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LASA - Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory

Switzerland

The complementary BioRob Lab at EPFL (Auke Ijspeert) works in 2026 on bio-inspired locomotion controllers trained by reinforcement learning on humanoid robots.

Updated 2026-07-10 · Last verified 2026-07-10

AffiliationEPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
CountryCH
TypeAcademic
Research areaslearning from demonstration, dynamical-systems control, dexterous manipulation, human-robot interaction
Flagship contributionFormalized learning-from-demonstration control via dynamical systems, applied to whole-body control on the iCub humanoid and bimanual manipulation with KUKA arms, including mid-air object catching.
Key peopleAude Billard (fondatrice et directrice du lab depuis 2006, directrice du Swiss Innovation Booster on Robotics)
Open outputsDS Motion Generator, iCub Whole Body Task Controller, MLDemos (toolkit ML), datasets Crowdbot et LASA Handwriting Dataset, tous publiés sur la page dédiée Source Code and Datasets.
CityLausanne

Sources : EPFL (2026-07)EPFL LASA (2026-07)EPFL (2026-07)

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