NCCR Guide 2013 - Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)

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The National Centre of
Competence in Research
(NCCR) “Robotics - Intelligent
Robots for Improving
the Quality of Life” encompasses
a promising field of
engineering which aims at
developing new, humanoriented
robotic technology.
In the near future, intelligent
robots will play an
important role in improving
quality of life. For example,
“care robots” will help
elderly people to stay in
their familiar surroundings
longer; “neuroprosthetic”
and “exoprosthetic” robots
will increase the mobility
and autonomy of people
with disabilities; “educational
robots” will support
the training of a new generation
of scientists and
engineers; “environmental
robots” will keep our world
cleaner and safer. In order
Dillenbourg Pierre, Prof.
Floreano Dario, Prof.
Gambardella Luca, Prof.
Gassert Roger, Prof.
Iida Fumiya, Prof.
Ijspeert Auke, Prof.
Lacour Stéphanie, Prof.
Martinoli Alcherio, Prof.
Micera Silvestro, Prof.
Millán José, Prof.
Mondada Francesco, Dr.
Nelson Bradley, Prof.
Paik Jamie, Prof.
Pfeifer Rolf, Prof.
Riener Robert, Prof.
Scaramuzza Davide, Prof.
Shea Herbert, Prof.
Siegwart Roland, Prof.
Members of the Advisory Board
Brock Oliver, Prof.
Fischer Markus, Dr.
Graimann Bernhard, Dr.
Johnson Simon
Sandini Giulio, Prof.
Wood Robert, Prof.
to progress towards this vision,
in the first phase, the
NCCR Robotics is working
towards developing
fundamental design principles,
approaches, and
technologies required for
the conception and design
of human-oriented robots,
the materials and components
they are made of, and
the control methods that
enable them to interface
and operate with humans.
These coordinated research
efforts are complemented
by systematic field
studies targeted to better
understand the psychological,
societal, and economic
factors involved in bringing
robotic technology closer to
our daily life.
In order to ensure longterm
benefits to society as
a whole, the NCCR Robot-
CRAFT, EPF Lausanne
Institut de Microtechnique, EPF Lausanne
Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA)
Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
Institut interfacultaire de Bioingénierie (STI), EPF Lausanne
Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces (LSBI), EPF Lausanne
Institut d‘ingénierie de l‘environnement, EPF Lausanne
Neuroprosthetics Centre, EPF Lausann
Centre de Neuroprosthèses, EPF Lausanne
Institut de Microtechnique, EPF Lausanne
Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
Reconfigurable Robotics Laboratory (RRL), EPF Lausanne
Institut für Informatik, Universität Zürich
Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI lab), University of Zurich
Institute de Microtechnique, EPF Lausanne
Institut für Robotik und Intelligente Systeme, ETH Zürich
Technical University Berlin, DE
Festo AG, DE
Otto Bock Healthcare GmbH, DE
CTI-Start-up, CH
Italian Institute of Technology, IT
Harvard University, USA
ics aims to integrate and
strengthen the Robotics
educational programs at all
levels in Switzerland and to
utilize the innovative combination
of technical, creative,
and societal aspects of
robotics research to at-tract
young students, women
and other under-represented
population segments
to science and engineering
studies. Lastly, the
NCCR Robotics will capitalize
on the Swiss tradition in
micro-engineering, precise
manufacturing, and human-friendly
technology,
creating tremendous opportunities
for knowledge
and technology transfer at
a point in history when human-oriented
robotics is in
a situation strategically
similar to that of the nascent
personal-computer industry
30 years ago.
Third Party Cooperation
Programmes
• CURVACE (FP7)
• LOCOMORPH (FP7)
• SSSTC_JRP
• TOBI (FP7)
Research Institutions
• Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
University Zurich, CH
• Biomedical Optics Research
Lab (USZ),
• Dept. of Biomedical Engineering,
Khalifa University of Science,
Abu Dhabi, AE
• Division Microrobotics and
Control Engineering, Carl von
Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg,
Oldenburg, DE
• Interaction Design, Zürcher
Hochschule der Künste,
Zurich, CH
• Institute of Human Movement
Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich,
Zurich, CH
• Institute of Neuroinformatics,
University of Zurich, Zurich, CH
• Institute of Plant Biology, University
of Zurich, Zurich, CH
• Institute of Plant Science, University
of Bern, Bern, CH
• Laboratoire Pluridisciplinaire de
Recherche Ingénieur des Systèmes,
Méchanique, Énergétique,
École National Supérieure d’Ingénieurs
de Bourges, Bourges, FR
• Laboratory of Robotics, University
of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Sl
• Microsystems for Space
Technologies Laboratory,
EPF Lausanne, CH
• Nanomedicine Lab, University
College London, London, GB
• Orthopedic Center and Balgrist
Tec, University Hospital Balgrist,
Zurich, CH
• Recherche appliquée &
développement, Ecole Cantonale
d’Art de Lausanne, CH
• Rehabilitation Engineering Lab,
ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH
• Research Center on Animal
Cognition, Université Paul Sabatier,
Toulouse, FR
• Sensory Motor Performance
Program, Rehabilitation Institute
of Chicago, US
• Social sciences Institute, Université
de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH
• Space Biology Group, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich, CH
• Spinal Cord Injury Center,
University Hospital Balgrist,
Zurich, CH
• TeleRobotics Lab,
University of Utah, Utah, US
• UER Médias et TIC, Haute
école pédagogique, Lausanne, CH
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