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A robot recreates the walk of a 300-million-year-old animal

Published:16.01.19 — Using the fossil and fossilized footprints of a 300-million-year-old animal, an interdisciplinary team that includes scientists from EPFL and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have developed a method for identifying the most likely gaits of extinct animals and designed a robot that can recreate their walk. This innovative study of animal biomechanics using robots can help researchers better understand how vertebrate locomotion evolved over time.

EPFL kicks off a year of celebration

Published:10.01.19 — Just over fifty years ago, on 1 January 1969, the Ecole polytechnique de l'Université de Lausanne (EPUL) became a Swiss federal institute of technology under the name EPFL. In his New Year’s address this week, President Martin Vetterli provided a preview of some of the events planned for this jubilee celebration.

Looking back at 2018 (2/2)

Published:31.12.18 — A 3D brain atlas, patients with chronic paraplegia walking on electrical stimuli, a cancer research centre, a water purifying material, a new experimental unit dedicated to sustainable technologies... Some of the EPFL's research and milestones that marked the year 2018.