Materials and Technologies Centre of Robotics (Empa)

The general guiding theme and vision of the Empa Materials and Technology Center of Robotics is to develop novel soft robotic systems for infrastructure maintenance and environmental monitoring.

The work uses a bio-inspired robot development methodology and focusses on the integration of advanced materials with machine-learning based controllers and multi-sensor perception.
Research thrusts include aerial robotics platform development, soft robotics, material science and digital infrastructure systems.