Swiss Robotics Day 2021

The vitality and richness of Switzerland’s robotics scene was on full display for this first edition of NCCR Robotics’s flagship event after the pandemic, and it surpassed the scale of previous editions, drawing in almost 500 participants.

The Swiss Robotics Day 2021 took place on the 2nd of November 2021 at the StageOne Event and Convention Hall in Zurich.

Agenda

Hosting Chair: Robert Riener (ETHZ / NCCR Robotics Co-Director)

09:00     CHECK-IN AND WELCOME COFFEE

09:30     WELCOME ADDRESS

  • Joël Mesot (ETH Zurich President)
  • Dario Floreano (EPFL / NCCR Robotics Director)

09:50     SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE

  • Marco Hutter (Robotic Systems Lab, ETHZ): How legged robots revolutionize mobile robotic applications
  • Herb Shea (Soft Transducers Lab, EPFL): Soft machines, hard at work
  • Stéphanie Lacour (Lab. for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, EPFL): Soft transducers for wearables and implantables

10:50     INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

  • Marina Bill (VP of ABB and Head of Marketing and Sales Robotics and Discrete Automation): Robotics and Smart Manufacturing today and tomorrow
  • Simon Johnson (DIAS): The Future of (Swiss) Aerial Mobility
  • Gery Colombo (Hocoma co-founder; F&P adviser): Robots in healthcare: opportunities and obstacles

11:40     NATIONAL THEMATIC NETWORK (NTN) INNOVATION BOOSTER ROBOTICS

  • Aude Billard (NTN Robotics Booster Lead)

12:00     STANDING LUNCH
               EXHIBITION AREA OPENS

               PARALLEL SESSIONS:

               13:00   MENTORING SESSION FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS IN ROBOTICS
                            Marina Bil (ABB): How to make it in industry?
                            Auke Ijspeert (EPFL): How to make it in academia?
                            Iselin Frøybu (Emovo Care): How to make it in academia and with a start-up?

               13:45   POSTER PRESENTATIONS

               14:15   START-UP CAROUSEL
                          Sponsored by Maxon

15:00     ROUNDTABLE: INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE ROBOTICS

  • Robert Riener (Sensory-​Motor Systems Lab, ETHZ)
  • Serena Maggioni (Hocoma)
  • Georg Rauter (BIROMED-Lab, UNIBAS)
  • Liliana Paredes (RehaKlinik Zihlschlacht)
    Moderation: Sara Ibrahim (SWI swissinfo.ch)

16:00     HIGH TECH ART

  • Aparna Rao
    Supported by Faulhaber

16:30     CYBATHLON @SCHOOL

  • Final competition

17:00     APÉRITIF

18:00     END OF EVENT

List of exhibitors

NCCR Robotics Labs

  • ASL – Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zurich
  • BIOROB – Biorobotics Lab, EPFL
  • BIROMED – Bio-Inspired Robots for Medicine Lab, University of Basel
  • CHILI – Computer-Human Interaction in Learning and Instruction Lab, EPFL
  • CREATE – Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab, EPFL
  • G-Lab, EPFL
  • IDSIA Robotics Lab, SUPSI
  • LASA – Learning Algorithms and Systems Lab, EPFL
  • LBSI – Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, EPFL
  • LIS – Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL
  • MLN – Motor Learning and Neurorehabilitation Lab, University of Bern
  • MOBOTS – Miniature Mobile Robots Group, EPFL
  • NeuroEng – Neuroengineering Lab, ETH Zurich
  • RELab – Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, ETH Zurich
  • RPG – Robotics and Perception Group, University of Zurich / ETH Zurich
  • RRL – Reconfigurable Robotics Lab, EPFL
  • RSL – Robotic Systems Lab, ETH Zurich
  • SMS – Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, ETH Zurich
  • SRG – Sensors Research Group, ETH Zurich / University of Zurich
  • V4RL – Vision for Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich

    R&D

    • DEKA Research & Development Corporation
    • EPFL Xplore
    • Euresearch
    • First Global
    • Roteco | Robotic teacher community

    NCCR Robotics Spin-Offs

    • Ago Neurotechnologies
    • Akina
    • ANYbotics AG
    • Bota Systems AG
    • Dronistics
    • Fotokite
    • MyoSwiss
    • Sevensense Robotics
    • SUIND
    • TWIICE

    Swiss Robotics companies

    • AICA Sarl
    • AUTONOMYO
    • Auxivo
    • BlueBotics SA
    • F&P Robotics AG
    • Faulhaber Minimotor SA
    • Floating Robots
    • Flybotix
    • iniVation
    • Omnigrasp
    • ROVENSO SA
    • Scewo
    • senseFly

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