EPFL: Biologically Inspired Robotics Group Lausanne, Switzerland |
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The Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is well-known in mobile robotics thanks to success stories such as the Khepera robots, and the multiple laboratories involved in robotics related research. These laboratories are part of two schools: the School of Engineering and the School of Computer and Communication Sciences. The total number of people working in robotics at EPFL is approximately 100, of which 6 professors. The labs cover a large range of topics such as mechatronic design, navigation, locomotion, learning, and rehabilitation, and share state-of-the art facilities and workshops. The Biologically Inspired Robotics Group (BIRG) in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences is composed of 1 professor, 2 postdocs, 5 PhD students, 1 programmer, and 1 technician. The group carries out research on locomotion and movement control in biologically inspired robots, in learning, as well as in computational neuroscience. The types of robots used for research at BIRG include a variety of robots, from fish robots to humanoid robots. Particularly relevant for this project is the Amphibot II robot, a lamprey/snake robot capable of swimming and crawling, and Salamandra robotica, a salamander robot capable of swimming and walking. Various models of lamprey and salamander CPGs developed at BIRG exploit leaky-integrator neural networks and systems of coupled non-linear oscillators.
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Prof. AUKE IJSPEERT
Adjunct Assistant Professor
EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne Station
14 CH 1015
Lausanne, Switzerland
+41 21 693 2658
+41 21 693 3705(Fax)
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Dr. ALESSANDRO CRESPI
Post-doctoral Fellow
+41 21 693 66 30;
+41 21 693 370 05 (fax)
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Mr. KOSTAS KARAKASILIOTIS
PhD Student
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Mr. JEREMIE KNUESEL
PhD Student
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