Laboratory of Intelligent Systems

The Laboratory of Intelligent Systems directed by Prof. Dario Floreano investigates the future of artificial intelligence and robotics at the convergence of biology and engineering, humans and machines.

Our fields of activity span:

Aerial Robotics

We take inspiration from nature and study, design, and control of agile aerial robots with rich sensory and motor abilities that can move and work in very different environments

Wearable Robotics

We investigate and develop novel soft wearable robots for natural interactions and symbiosis between humans and robots.

Soft Robotics

We are interested in the study, design, and control of soft robotic technologies that amplify the sensory-motor capabilities and human interaction of robots without increasing their complexity and weight.

Completed Projects

THE LATEST NEWS

Highly cited work on ultrastretchable strain sensors

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EPFL

Our paper on ultrastretchable strain sensors published in 2017 awarded by Wiley journal Advanced Materials Technologies as “one of the top-cited articles in recent publication history”: read it in open access at https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700284.

Aerial Swarms Workshop at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2019

22.10.19NewsResearch

LIS organized a workshop about Aerial Swarms at the IROS 2019 conference. The workshop was really successful with fruitful discussions and an average attendance of 80 people with peaks of up to 120 people. The aim of this workshop was to trigger a scientific discussion on the most recent advances and challenges of the science and technology of aerial swarms.

A miniature stretchable pump for the next generation of soft robots

15.08.19NewsResearch

Scientists at EPFL have developed a tiny pump that could play a big role in the development of autonomous soft robots, lightweight exoskeletons and smart clothing. Flexible, silent and weighing only one gram, it is poised to replace the rigid, noisy and bulky pumps currently used. The scientists’ work has just been published in Nature.

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Contact

Head of Lab: Prof. Dario Floreano

Administrator: Michelle Wälti
41 21 693 59 66

Address: LIS-IMT-STI, Room MED1 1126
Station 9, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland