Idiap has three new openings: Senior Researcher, Postdoc and Phd position

education — Sep 06, 2017

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.

Idiap has a new opening for 3 PhD positions in perception, robot skill learning and HRI

education — Aug 02, 2017

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:

Euronews video on DexROV project trials: "How will the new intelligent breed of ROVs benefit us?"

research — Jul 18, 2017

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.

Best Paper Award for the Dr Sylvain Calinon

research — Jul 12, 2017

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".

Robot graffiti artist is the Banksy of the mechanical world

research — Nov 07, 2016

Best not left alone on the back of a bus

DexROV holds first official review with European Commission

research — Nov 21, 2016

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"

research — Dec 07, 2016

Thanks to Idiap researchers, the Baxter robot is able to learn from its mistakes.

Canal9 visits the Baxter robot at Idiap

research — Apr 14, 2016

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.

Idiap's DexROV project featured in RTS's CQFD radio show today

research — Feb 24, 2016

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.

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 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 a new opening for a Postdoc position in robot learning applied to bimanual underwater teleoperation

education — Jan 11, 2017

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.

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.

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.

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.

Une video d’Euronews consacrée aux tests du projet DexROV : « Comment nous bénéficierons de la nouvelle génération intelligente de ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) ? »

research — Jul 18, 2017

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.