National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Website - nccr-robotics.ch

youtube.com/@nccr-robotics

twitter.com/nccrrobotics

linkedin.com/school/nccrrobotics

Swiss National Science Foundation on Wikipedia

Founder - Dario Floreano

Projects:

aerial and terrestrial robots for rescue missions

soft gripper

folding drone

Pleurobot, salamander-like robot

ANYmal, quadrupedal robot

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Ground-robot collaboration

Published on Feb 19, 2015

Working in the field of rescue robotics, the Robotics Perception Group (UZH and NCCR Robotics) works on how to get air robots communicating with ground robots, with the aim of exploiting the strengths of each by working in a team.

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Sensory-motor tissues for soft robots

Published on Feb 19, 2015

In this video, PhD student at LIS, EPFL and NCCR Robotics Jun Shintake explains his project “Sensory-Motor tissues for Soft Robots”.

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Education in robotics - introduction

Published on Feb 19, 2015

An introduction video to our other videos featuring roboticists

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PhD Student Michael Neunert discusses his career in robotics

Published on Apr 30, 2015

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Postdoc Sahar discusses her path into robotics

Published on Apr 30, 2015

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NCCR Robotics (2022)

Jun 1, 2022

At the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics, a new generation of robots that can work side by side with humans, fighting disabilities, facing emergencies and transforming education is developed.

NCCR Robotics is a Swiss nationwide organization funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation pulling together top researchers from all over the country with the objective of developing new, human oriented robotic technology for improving our quality of life.

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NCCR Robotics: A documentary

Apr 28, 2023

The story of twelve years of groundbreaking Swiss robotics research.

This short film documents some of the most innovative projects that emerged from the work of NCCR Robotics, the Swiss-wide consortium coordinated from 2010 to 2022 by EPFL professor Dario Floreano and ETHZ professor Robert Riener, including other major research institutions across Switzerland.

Shot over the course of six months in Lausanne, Geneva, Zurich, Wangen an der Aare, Leysin, Lugano, the documentary is a unique look at the state of the art of medical, educational and rescue robotics, and at the specific contributions that Swiss researchers have given to the field over the last decade. In addition to showing the robots in action, the film features extended interviews with top experts including Stéphanie Lacour, Silvestro Micera, Davide Scaramuzza, Robert Riener, Pierre Dillenbourg, Margarita Chli, Dario Floreano.

Produced by NCCR Robotics and Viven
April 2023