Laboratoire d’automatique

Hilti Mechatronic Prize 2019

Published:29.10.19 — Antoine Laurens has won the Hilti Mechatronic Prize of 2019 for his Master project entitled “Automatic Fine Tuning of Robust Controllers” in collaboration with ETEL and supervised by Dr. Alireza Karimi.

New PhD Thesis

Published:28.10.19 — Ivan successfully passed his PhD exam on October 25th, 2019. EPFL Thesis 9564: Low-Complexity Optimization-Based Control: Design, Methods and Applications by Ivan Pejcic. Thesis Directors: Colin Jones

New PhD Thesis

Published:02.09.19 — Sanket successfully passed his PhD exam on September 2nd, 2019. EPFL Thesis 9524: Kernel methods and Model predictive approaches for Learning and Control by Sanket Sanjay Diwale. Thesis Directors: Colin Jones

EPFL students design a rocket from scratch

Published:16.08.19 — Summer series–Student projects. Students on this year’s EPFL Rocket Team designed a rocket that’s three meters tall and weighs 23 kilograms. Dubbed Eiger, it took home fifth place in its category at the 2019 Spaceport America Cup.

Smart greenhouses let you grow vegetables in your own apartment

Published:08.08.19 — Two EPFL Master’s students have co-developed a technology for growing a small garden right in your home or office. They launched a startup to market their smart indoor greenhouses and installed prototypes at EPFL with the support of the Act for Change LAB platform (EPFL Sustainability).