They weren’t sure it could be done

In 2017, Nespresso presented researchers at Prof. David Atienza’s Embedded Systems Laboratory with an intimidating challenge. The industrial giants were aware this project was anything but simple: to design a system that would enable a coffee machine to distinguish between different Nespresso Professional coffee capsules.   “They needed a system that worked with the capsules (…)

Nespresso Momento

Combatting fatigue with a Smart Watch

Forget joysticks: use your torso to pilot drones

Imagine piloting a drone using the movements of your torso only and leaving your head free to look around, much like a bird. EPFL research has just shown that using your torso to pilot flying machines is indeed more immersive – and more effective – than using the long-established joystick. The results are published in (…)

Forget joysticks – use your torso to pilot drones

David Atienza receives two prestigious Awards

Professor David Atienza is the recipient of two prestigious awards, the 2018 IEEE TCCPS Mid-Career Award, and the IEEE/ACM 2018 DAC under 40 Innovator Award. He officially received both prizes during the IEEE/ACM 2018 Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco. Professor David Atienza, head of the Embedded Systems Laboratory at the EPFL School of Engineering (…)

FlyJacket soft-exosekelton system

Wireless patch for monitoring emergency-room patients

FindMyWay Drone Autopilot

Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

Thanks to their bold, groundbreaking projects, EPFL professors David Atienza, Volkan Cevher, and Sebastian Maerkl each won a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. The computer of the future, inspired by the human brain With his Compusapien project, David Atienza, head of the Embedded Systems Laboratory (ESL), aims to create computers that are faster (…)