Group Members
Our team combines expertise in robotics, mechanical engineering, biology, chemistry, material science, computer science, and machine learning to push the boundaries of soft and biohybrid robotics. Get to know the passionate researchers, engineers, and students driving our projects in musculoskeletal robots, muscle technologies, and autonomous systems.
Head
Administrative Staff
Federica Poltronieri
Administration of the Laboratory
CLA J25
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Senior Scientists and Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Ronan Hinchet
Area: Electrohydraulic Actuators and Robotic Systems
CLA H23.2
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
PhD Students
Thomas Buchner
Area: 3D Printing Soft Robots and Electrohydraulic Robots
Barnabas Gavin Cangan
Area: Soft Robotic Systems
Lewis Jones
Area: Biohybrid Robotics
Amirhossein Kazemipour
Area: Electrohydraulic Soft Robot Design and Control
CLA F5
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Jaehoon Kim
Area: Integration of sensors with a soft robotic system
CLA F5
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Davide Liconti
Area: Learning-Based Design + Control for Robotic Manipulation
CLA F9
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Manuel Mekkattu
Area: Soft and Biohybrid Robot Modeling
CLA F7
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Elvis Nava
Area: Machine Learning for Robotics Manipulation
CLA F10.3
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Yasunori Toshimitsu
Area: Design and Control of Soft Robotic Systems
CLA F5
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Chenyu Yang
Area: Learning Representation for Musculoskeletal Robots
CLA F9
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Hehui Zheng
Area: Machine Learning of Robotic Representations
CLA F5
Tannenstrasse 3
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
External PhD students
Oliver Neumann
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Jana Egli
Robotic Materials - Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Current Students
Marco Bruderer
Bachelor's Thesis
Jose Pablo Paniagua Hernandez
Semester Project
Yundi Lu
Master's Thesis
Robert Jomar Malate
Semester Project
Claudiadele Polinari
Bachelor's Thesis
Andrea Santoro
Master's Thesis
Linus Weckner
Bachelor's Thesis
Paul Leonard Wolff
Master's Thesis
Yifan Zhou
Semester Project
Yuning Zhou
Semester Project