Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems D-MAVT

Open Opportunities

Urban Navigation for Wheeled-Legged Robots ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab Traditional legged robots are capable of traversing challenging terrain but lack energy efficiency and speed when compared to wheeled systems. We propose a novel optimization/learning framework that enables a legged robot equipped with powered wheels to perform hybrid locomotion. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Collaboration, ETH Organization's Labels (ETHZ), Internship, Lab Practice, Master Thesis, Semester Project

Enhancing Mobile Manipulation Capabilties of a Quadrupedal Robot with an Arm ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab We want to enhance the existing manipulation capabilities of ANYmal with arm. We are currently developing a shared autonomy framework, allowing the robot to perform various autonomous manipulation and cooperation tasks, while allowing an operator to intervene in case something unexpected happens. Engineering and Technology Master Thesis, Semester Project

Microfluidic based fabrication and manipulation of acoustic liposomes ETH Zurich Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare (ARSL) Already today, microbubbles are being used as ultrasound contrast agents. Their ability to precisely be manipulated to a target area gives rise to a lot of new possible applications. specially the ability to deliver drugs accurately and avoiding drug-tissue interactions with the surrounding healthy tissue would be groundbreaking for modern medicine. WE plan to implement a stable on-chip fabrication of liposomes and microbubbles and study the acoustic effect over the produced microbubbles. We investigate the effect of flow rates on the size of the produced bubbles and examine their stability. Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project

Master/Bachelor Thesis - Machine Learning-based Classification of Walking Patterns ETH Zurich Sensory-Motor Systems Lab You would join a team of clinical and research scientists in the task of improving the long-term prognosis of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) through physiological and clinical data. Your work will guide future rehabilitation methods in general clinical practice, through applied classification and dimensionality reduction in Biomechanics of walking. Goal: Develop an unsupervised clustering pipeline for a large dataset of gait patterns from spinal cord injured individuals for class similarity evaluation Clinical Engineering, Data Security, Data Storage Representations, Database Management, Digital Systems, Information Systems Development Methodologies, Medical and Health Sciences Bachelor Thesis, ETH Organization's Labels (ETHZ), Internship, Master Thesis, Semester Project

Acoustic microrobots navigation in tumor vasculature model (ETH / IBM) ETH Zurich Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare (ARSL) We want to expand the use of acoustic microrobots for drug delivery applications in tumor environments. Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Bachelor Thesis, Master Thesis, Semester Project, Summer School

Semantic Robotic Manipulation and Multi-Task Learning ETH Zurich ETH Competence Center - ETH AI Center Other organizations: Soft Robotics Lab Robotic Manipulation is one of the areas of robotics which has benefited the most from recent advances in large pre-trained machine learning models. At the Soft Robotics Lab, we aim to leverage such models for innovative applications to multi-task manipulation of rigid and soft objects. In this thesis, we plan to 1) set up a manipulation pipeline for control and data collection, and 2) advance the state of imitation learning by leveraging pre-trained semantic models. Intelligent Robotics, Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning Internship, Master Thesis, Semester Project

Simulation environment for quadrupedal robots with flexible legs ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab Implementation of a spatial model of a quadruped with flexible shanks. Writing a simulation framework based on an already existing multi-body simulation for flexible bodies, which includes soft as well as rigid links. All the software will be written in Python. Engineering and Technology, Information, Computing and Communication Sciences Master Thesis

Physical HRI with a Tethered Quadruped ETH Zurich Autonomous Systems Lab Other organizations: Robotic Systems Lab This project aims to develop a system for guiding visually-impaired humans through physical interaction with a robot. Inspired by guide dogs, the human is physically connected to a quadruped robot (ANYmal) through a tether or rigid link. The robot is able to pull the human toward a desired position (or along a path) only using forces as an indirect communication-channel. Robotics and Mechatronics Master Thesis

Tree Manipulation with an Autonomous Harvester ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab We would like to develop an approach to solve the planning/control aspect of robotic tree manipulation, with the goal of using our autonomous tree harvester, Harveri, for robotic forestry missions. The project can be tailored to your needs/wishes. Intelligent Robotics Master Thesis, Semester Project

Learning Rapid Transporting of Objects without Spillage ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab Rapid object transportation is in increased demand for automated warehouses. However, high-speed motions are susceptible to unsafe behaviors. This project looks into learning a control policy for high-speed robotic manipulation. Control Engineering, Intelligent Robotics, Robotics and Mechatronics Master Thesis, Semester Project