Auke Ijspeert
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Biography
Auke Ijspeert is a full professor at the EPFL, and head of the Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob). He has a B.Sc./M.Sc. in physics from the EPFL (1995), and a PhD in artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh (1999). He carried out postdocs at IDSIA and EPFL, and at the University of Southern California (USC). He then became a research assistant professor at USC, and an external collaborator at ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research institute) in Japan. In 2002, he came back to the EPFL as an SNF assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in October 2009 and to full professor in April 2016. His primary affiliation is with the Institute of Bioengineering, and secondary affiliation with the Institute of Mechanical Engineering.His research interests are at the intersection between robotics, computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamical systems, and machine learning. He is interested in using numerical simulations and robots to get a better understanding of sensorimotor coordination in animals, and in using inspiration from biology to design novel types of robots and adaptive controllers. (see for instance Ijspeert et al Science 2007, Ijspeert Science 2014, and Nyakatura et al Nature 2019). He is also investigating how to assist people with limited mobility using exoskeletons and assistive furniture.
He is regularly invited to give talks on these topics (e.g. TED talk given at TED Global Geneva, Dec 8 2015). With his colleagues, he has received paper awards at ICRA2002, CLAWAR2005, IEEE Humanoids 2007, IEEE ROMAN 2014, CLAWAR 2015, SAB2018, and CLAWAR 2019.
He is an IEEE Fellow, member of the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science magazine, and associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics and for the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. He has acted as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2009-2013) and for Soft Robotics (2018-2021). He was a guest editor for the Proceedings of IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Autonomous Robots, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, and Biological Cybernetics. He has been the organizer of 7 international conferences (BioADIT2004, SAB2004, AMAM2005, BioADIT2006, LATSIS2006, SSRR2016, AMAM2019), and a program committee member of over 50 conferences.
CURRENT WORK
For Biorob's research projects see: http://biorob.epfl.ch and https://www.epfl.ch/labs/biorob/researchAuke Ijspeert's research is funded by the Human Frontier Science Program, the Swiss National Science Foundation, the European Commission (FP7 and H2020), and the EPFL.
Past funding: the French Ministry for Research and Technology, Microsoft Research Cambridge, European Space Agency, and Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI).
Publications
Infoscience publications
Main Publications
Reverse-engineering the locomotion of a stem amniote
Nature. 2019-01-16. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-018-0851-2.Oncilla Robot: A Versatile Open-Source Quadruped Research Robot With Compliant Pantograph Legs
Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 2018. DOI : 10.3389/frobt.2018.00067.From cineradiography to biorobots: an approach for designing robots to emulate and study animal locomotion
Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 2016. DOI : 10.1098/rsif.2015.1089.Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile animal locomotion
Science magazine. 2014. DOI : 10.1126/science.1254486.Roombots: A Hardware Perspective on 3D Self-Reconfiguration and Locomotion with a Homogeneous Modular Robot
Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.robot.2013.08.011.From lamprey to salamander: an exploratory modeling study on the architecture of the spinal locomotor networks in the salamander
Biological Cybernetics. 2013. DOI : 10.1007/s00422-012-0538-y.Adaptive Frequency Oscillators and Applications
The Open Cybernetics and Systemics Journal. 2009. DOI : 10.2174/1874110X00903020064.Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots: a review
Neural Networks. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.neunet.2008.03.014.From swimming to walking with a salamander robot driven by a spinal cord model
Science. 2007. DOI : 10.1126/science.1138353.Dynamical principles in neuronal systems and robotics
Biological Cybernetics. 2006. DOI : 10.1007/s00422-006-0130-4.Dynamic hebbian learning in adaptive frequency oscillators
Physica D. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.physd.2006.02.009.A connectionist central pattern generator for the aquatic and terrestrial gaits of a simulated salamander
Biological Cybernetics. 2001. DOI : 10.1007/s004220000211.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Life Sciences Engineering
Microengineering
Mechanical Engineering
PhD Programs
Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering
Doctoral Program in Neuroscience
Doctoral Program in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Doctoral program in robotics, control, and intelligent systems
Doctoral Program in Mechanics
PhD Students
Anastasiadis Alexandros, Arreguit O'Neill Jonathan Patrick, Bruel Alice Julie, Di Russo Andrea, Gupta Astha, Manzoori Ali Reza, Morel Aurélien Arthur Enzo, Orhan Zeynep Ozge, Ozdil Pembe Gizem, Paez Coy Laura Isabel, Pazzaglia Alessandro, Razmjoo Fard Amirreza, Shafiee Ashtiani Milad,Past EPFL PhD Students
Ajallooeian Mostafa , Baud Romain Pierre François , Bicanski Andrej , Bonardi Stéphane , Buchli Jonas , Caban Miroslav , Crespi Alessandro , Daler Ludovic , Dzeladini Florin , Dégallier Rochat Sarah , Eckert Peter , Faraji Salman , Gay Sébastien , Hauser Simon Lukas , Horvat Tomislav , Karakasiliotis Konstantinos , Knüsel Jérémie , Lanini Jessica , Mudry Pierre-André , Mutlu Mehmet Hasan , Pouya Soha , Righetti Ludovic , Rossier Joël , Spröwitz Alexander , Tata Ramalingasetty Shravan , Thandiackal Robin , Tuleu Alexandre , Van der Noot Nicolas Benoît Dominique , Vespignani Massimo , van den Kieboom Jesse ,Courses
Computational motor control
- General concepts: Importance of numerical models in a scientific approach, introduction to nonlinear dynamical systems and neural network models.
- Numerical models of motor systems : Neural network models of control of locomotion, rhythm generation in central pattern generators, reflexes, force fields, sensory-motor coordination, and balance control.
- Numerical models of
Program: Neuro-X section
Topics in Autonomous Robotics
Program: Doctoral program in robotics, control, and intelligent systems
Legged robots
Program: Section of Mechanical Engineering