Workshops Robots are engaging and captivate the young generation’s imagination. Robots also provide a valuable educational tool and a hands-on-fun way of learning STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)… Read more
Educational Robots (Cellulo)
While the use of technology is omnipresent in most jobs, our society need to move towards better education in technology in general and robotics in particular. As the two… Read more
Masters Internships for Women
Every year, NCCR Robotics opens a call for proposals for projects for female Master’s students who wish to spend a period of 3-6 months in an NCCR Robotics lab.… Read more
Press Pack
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R2t2 Mars Mission
The year is 2032 and a meteorite has damaged a power station on Mars. 16 teams of school aged children spread across the world have each been given control… Read more
Teaching Other Subjects (Cellulo)
The robot Cellulo is being specifically developed within NCCR Robotics to be the pencils of the future in classrooms. The idea behind the robot is to make it cheap… Read more
Teaching Resources (Thymio)
Tweets by ThymioII NCCR Robotics promotes robotics in schools and amongst teachers, we work with teachers in Switzerland to prepare them to be able to confidently and effectively educate students… Read more
EPFL opens new research center for educational science
EPFL inaugurated on Wednesday, October 10 2018 the LEARN Center for Learning Sciences. The Center will promote innovation in teaching and help formulate responses to the challenges being created by our society’s digital transformation. Its head, Francesco Mondada, and its co-founder, Pierre Dillenbourg, are both NCCR Robotics professors. EPFL has created a unique ecosystem of …
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Francesco Mondada’s Elements Of Robotics reached 100k downloads of chapters in four months.
The open book for robotics beginners can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/2pa53Bg
Registration to the new Robotics Master at EPFL are open online
Click here to apply (all programs are listed on the 2nd page): http://bit.ly/2lc32jH
New Master in Robotics at EPFL
Program’s Objectives This program provides education on the theory, technology and practice of intelligent robots, such as mobile robots, wearable robots, robotic manipulators, autonomous and brain-interfaced robots. In addition to classes spanning from electromechanical systems to advanced artificial intelligence, the program offers a large set of hands-on activities where students learn by designing, prototyping and …
A robot to help visually impaired schoolchildren find their way
Alexandre Foucqueteau has taught Cellulo, a little hand-sized robot, how to help visually impaired children find their bearings and avoid obstacles in the classroom. Read the full story on EPFL media.
Elias Mueggler PhD defense
Elias Mueggler (Scaramuzza Lab) successfully defended his thesis on June 15th, 2017 with the final grade of Summa Cum Laude. The title of his thesis was Event based Vision for High Speed Robotics. With his research he received several awards, such as: 1. Misha Mahowald Award for Neuromorphic Engineering, 2017 2. the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship, …
Meet the Dillenbourg Lab
Welcome to the third of our Lab videos section where we introduce the NCCR Robotics lab, PI, NCCR Robotics members and their work. On this occasion we present Dillenbourg Lab.
EPFL to become drone central in early September
From 1 to 3 September 2017, EPFL’s Ecublens campus will host the first-ever EPFL Drone Days. This event, which will include the Swiss drone racing championship, a robotics showcase and related conferences, is expected to attract a broad public. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) will be the stage for an unprecedented …
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EPFL- STI Interdisciplinary Robot competition
June 12th, five groups of three STI master students competed in this year’s robot competition. Team 2 (Cyrill Baumann, Julien Di Tria and Shupeng Wei) won the competition with the RoBat robot.
Nicolas Sommer PhD defense
Nicolas Sommer’s, (Billard Lab), public thesis defense will take place 19th May at EPFL, the title will be Multi-contact tactile exploration and interaction with unknown objects.
Past Events
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1 Sep – 3 Sep 2017 All Day |
EPFL Drone Days
EPFL, Lausanne Suisse |
From 1 to 3 September 2017, EPFL's Ecublens campus will host the first-ever EPFL Drone Days. This event, which will include the Swiss drone racing championship, a robotics showcase and... |
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5 Jun – 10 Jun 2017 All Day |
Summer School on Rehabilitation Robotics
Biomedical Engineering School, Shanghai |
Organised by the Riener Lab, ETH Zurich. For more information please see: http://www.sms.hest.ethz.ch/news-and-events/sms-news-channel/2017/01/summer-school-on-rehabilitation-robotics.html |
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6 Mar – 9 Mar 2017 All Day |
R4L @HRI2017
Aula der Wissenschaft – Hall of Science, Vienna |
http://r4l.epfl.ch/HRI2017 |
EPFL opens new research center for educational science
Posted on: October 11, 2018
A robot to help visually impaired schoolchildren find their way
Posted on: July 3, 2017
Meet the Labs of NCCR Robotics – Dillenbourg Lab
Esplora il significato del termine: «Missione Marte», con il robot Thymio alla scoperta della robotica educativa«Missione Marte», con il robot Thymio alla scoperta della robotica educativa
The child engineers solving space scenarios
Posted on: December 27, 2015
Careers in Robotics – Ricardo Chavarriaga
Careers in Robotics – Georg Rauter
Education in Robotics – Introduction
Careers in Robotics – Michael Neunert
Careers in robotics – Sahar El Khoudry
L’EPFL inaugure le centre LEARN
Publication date: October 11, 2018
Published in: La Télé
Un centre dédié aux sciences de l’éducation inauguré à l’EPFL
Publication date: October 10, 2018
Published in: RTS Info
Inauguration du centre Learn à l’EPFL: interview de de Francesco Mondada
Publication date: October 10, 2018
Published in: RTS 12h30
L’EPFL inaugure un centre dédié aux sciences de l’éducation
Publication date: October 10, 2018
Published in: La Liberté
L’informatique, une culture de base
Publication date: September 27, 2018
Published in: La Liberté
L’informatique comme culture de base
Publication date: September 25, 2018
Published in: Le Courrier
Neue Technologien für die Bildung in der Schweiz
Publication date: June 25, 2018
Published in: Die Volkswirtschaft
Summerschool robotique: des gymnasiens s’initient au machine learning
Publication date: July 18, 2017
Published in: EPFL
Public Engagement with Research Award winner
Publication date: July 18, 2017
Published in: Wellcome Trust
Schweizer Roboter hilft sehbehinderten Kindern
Prof. Robert Riener NCCR Co-Director & Professor Management Team and Sensory-Motor Systems Lab (SMS), ETH Zurich riener@hest.ethz.ch +41 44 632 66 79
Min Liu Doctoral Student Institute of Neuroinformatics (INI), UZH minliu@ini.uzh.ch +41 44 635 30 41
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Bringing robotics into formal education using the Thymio open source hardware robot
Posted on: November 21, 2016
IniRobot : a pedagogical kit to initiate children to concepts of robotics and computer science
We present the IniRobot pedagogical kit, conceived and deployed within French and Swiss primary schools for the initiation to robotics and computer science. It provides a microworld for learning, and takes an enquiry-based educational approach, where kids are led to construct their understanding through practicing an active investigation methodology within teams. It is based on the use of the Thymio II robotic platform. The paper presents the detailed pedagogical objectives and a first measure of results showing that children acquired several robotics-related concepts.
Posted on: April 21, 2015
Pedagogical Uses of Thymio II: How Do Teachers Perceive Educational Robots in Formal Education?
Reference
- Detailed record: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/218741?ln=en
- EPFL-ARTICLE-218741
- doi:10.1109/MRA.2016.2535080
- View record in Web of Science
Posted on: June 10, 2016
R2T2 : Robotics to Integrate Educational Efforts in South Africa and Europe
This paper presents the first cross-continental collaborative robotic event based around education. It was entitled R2T2 and it involved more than 100 children from Europe and Africa. Based on remote programming, video streaming feedback, and a scenario of collaborative space rescue, R2T2 focused on pedagogical elements that are fundamentally different than those characterizing classic robotic competitions. The value of these educational actions is shown through the results of a survey conducted among the participants; the working methodologies by the African students were significantly enhanced and there was a broad inclusion in general, despite the fact that some gender issues lingered. This paper’s contribution is to demonstrate an approach to implementing a north-south collaboration to get school students excited about robotics and the problem-solving skills required in engineering.
Posted on: June 10, 2016
When deictic gestures in a robot can harm child-robot collaboration
Posted on: June 20, 2018