CALINON, Sylvain
(Senior Researcher)
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KUPCSIK, Andras (Gabor)
(Postdoctoral Researcher)
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PAOLILLO, Antonio
(Postdoctoral Researcher)
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PIGNAT, Emmanuel
(Research Assistant)
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JAQUIER, Noémie
(Research Assistant)
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KULAK, Thibaut
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GIRGIN, Hakan
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Dr Sylvain Calinon will participate as Academic Instructor in the new Post-Master program AI Move
The TACT-HAND project featured in the annual magazine Micro&Nano
The TACT-HAND project in which Idiap participates was featured in the annual magazine Micro&Nano (p.42-43) from Micronarc, the Western Switzerland Micro-nanotech Cluster:
On February 2nd, 2018, Ajay Tanwani successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled 'Generative Models for Learning Robot Manipulation Skills from Humans'
The thesis presents generative mixture models for learning robot manipulation skills from a few human demonstrations, and providing assistance to a human operator in performing these skills at a distance under limited bandwidth and communication delays. The models are based on invariant task-parameterized representations of hidden semi-Markov models that allow segmentation and reproduction of manipulation skills, while generalizing effectively across different environmental situations such as size, position, and orientation of objects in the environment.
3 promotions to Senior Researcher at Idiap
Following a very strict evaluation process – comprising the nomination by Idiap's management and a formal approval by the Scientific College - , Idiap is pleased to announce the promotion of three of its researchers to Senior Researchers:
Idiap has a new opening for a PhD positions in multimodal perception for robotics and gesture learning
The Perception and Activity Understanding group (Jean-Marc Odobez, http://www.idiap.ch/~odobez/) seeks one PhD candidate for a Swiss NSF funded project aiming to study robot skills acquisition through active learning and social interaction strategies (ROSALIS, see below). In the project, the PhD candidate will work on the multimodal perception of persons and objects, and collaborate with two other PhD students working on skill learning and interaction modeling.
Idiap of Martigny develops a new imaging system for research
The Idiap Research Institute develops a new imaging system for research. The precision instrument has been built together with the air base of Sion and could be used by companies and the Universities of Applied Science of the Canton.
"Combining Electromyography and Tactile Myography to Improve Hand and Wrist Activity Detection in Prostheses" paper posted on Technologies/ journal social media platform
The paper of Noémie Jaquier, Mathilde Connan, Claudio Castellini and Sylvain Calinon from Idiap Research Institute and DLR-German Aerospace Center, "Combining Electromyography and Tactile Myography to Improve Hand and Wrist Activity Detection in Prostheses", has been posted on /Technologies/ journal social media platform.
The Idiap Research Institute is proud to announce that 2 new researchers have recently joined the research team. Sylvain Calinon and Michael Liebling will reinforce, complement and develop the Institute’s expertise and competencies in human-robot interaction and computational bioimaging.
Idiap pursues its development with new scientific research groups. Recently, the institute has acquired an American robot worth CHF 30’000.-. This investment opens new perspectives, in particular thanks to the interconnection between the different domains of competencies developed in Martigny.
Idiap has an open internship position for a student to work in the new Robot Learning and Interaction Group. The project involves the bimanual robot Baxter controlled by torque commands, enabling the production of natural human-like movements by modifying the stiffness at the level of the articulations.
The Robot Learning & Interaction Group at Idiap is recruiting a PhD student in the field of robot learning and control. The work will take place within a CHIST-ERA project on interactive dressing assistance (I-DRESS) starting in December 2015, in collaboration with CSIC-UPC and UWE-BRL, where Idiap contributes to the robot learning aspects.
In the summer of 2015, Rethink Robotics, the worldwide leader in collaborative robotics research and education launched the Rethink Robotics Video Challenge. The Challenge was created to highlight the amazing work being done by the research and education community with the Baxter robot. The Challenge attracted more than 90 total entries from 19 countries around the globe. The video of Dr. Sylvain Calinon’s Robot Learning & Interaction group of the Idiap Research Institute in Martigny was selected amongst the 10 finalists.
The Robot Learning & Interaction Group at Idiap is recruiting a PhD Student in the field of robot learning and control. The work will take place within the TACT-HAND project starting in April 2016, in collaboration with DLR and CITEC, where Idiap will contribute to the robot learning aspects.
Idiap's DexROV project featured in RTS's CQFD radio show today
DexROV is a robot of a special kind. This underwater robot is destined to take the place of human divers for tasks in very deep water (up to 1’300 meters under the sea). The Idiap Research Institute in Martigny is in charge of developing the algorithms that will help teleoperating the two arms of this robot.
Canal9 visits the Baxter robot at Idiap
Dr. Sylvain Calinon, head of Idiap’s Robot Learning & Interaction group, receives Romain Boisset, reporter for the Canap9 TV channel. They demonstrate how Idiap’s Baxter robot learns by demonstration.
Robot graffiti artist is the Banksy of the mechanical world
Best not left alone on the back of a bus
DexROV holds first official review with European Commission
Nineteen months after the undersea-operations project was launched, DexROV has successfully completed its first funding review as part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.
Idiap's Baxter robot and the research behind it featured in "Le Nouvelliste"
Thanks to Idiap researchers, the Baxter robot is able to learn from its mistakes.
3 promotions au poste de Senior Researcher à l’Idiap
Suite à un processus d’évaluation très stricte – comprenant une nomination par la Direction et une validation par le Collège scientifique -, l’Idiap est heureux d’annoncer la promotion de trois de ses chercheurs au poste de Senior Researcher :
L’Idiap à Martigny développe un nouveau système de prise d’images destiné à la recherche
Le centre de recherche Idiap développe un nouveau système de prise d’images destiné à la recherche. Un appareil de précision construit avec l’aide des apprentis de la base aérienne de Sion et qui pourrait servir à des entreprises et des Hautes Écoles du canton.
Une video d’Euronews consacrée aux tests du projet DexROV : « Comment nous bénéficierons de la nouvelle génération intelligente de ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) ? »
L’équipe de DexROV vient juste de compléter 2 semaines de campagne d’intégration et de tests dans le cadre du projet DexROV. Pendant ces travaux, une liaison satellite a été établie entre Bruxelles et Marseille pour permettre la surveillance à longue distance d’un robot sous-marin.
Idiap has a new opening for a Postdoc position in robot learning applied to bimanual underwater teleoperation
The Robot Learning & Interaction Group has an open Postdoc position within the DexROV European project, in collaboration with 6 other partners in Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.
Best Paper Award for the Dr Sylvain Calinon
Dr Sylvain Calinon received the 2017 Best Paper Award of the Intelligent Service Robotics (ISR) journal for his article "A Tutorial on Task-Parameterized Movement Learning and Retrieval".
Euronews video on DexROV project trials: "How will the new intelligent breed of ROVs benefit us?"
The DexROV team has just completed a 2 weeks long campaign of integration and tests in the DexROV project, with a satellite link established between Brussels and Marseille to enable far distance monitoring and control of an underwater robot.
Idiap has a new opening for 3 PhD positions in perception, robot skill learning and HRI
The Perception and Activity Understanding group (Jean-Marc Odobez, http://www.idiap.ch/~odobez/) and the Robot Learning and Interaction group (Sylvain Calinon, http://calinon.ch) seek 3 PhD candidates for a Swiss NSF funded project aiming to study robot skills acquisition through active learning and social interaction strategies (ROSALIS, see below). The 3 PhD students will collaborate together, with 3 axes of research:
Idiap has three new openings: Senior Researcher, Postdoc and Phd position
To strengthen and diversify its growth, the Idiap Research Institute invites applications for a permanent Senior Researcher position in the areas of high-performance computing for AI, visual analytics, or cyber-security and data privacy. The Robot Learning & Interaction Group has also two new open positions, a Postdoc and a phd position within the new MEMMO (Memory of Motion) ICT-H2020 European project.
