2017
ERC Consolidator Grant to Dr. Salvador Pané Vidal
Congratulations to Dr. Pané who was awarded the ERC Consolidator grant for his project "Highly Integrated Nanoscale Robots for Targeted Delivery to the Central Nervous System".
Congratulations to Dr. Quentin Boehler for the First Prize at the 2016 PhD Thesis Awards from GDR Robotique
Since 2007, the French Research Group in Robotics (GDR Robotique) awards a prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in Robotics. The jury – presided by M. Jean-Paul Laumond, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, LAAS this year – bestowed the First Prize at the 2016 PhD Thesis Awards to Dr. Quentin Boehler, Postdoctoral Researcher at MSRL.
The eyes have it - Ophthorobotics AG
Patients with age-related retinal disease need regular injections in the eye. At the moment, these must be given by specially trained medical doctors, but a robot may well handle this task in the near future.
Congratulations to Prof. Bradley Nelson for his second ERC Advanced Grant
With his second ERC Advanced Grant, Prof. Nelson wants to develop microrobots made from soft, flexible materials that can change their shape and could be used in medical treatments. Microorganisms such as bacteria serve as models for the soft microrobots, which will be made from magnetic hydrogels.
Robotics and Philosophy project - Workshop on "Moral Machines?"
What morals do intelligent machines have and need? Sometimes it’s the questions, rather than the answers, that show how the world is changing. For example, questions about the moral consequences of machines and computers becoming more intelligent. A group of ETH students have tackled this issue.