Robotics

We present the first approach for high-quality lightweight eye capture, which leverages a database of pre-captured eyes to guide the reconstruction of new eyes from much less constrained inputs, such as traditional single-shot face scanners or even a single photo from the internet.

We aim to create a hopping mechanism for a small-scale, one-legged, untethered hopping robot.

In this paper, we present the design process of these modules and demonstrate their efficacy by implementing a “grab and move” user interface for posing the robot link by link.

We present a new type of hydrostatic transmission that uses a hybrid air-water configuration, analogous to N+1 cable-tendon transmissions, using N hydraulic lines and 1 pneumatic line for a system with N degrees of freedom (DOFs).

VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot that is capable of transitioning from the ground to the wall, created in collaboration between Disney Research Zurich and ETH.

The purpose of this research is the development of a soft skin module with a built-in airtight cavity in which air pressure can be sensed.

In this paper, we examine a novel biologically-inspired control method, emulating antagonistic muscle pairs based on a nonlinear Hill model.

In this paper, we develop a thermomechanical and thermoelectric model of SCP actuators, and examine their controllability.