NCCR Robotics

The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics is a nation-wide center, launched by the Swiss National Science Foundation, with the common objective of developing new, human-oriented robotic technology for improving our quality of life.

This center gathers leading robotic experts in Switzerland from cutting-edge research institutions: EPFL as the home institution, ETH Zurich, University of Zurich and Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Launched on 1 December 2010, the NCCR Robotics will run for up to twelve years.

The NCCR Robotics brings together Swiss robotic research and aims to generate long-term benefits to society as a whole. Through this website, we would like to establish two-way communication about robotics in Switzerland and abroad with researchers, students, teachers, industries, and the general public.

In this project we aim to develop a new vision sensor that integrates temporal contrast information together with color sensitivity to create a powerful sensor for the application in the field of robotics. Furthermore we try to explore new areas for the application of neuromorphic sensors.