Watch twelve years of leading edge Swiss robotics
A new documentary is telling the story of twelve years of groundbreaking Swiss robotics research.
The 45 minute video from NCCR Robotics, which finished last year, and Viven documents some of the most innovative projects across Lausanne, Geneva, Zurich, Wangen an der Aare, Leysin, and Lugano.
These include the quadruped robot ANYMal to the PackDrone and LISHawk advanced drones; from spinal cord implants and robotic support systems that allowed paralyzed patients to walk again, to autonomous racing drones capable of beating the best human pilots and the MYOsuit exoskeleton to soft robotic components for a new generation of wearable applications; from the Cellulo and Thymio educational robots to the visionary project for a robotic third arm,
“This documentary is a powerful tool to help explain how robotics will impact our lives in the future. It also shows how Swiss researchers are playing a key role in this field of research, and we hope that people watching this documentary will be inspired by it, and that more young people will be attracted to studying robotics,” said Dario Floreano, Robotics Director of NCCR.
From 2010 to 2022, the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics played a key role in developing Swiss robotics. It was led by by EPFL professor Dario Floreano and ETH Zurich professor Robert Riener with seven major research institutions across Switzerland.
During its 12 years of activity, NCCR Robotics focused in particular on three main research strands:
- The Wearable Robotics Grand Challenge developed a new generation of wearable robotic systems that will help tackle a major societal and clinical challenge: the dramatic increase of people affected by neurological disorders, as a consequence of the continuing increase of life expectancy brought about by modern medicine.
- The Rescue Robotics Grand Challenge investigated and developed highly innovative robotic technologies for Search-And-Rescue (SAR) operations for emergency response.
- The Educational Robotics Grand Challenge developed robots that have already reached thousands of schools, resulting in new institutional initiatives both at EPFL and across Switzerland, and with the potential to radically change the way in which robots are used in schools.
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