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The NCCR Robotics newsletter will be back in October. We wish you a greatsummerbreak!
LATEST NCCR NEWS
ReviewinNatureMedicine
InearlyJune,GrégoireCourtinepublishedaReviewinNatureMedicinetitled“Spinalcordrepair:advancesinbiology and technology”, written with MichaelSofroniew(UniversityofCalifornia).Thearticlereviewsrecent advancements in augmenting neuroplasticityandfunctionalrecoveryinanimalmodelsofspinalcordinjuries, and highlights the importance of combiningbiological and engineering strategies in order totranslate those results into actual therapeuticbreakthroughs.Readmore
NCCRRoboticsPavilionThe NCCR Robotics consortium will showcase itspioneering technologies inadedicatedPavilionat theEPFL Open Days, on 14 & 15 September 2019 –during a very special edition of EPFL’s annual publicevent,thatwillcoincidewiththecelebrationofthe50thanniversaryoftheinstitution.Readmore
StanisaRaspopovic
We welcome Stanisa Raspopovic (ETHZ) as NCCRRoboticsAssociateProfessor.His research interest isfocusedon thedevelopmentof innovativedevices forthetreatmentofneurologicallydisabled(amputeesanddiabetics)persons.
JoséMillán
Wewould like to informour readers that ourmemberJosé Millán will be ceasing his activities with NCCRRobotics end of August 2019.Hewill be taking up apositionattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,wherehewillstrengthentheclinicalandtranslationalcomponentof his research on brain-machine interfaces.We takethis opportunity to thank José for his most valuablecontributions.
AlphaPilotAutonomousDroneRacingCompetition
Scaramuzza lab is one of the nine teams selected toparticipate in the 2019 AlphaPilot Innovation
Inthisissue...ReviewinNatureMedicineNCCRRoboticsPavilionStanisaRaspopovicJoséMillánAlphaPilotAutonomousDrone
RacingCompetitionDronistics'firstfiledtestsoutside
SwitzerlandEPFLDroneDays
Congratulations:RolexAwardsforEnterprise,FirsttwoNCCRRoboticsGrantsforWomen,MatthewRobertson'sThesisDefense,NCCRRoboticsAlumniLucaRandazzoNCCRRoboticsopenpositions:
ANYboticsEngineeropenpositionsNCCRRoboticscalls:Master
ScholarshipforWomen;PhD/PostdocExchangeProgrammesWewillbeat...PresscoverageNewvideosNewmembersDepartingmembersSelectedpublications
ROBOTICS WORLD
Top NewsJoiningforcestoboostAIadoptionin
EuropeBringinghuman-likereasoningto
driverlesscarnavigationOnArtificialIntelligenceforWildlife
Conservation,withMilindTambeThesocialanimalsthatareinspiring
newbehavioursforrobotswarmsTacklingsustainabilityand
urbanizationwithAI-enabledfurniture
Worldevents
MARSS(01-05July)RoboCup(02-08July)Neuromodulation(05July)AIM(08-12July)WorldHapticsConference(09-12
July)ICDL-EPIROB(19-22Aug)
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Challenge, they will compete to design an AIframework capable of piloting racing drones throughhigh-speedaerialcourseswithoutanyGPS,datarelayor human intervention. The competition has a $1million prize, sponsored by Lockheed Martin. Readmore
Dronistics'firstfieldtestsoutsideSwitzerland
NCCR Robotics spin-off Dronistics, along withWeRobotics and Dominican Republic Flying Labs,conducted delivery field tests last month in a veryremote and a hard to reach community in theDominicanRepublic.Cargodronesthatdelivermedicalsupplies couldbeextremelyuseful in thisareawheremedicalhealthcare isvery limited.Stay tunedfor theirnextdestination.Readmore
EPFLDroneDays
Don'tmissthisyeartheEPFLDroneDayson13-14thSeptember.SeveralofourNCCRRoboticslabswillbepresent with robot demonstrations. Our NCCRRobotics spin-offDronistics will be delivering surpriseitemsontheEPFLcampuson14-15thSept.
CONGRATULATIONS
RolexAwardsforEntreprise
OurmemberGrégoireCourtineisoneoffivelaureatesofthe2019RolexAwardsforEntreprise.Thelaureateswill receive financial support for their innovativeprojects that contribute to the common good. Readmore
FirsttwoNCCRRoboticsGrantsforWomenWe are glad to announce that earlier last month thefirst two recipients of the NCCR Robotics Grants forWomen, presented their papers. Arzu Güneysu(Dillenbourg lab) presented the paper: "Towards anAdaptive Upper Limb Rehabilitation Game withTangible Robots" at ICORR 2019 and IngridOdermatt (Marchal-Crespo lab) presented the paper:"My Virtual Hand: Does Body Ownership Over andAvatarEnhanceMotorPerformance?"atRehabWeek2019–INRS.
MatthewRobertson'sThesisDefense
Matthew (Paik lab) defended his thesis last month,titledModular soft pneumatic actuator system designfor compliancematching. Hewas awarded the SNSFEarly Postdoc.Mobility fellowship to conduct researchatQueen'sUniversityinCanada.
NCCRRoboticsAlumnusLucaRandazzo
LucaRandazzo,NCCRRoboticsalumnus(Millán lab),and Iselin Froybu (both currently in Ijspeert lab)havewon first stage Ventruekick support and coaching todevelop business ideas for Yago, which uses soft,motorized exoskeleton to help wearers grasp andreleaseobjects.Readmore
NCCR ROBOTICS OPEN POSITIONS
AMAM2019(20-23Aug)WorldCongressofRobotics(31Aug
-01Sept)IFACMechatronicsNOLCOS(04-06
Sept)InternationalMicroAirVehicle
CompetitionandConference(30Sept-04Oct)DoGoodRoboticsSymposium(03-
04Oct)EXOberlin(22-23Oct)
Externalcalls
EXOBerlin2019HumanoidsICARMarineBio-inspiredSoftRoboticsRoboCup2019
Start-upcornerPleasefindthefollowinglinksrelatedtostart-up support. If you would like topromote your events through ourchannel,[email protected]
EqualOpportunitiesCornerTheRobertGnehmGrant forparent
postdocs aims to support parentpostdocs in the early stages ofparenthood, allowing them to devotemoretimetotheirchildwhilealleviatinga temporary decrease in scientificproductivity. One aim is to free themfrom routine work that can bedelegatedtoothers,forexampleinthefield of laboratory work, academicadministration,andteaching.
Externalpositions
ResearchAssistant(UniversityofBath)TwoPostdocFellows(BIRO)PhDinSoftandMicroRobotsfor
ExplorationandRemediationUnderground(BristolRoboticsLaboratory)RoboticsTechniciantosupport
BristolSoftRoboticsGroup(UniversityofBristol)Post-doctoralPositiononHigh-
PerformanceDEAs(EPFL)Post-doctoralPositiononStretchable
Pumps(EPFL)FellowpositioninHumanoid
Technologies:HumanoidandHumanCenteredMechatronicsLab(iit)SurgicalRoboticsEngineer-
MechatronicSystemsControl(Intuitive)ResearchEngineer
(Robotics/Estimation)(Navisense)SeniorResearchFellowin
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EngineeropenpositionsNCCRRobotics spin-offANYbotics, hasseveral openpositions: Mechanical Engineer, Inspection SoftwareEngineer, Locomotion Control Software Engineer,NavigationSoftwareEngineerandPerceptionSoftwareEngineer.Readmore
NCCR ROBOTICS CALLS
NCCRRoboticsMasterScholarshipforWomenEvery year, NCCR Robotics opens a call forscholarships for womenmaster studentswhowish tospend a period of 3-6 months in an NCCR Roboticslab. Application submission deadline: 5th September.Readmore
NCCRRoboticsPhD/PostdocExchangeProgrammesNCCR Robotics offers financial assistance to PhDstudents and Postdocs from both inside and outsideour organisation to take part in a 3-6 monthscollaborative project in a field related to the NCCR.Application submission deadline: 15th September.Readmore
2019 EVENT UPDATE - WE WILL BE AT:
ARCHE05July2019
SwissMilitaryRescueTroops
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SummerSchoolonRehabilitationRobotics07-13July2019
Shangai
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YuvalNoahHararitoaddressapackedhouseatEPFL10July2019
EPFL
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ICDL-EPIROB19-22August2019
Oslo
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AMAM201920-23August2019
EPFL
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SimulationforSafetyAssurance(UniversityofWestEngland)
NCCR Robotics Director
Prof.DarioFloreano
CONTACT
NCCRRobotics
OfficeMED11526,Station9EPFLCH-1015LausanneSwitzerland+41216937664nccr-robotics@epfl.chnccr-robotics.ch
ForTechnologyTransferenquiriespleasecontact:JanKerschgens
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NCCRRoboticsManagementTeamEditor
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IFACMECHATRONICSNOLCOS2019 04-06September2019
Vienna
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NCCRRoboticsAnnualRetreat13September2019
EPFL
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FAIInternationalDronesConferenceandExpo13-15September2019
Lausanne
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EPFLDroneDays13-15September2019
EPFL
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NCCRRoboticsPavilion14-15September2019
EPFL
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EngineeringPhDSummit02-04October2019
EPFL
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PRESS COVERAGE
HoffnungfürMenschenimRollstuhl
Esgibtwohl keinengrösserenWunsch fürMenschenim Rollstuhl, als den, wieder laufen zu können. DasSchweizer Start-Up «MyoSwiss» hat in den letztenzwei Jahren ein sogenanntens «Exo-Skelett»entwickelt. Mit diesem externen Gehroboter könntedieser Wunsch bald in Erfüllung gehen. Watch video(DE)
ToFlySolo,RacingDronesHaveaNeedforAISpeedTrainingDroneracing’sultimatevisionofquadcoptersweavingnimblythroughobstaclecourseshasattractedfar lessexcitementandinvestmentthanself-drivingcarsaimedatreshapinggroundtransportation.Readmore
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C’estlanouvelleimagequelaConfédérationchercheàvendreàl’étranger:laSuissepaysdudroneparValérieDemierre
(FR)min12:39Watchvideo(FR)
EPFL’STWIICEEXOSKELETONMAYSOONHELPPARAPLEGICSSKIEPFL’s TWIICE is an exoskeleton that’s helpingparaplegics walk again, and a new version to comemayevenhelpthemskidownamountain.ButTWIICEco-founder Tristan Vouga says that despite such life-changing innovation it can still be difficult to find therightkindoffundinginSwitzerland.Watchvideo
DronelandSwitzerlandEin Zürcher Start-up baut Drohnen, die für Öl- undGaskonzerne aus aller Welt Inspektionen in luftigerHöhe durchführen sollen. Ein Waadtländer Drohnen-Start-up wächst innert vier Jahren von 2 auf fast 80Mitarbeiter an. Die Schweiz mischt im weltweitenDrohnengeschäft ganz vorne mit. Das hat dieausländische Konkurrenz gemerkt und pickt sich diePerlenheraus.Watchvideo(DE)
LargemediacoverageThe recent paper by D. Falanga, S. Kim, and D.Scaramuzza "How Fast is Too Fast? The Role ofPerception Latency in High-Speed Sense and Avoid"IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS,2019,hasreceivedmuchmediaattention:BBC-TechBriefs - Digital Trends - AUVSI - Business Insider -CBSDenver-FoxNews-PCMag-SFGate-CNET-TheVerge-IEEESpectrum.
MorepresscoverageavailablethroughNCCRRoboticswebsite.
NEW VIDEOS
Lorenz'experiencewiththeMyoSuit Michael'sexperiencewiththeMyoSuit
AgileCargoDroneDeliveryinthe
DominicanRepublic
Rapid,DynamicObstacleAvoidance
withanEvent-basedCamera
PULP-DroNet--A64mWDNN-based
VisualNavigationEnginefor
AutonomousNano-Drones
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NEW MEMBERS
SimonBorgog(Courtinelab)SimonisaPhDstudentstudyingthemotorsystemwithan emphasis on locomotion in non-human primates.Hisresearchfocusesondetailingtheanatomicalbasisfor specific behaviors and patterns of movement, inorder to develop and apply therapeutic strategies formotordisorders.
ValentinWüest(Floreanolab)Valentin is a Mechanical Engineer who focused onvision-based estimation and control for multirotors. InhisnewroleasaPhDstudent,hewillapplythegainedexpertiseonestimationandcontrolresearchproblemsforabird-inspireddrone.
VivianeTanner(Marchal-Crespolab)Viviane is a PhD student at the ARTORGCenter forBiomedicalResearchoftheUniversityofBern.Shegother MSc in Computer Science with specialisation inadvanceddataprocessingfromtheSwissJointMasterin Computer Science. Her research focuses on thedevelopmentof trainingalgorithmsto learnthecontrolofwearablerobotics.
DEPARTING MEMBERS
FrancescoPetrini(Miceralab)Francesco will continue as CEO of SensArsNeuroprosthetics,NCCRRobotics spin-off specializedin neuromodulation technologies. It has recentlyobtained a financing from theEuropeanCommission,to bring to themarket a device that restores sensoryfeedback from the prosthetic leg of lower limbamputees, through the stimulation of the remainingperipheralnerves.Francescowillalsohaveapart-timeposition as post-doc at ETHZ, where he will explorefuture applications for direct nerve stimulationtechnologies.
SELECTEDNCCRROBOTICSPUBLICATIONS*
I.Batzianoulis,A.Simon,L.Hargrove,A.Billard"Reach-to-graspmotions:Towardsa dynamic classification approach for upper-limp prosthesis" Proceedings of 9thInternational IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER'19), SanFrancisco,CA,USA,2019.
E.Formento,K.Minassian,F.Wagner,J.B.Mignardot,C.G.M.LeGoff-Mignardot,A.Rowald,J.Bloch,S.Micera,M.Capogrosso,G.Courtine,"Electricalspinalcordstimulation must preserve proprioception to enable locomotion in humans withspinalcordinjury"NatureNeuroscience,2018.
A.M.Georgarakis,P.Wolf,R.Riener“SimplifyingExosuits:KinematicCouplingsintheUpperExtremityDuringDailyLivingTasks”, IEEE InternationalConferenceonRehabilitationRobotics(ICORR)2019,June25-28,Toronto,Canada,2019.
B.Nisar,P.Foehn,D.Falanga,D.Scaramuzza"VIMO:SimultaneousVisualInertial
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Model-based Odometry and Force Estimation" Robotics and Automation Letters(RA-L)2019.
A.Özgür,W.Johal, A.GüneysuÖzgür, F.Mondada,P.Dillenbourg "DeclarativePhysicomimeticsforTangibleSwarmApplicationDevelopment"Proceedingsofthe11thInternationalConferenceonSwarmIntelligence,ANTS2018,11172Presentedat:11thInternationalConferenceonSwarmIntelligence,ANTS2018,Rome,2018.
D.Palossi,A.Loquercio,F.Conti,E.Flamand,D.Scaramuzza,L.Benini"A64mWDNN-basedVisualNavigationEngineforAutonomousNano-Drones"IEEEInternetofThingsJournal2019.
G.Risso,G.Valle,F.Iberite,I.Strauss,T.Stieglitz,M.Controzzi,F.Clemente,G.Granata,P.M.Rossini,S.Micera,G.Baud-Bovy,"Optimalintegrationofintraneuralsomatosensory feedback with visual information: a single-case study" ScientificReports,9,1,7916,2019.
D.Scaramuzza,Z.Zhang"Visual-InertialOdometryofAerialRobotsEncyclopediaofRobotics"Springer,2019.
B.Stolz,T.Brodermann,E.Castiello,G.Englberger,D.Erne,J.Gasser,E.Hayoz,S. Muller, L. Muhlebach, T. Low, D. Scheuer, L. Vandeventer, M. Bjelonic, F.Gunther,H.Kolvenbach,M.Hopflinger,M.Huttern"AnAdaptiveLandingGearforExtending the Operational Range of Helicopters" IEEE/RSJ InternationalConferenceonIntelligentRobotsandSystems(IROS)2018.
M.Yao, C.Belke,H.Cui, J.Paik, "A reconfiguration strategy formodular robotsusingorigamifolding"TheInternationalJournalofRoboticsResearch,Dec2018.
Z. Zhang, D. Scaramuzza "Rethinking Trajectory Evaluation for SLAM: aProbabilistic, Continuous-Time Approach" ICRA19 Workshop on DatasetGenerationandBenchmarkingofSLAMAlgorithmsforRoboticsandVR/AR(BestPaperAward)2019.*Selectedpublicationsincludepublicationswhichhavebeenmadeknowntotheeditor.Allmembersarekindlyencouragedto
informthemanagementteamofnewpublications.
NCCR Robotics
The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Robotics (NCCR Robotics) is a federally funded programme bringing together roboticslaboratories from EPFL, ETHZurich, UniversityofZurich, IDSIA and UNIBEto work on wearable, rescue and educational robots.
TheNationalCentresofCompetenceinResearcharearesearchinstrumentoftheSwissNationalScienceFoundation.
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Yago (Yagowebsite).
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