LASA
Current highlights
Robotics at EPFL is an interfaculty initiative that connects and promotes EPFL’s advanced expertise
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LASA teamed up with MIT press to publish a textbook presenting a wealth of machine learning techniques to make robot control more flexible and safer when interacting with humans.
The Innovation Booster Robotics, lead by Professor Aude Billard, is a program powered by the Swiss Innovation Agency, Innosuisse. Innovation Booster Robotics promotes knowledge transfer and sponsors co-operation with partners across robotics research labs and industry.
Videos highlight of research areas at LASA
Current project grants
EU DARKO
Dynamic agile robots that learn and optimize operations
Robetarme
Human-robot collaborative construction system for shotcrete
Microsurgery
Qualitative assessment of skills and skill acquisition in microsurgery
Past project grants
EU I.AM Project
From pick-and-place to grab-and-toss
Hasler Stiftung
Four-arms manipulation and applications to surgery
SAHR
ERC Advanced Grant: Skill acquisition in humans and robots (SAHR)
EU Crowdbot project
Safe navigation of robot in crowd
CHISTERA CORSMAL
Estimate the physical properties of objects for safe handover from / to humans
Swiss SNF – NCCR
Robotics National Center of Competence in Research
Secondhands
Creating a proactive robot assistant for maintenance tecnicians
EU CogIMon
A EU-funded research project for Cognitive Interactive Motion
Alterego
An EU funded project to work on humanoid robotics and virtual reality to improve social interactions