Auke Ijspeert

EPFL STI IBI-STI BIOROB
MED 1 1226 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

EPFL STI IGM-GE
MED 1 1226 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne

Prix et distinctions

1997

Swiss National Science Foundation

2006

IEEE

2020

IEEE

2024

15th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior

2018

23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication

2014

IEEE-RAS International conference on Humanoid Robots

2007

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

2002

he 22nd International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots

2019

Journal Articles

Energy efficiency and neural control of continuous versus intermittent swimming in a fishlike robot

X. LiuF. A. LongchampL. ZuninoL. GeversL. R. Schneider  et al.

Science Robotics. 2026. Vol. 11, num. 110. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adw7868.

SeqIKPy: a Python package for inverse kinematics in insects

P. G. ÖzdilS. Wang-ChenC. NingA. IjspeertP. Ramdya

Journal of Open Source Software. 2026. Vol. 11, num. 117. DOI : 10.21105/joss.08557.

Adaptive hip exoskeleton control using heart rate feedback reduces oxygen cost during ecological locomotion

A. R. ManzooriD. MalatestaA. MortierJ. GarciaA. Ijspeert  et al.

Scientific Reports. 2025. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 507. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-84253-y.

Optimized user-guided motion control of modular robots

A. BolotnikovaK. HoldcroftH. CerboneC. BelkeA. Ijspeert  et al.

Nature communications. 2025. Vol. 16, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-63706-6.

Artificial embodied circuits uncover neural architectures of vertebrate visuomotor behaviors

X. LiuM. D. LoringL. ZuninoK. E. FoukeF. A. Longchamp  et al.

Science Robotics. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 107. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adv4408.

In Memoriam: Prof. Reymond Clavel [RAM Society News]

A. BillardM. BouriM. S. SakarJ. PaikA. Ijspeert  et al.

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 2025. Vol. 32, num. 3, p. 213 - 214. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3586085.

Multisensory feedback makes swimming circuits robust against spinal transection and enables terrestrial crawling in elongate fish

K. YasuiA. GuptaQ. FuS. SuzukiJ. Hainer  et al.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2025. Vol. 122, num. 34. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2422248122.

Investigating the effect of morphology on the terrestrial gaits of amphibious fish using a reconfigurable robot

L. GeversA. GuptaL. PaezQ. FuE. M. Standen  et al.

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2025. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/addc27.

Using deep reinforcement learning to investigate stretch feedback during swimming of the lamprey

O. HausdoerferA. GuptaA. J. IjspeertD. Renjewski

BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS. 2025. Vol. 20, num. 2. DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/adb8b1.

Augmenting rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord neuromodulation: A proof of concept

N. HankovM. CabanR. DemesmaekerM. RouletS. Komi  et al.

SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 100. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adn5564.

A smoothed particle hydrodynamics framework for fluid simulation in robotics

E. AngelidisJ. P. Arreguit O'NeillJ. BenderP. BerggoldZ. Liu  et al.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 2025. Vol. 185, p. 104885. DOI : 10.1016/j.robot.2024.104885.

A neuromechanics solution for adjustable robot compliance and accuracy

I. AbadiaA. BruelG. CourtineA. J. IjspeertE. Ros  et al.

SCIENCE ROBOTICS. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 98. DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.adp2356.

Learning-Based Locomotion Transition Detection: Offline Optimization to Tackle System- and User-Specific Variability in Lower Limb Exoskeletons

A. D. PreteZ. Ö. OrhanA. BolotnikovaM. GandollaA. Ijspeert  et al.

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2025. p. 1 - 12. DOI : 10.1109/tmech.2025.3628049.

Role and modulation of various spinal pathways for human upper limb control in different gravity conditions

A. BruelL. BachaE. BoehlyC. De TrogoffL. Represa  et al.

PLoS Computational Biology. 2025. Vol. 21, num. 1, p. e1012069. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012069.

Conference Papers

3D Path Control: Can we use lower limb inter-joint coordination to assist gait and balance?

Z. Ö. OrhanA. IjspeertM. Bouri

2025 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). 2025. 2025 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2025-08-25 - 2025-08-29. p. 571 - 576. DOI : 10.1109/ro-man63969.2025.11217626.

AllGaits: Learning All Quadruped Gaits and Transitions

G. BellegardaM. ShafieeA. Ijspeert

2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2025. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23. p. 15929 - 15935. DOI : 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11127285.

Rapid Online Learning of Hip Exoskeleton Assistance Preferences

G. RamellaA. IjspeertM. Bouri

2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2025. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23. p. 2501 - 2508. DOI : 10.1109/icra55743.2025.11128809.

Adaptive Negative Damping Control for User-Dependent Multi-Terrain Walking Assistance With a Hip Exoskeleton

G. RamellaA. IjspeertM. Bouri

2025 International Conference On Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR). 2025. 2025 International Conference On Rehabilitation Robotics, Chicago, IL, USA, 2025-05-12 - 2025-05-16. p. 1340 - 1346. DOI : 10.1109/icorr66766.2025.11063198.

Theses

An integrative computational modeling approach for Drosophila motor control

P. G. Ozdil / P. P. RamdyaA. Ijspeert (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. p. 257. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10986.

Partial Assistance with Lower-Limb Exoskeletons to Enhance Gait and Balance in Daily Living Activities

Z. Ö. Orhan / M. BouriA. Ijspeert (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. p. 189. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-11153.

From swimming to walking with a salamander robot driven by a spinal cord model

A. J. IjspeertA. CrespiD. RyczkoJ.-M. Cabelguen

Science. 2007. DOI : 10.1126/science.1138353.

Dynamic hebbian learning in adaptive frequency oscillators

L. RighettiJ. BuchliA. J. Ijspeert

Physica D. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.physd.2006.02.009.

Learning Attractor Landscapes for Learning Motor Primitives

A. IjspeertJ. NakanishiS. Schaal

2002. p. 1547-1554.

A connectionist central pattern generator for the aquatic and terrestrial gaits of a simulated salamander

A. Ijspeert

Biological Cybernetics. 2001. DOI : 10.1007/s004220000211.

Enseignement et PhD

Doctorant·es actuel·les

Zeynep Özge Orhan, Lixuan Tang, Louis Gevers, Chuanfang Ning, Alessandro Pazzaglia, Amirreza Razmjoo Fard, Astha Gupta, Javier Jia Jie Pey, Giulia Ramella, Alexandros Anastasiadis

A dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Alessandro Crespi, Jonas Buchli, Joël Rossier, Ludovic Righetti, Pierre-André Mudry, Sarah Dégallier Rochat, Alexander Spröwitz, Jérémie Knüsel, Soha Pouya, Konstantinos Karakasiliotis, Andrej Bicanski, Sébastien Gay, Jesse van den Kieboom, Stéphane Bonardi, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Massimo Vespignani, Alexandre Tuleu, Nicolas Van der Noot, Robin Thandiackal, Salman Faraji, Peter Eckert, Tomislav Horvat, Florin Dzeladini, Mehmet Mutlu, Simon Lukas Hauser, Jessica Lanini, Romain Baud, Miroslav Caban, Shravan Tata Ramalingasetty, Jonathan Patrick Arreguit O'Neill, Laura Paez, Andrea Di Russo, Alice Julie Bruel, Milad Shafiee Ashtiani

A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Ludovic Daler, Ali Reza Manzoori, Pembe Gizem Ozdil

Cours

Computational motor control

MICRO-436

Ce cours présente (1) une revue de differents types de modèles numeriques du contrôle du mouvement chez les animaux, allant du poisson jusqu'à l'humain, (2) différentes techniques de modélisation, et (3) une analyse de l'utilisation des ces modèles en robotique et neuroprothèses.

Legged robots

MICRO-507

Le cours présente le design, contrôle, et les applications reliés aux robots mobiles à pattes.