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Multi-directional gravity assist harness helps rehabilitation
NCCR Robotics
21 Jul 2017
When training to regain movement after stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), patients must once again learn how to keep their balance during walking movements. Current clinical methods support the weigh...
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...
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...
A drone that flies (almost) like a bird
NCCR Robotics
16 Dec 2016
Bioinspired robots that take their designs from biology has been a big research area in recent years, but a team from NCCR Robotics, Floreano Lab have just gone one step further and designed a feat...
The future of space rescue – watch the R2t2 event live
NCCR Robotics
02 Nov 2016
Today, the Swiss Robotics Industry Day will play host to the R2t2 rescue mission and we are heading straight for the future!...
A variable stiffness fiber that self-heals
NCCR Robotics
27 Oct 2016
A group from Floreano Lab, EPFL and NCCR Robotics has today published their novel variable stiffness fibre with self-healing capability.
Soft “hardware” components are becoming more and more po...
Powered arm prosthesis race at Cybathlon
NCCR Robotics
07 Oct 2016
This week, the world’s first Cybathlon will take place in Zurich, Switzerland and today we present to you the second of the NCCR Robotics teams to be taking part in the competition, LeMano. The Cyba...
A drone with insect-inspired folding wings
NCCR Robotics
03 Oct 2016
When designing robots to help in the search for victims after a natural disaster, a number of features are important: robustness, long battery life and ease of transport. With this latest constraint i...
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, ...
New electrical film that is both solid and liquid
NCCR Robotics
29 Feb 2016
As soft robotics increases in both scope and popularity, it is becoming more and more vital that each element of the electrical circuits contained within are also soft and elastic and able to continue...
Creating a synthetic “second skin” with soft pneumatic actuators
NCCR Robotics
17 Feb 2016
Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are an up and coming solution to the contradictory design criteria that many robotic systems have – high torque/force often means greater weight and volume, which is ...
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 ...
Towards independence: A shared control BCI telepresence robot
NCCR Robotics
29 Jun 2015
For those with extreme mobility problems, such as paralysis following spinal cord injury or neurological disease, telepresence can greatly help to offset social isolation. However, controlling a mobil...
A self-deploying, foldable quadrotor for rapid rescue
NCCR Robotics
18 May 2015
The use of robots to find victims after natural disasters is fast becoming commonplace, with well documented cases where robots have been sent into areas too dangerous for rescue workers. While the ...
Noonee testing Chairless Chair exoskeleton at Audi production plants
NCCR Robotics
06 May 2015
Last month, Swiss startup noonee completed the first round of testing for their Chairless Chair with German car manufacturer Audi. The Chairless Chair is a wearable sitting exoskeleton for peopl...
Research Group from University of Zurich wins KUKA Innovation Award
NCCR Robotics
10 Jun 2014
The team collect their award at the Automatica fair in Munich, June 2014.
Four researchers from Davide Scaramuzza’s Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have won ...
