News and events

New laser helps LiDAR for driverless cars

Published:21.06.22 — An international collaboration team of EPFL and Purdue University has developed a hybrid integrated laser that may help the next generation LiDAR for the automotive industry.

EPFL Racing Team bets on Artemis to bring home the wins

Published:26.05.22 — The team unveiled its latest car yesterday evening at EPFL’s new makerspace. Their speedster will compete in four Formula Student Electric races throughout Europe this summer.

Prof. Alahi among 100 Most influential Scholar in Computer Vision

Published:04.04.22 — The professor, head of the Visual intelligence for transportation lab, has received the award delivered by AMiner.

Gliding to Greater Sustainability

Published:04.04.22 — Imagine designing a robotic glider able to accelerate to 800km per hour using only the wind at its back. Combining passion with work, EPFL Professor Pascal Fua is leading research to develop the required capabilities, with important implications for sustainability.

Electric car batteries could soon get a second lease on life

Published:31.03.22 — EPFL has joined six other Swiss research institutions in CircuBAT, an initiative selected for the first Innosuisse Flagship program, in order to develop a circular business model for lithium-ion batteries.

Developing a crowd-friendly robotic wheelchair

Published:29.03.22 — Robotic wheelchairs may soon be able to move through crowds smoothly and safely. As part of CrowdBot, an EU-funded project, EPFL researchers are exploring the technical, ethical and safety issues related to this kind of technology. The aim of the project is to eventually help the disabled get around more easily.

Using images and artificial intelligence to inspect bridges

Published:10.02.22 — EPFL startup SwissInspect has developed a novel bridge-inspection system that combines structural engineering with drone technology, artificial intelligence and computer vision. SwissInspect is the result of research at Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD) in collaboration with Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC) on the image-based inspection and monitoring of structural elements.The company plans to test its system, which offers major advantages over visual inspection methods, on around 50 bridges in Switzerland.

Making installed train windows permeable to mobile-phone signals

Published:07.02.22 — EPFL spin-off nu glass has successfully tested a portable system that makes the window panes on railcars permeable to mobile communications. This can bring significant environmental and cost benefits to railway companies and mobile-phone operators, since they’ll no longer have to install signal boosters to provide wireless connectivity for passengers.

Scientists overcome a hurdle on the path to renewable-energy storage

Published:14.01.22 — EPFL scientists have observed how catalysts behave at the particle level during water electrolysis. Catalysts play a crucial role in this reaction, in which water splits into hydrogen and oxygen. By shedding light on the underlying mechanism of the functional role of catalysts during the reaction, the scientists have made an important discovery for the design of renewable-energy storage systems.

Impact of electromobility on the power system

Published:11.01.22 — Online workshop on January 25th, 2022.