For example, how best to use your weight, scanning for any obstacles or uneven surfaces, ...

SPARKED wins at New York City Drone Film Festival

ETH Zurich 07 Mar 2016

SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters won the 2016 New York City Drone Film Festival (NYCDFF) Featuring Drones category. NYCDFF is the world's first event exclusively dedicated ...

A new quadrupedal robot, the ANYmal

NCCR Robotics 25 Feb 2016

ANYmal is a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in difficult terrains. It is capable of running and climbing, and with its incorporated laser sensors and cameras, the robot can perce...

Raffaello D’Andrea at TED2016: Novel flying machines and swarms of tiny flying robots

Robohub Editors 22 Feb 2016

Last week Raffaello D'Andrea, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and founder of Verity Studios, demonstrated a whole series of novel flying machines live on stage at T...

Understanding joint impedance with a knee exoskeleton

NCCR Robotics 09 Feb 2016

When designing exoskeletons for rehabilitation of patients after spinal cord injury or stroke, a constant concern is creating them to be as natural as possible to best enable user training to rebuild ...

This flying machine uses ducted fans for propulsion and control

Michael Muehlebach 05 Jan 2016

The Flying Platform is a new flying machine developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. Its purpose is to study the use of electric ducted fans as control and propulsion ...

New video shows bionic athletes rehearsing for upcoming Cybathlon competition

NCCR Robotics 19 Nov 2015

In 21 countries across the globe, hundreds of people are preparing for Cybathlon 2016, where cutting edge robotic assistive technologies will help people with disabilities to compete in a series of ra...

What’s new in robotics this week? Robots can now teach each other new tricks

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 30 Oct 2015

Robots teach each other new tricks; versatile construction bots; Leeds to employ robot utility inspectors and workers; Hollywood drone mishap; Robopocalypse Now! and more....

Four-legged robot that efficiently handles challenging terrain

ETH Zurich 30 Oct 2015

StarlETH is a multi-purpose legged transporter robot developed at ETH Zurich’s Autonomous Systems Lab. Combining versatility, speed, robustness, and efficiency, StarlETH walks, climbs, and runs over...

In-situ Fabricator: An autonomous construction robot

NCCR Digital Fabrication (DFAB) 09 Oct 2015

Digital fabrication enables the seamless combination of digital design with physical construction processes. To fully exploit this emerging technology within architecture, robotic fabrication must be ...

Rock Print: A zero-waste 3D-printed structure made only of rock and thread

Marianne Lucien and ETH Zurich 07 Oct 2015

Inspired to take 3D printing technology to new heights, ETH Zurich and MIT researchers create "Rock Print" -- a full-scale architectural installation on display at the Chicago Architecture Biennial u...

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Micro and Nano Robotics, with Brad Nelson

Audrow Nash 02 Oct 2015

Transcript below. In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Brad Nelson, Professor at ETH Zurich, about his research regarding micro and nano robotics. They discuss many of Nelson’s projects: ret...

Watch flying machines weave a rope bridge you can walk on

Hallie Siegel 18 Sep 2015

[tweetquote]Using quadrocopters and some rope, researchers have woven together a bridge strong enough to walk across.[/tweetquote] Made at the ETH Zurich Flying Machine Arena in Switzerland, the bridg...

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