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News

  • Bionic hands: Hands that are almost real!

    Robotic hands provide touch, proprioception and everyday autonomy to people that have lost their limbs. Robotic hands can now communicate with the user's nervous system and provide not only impressive movement capabilities but also artificial perception. The bionic human is here!More...

  • Roboy besucht Nacht der Technik

    Am Abend des 5. Juli wird Roboy an der Nacht der Technik der ZHAW School of Engineering zu sehen sein.More...

  • Rolf Pfeifer auf 3sat

    Am Montag, 3. Juni kommt auf 3sat die Sendung 'Berg und Geist' mit Rolf Pfeifer (als Erstausstrahlung).More...

  • Interview mit Rolf Pfeifer im Tagesanzeiger

    Beilage Ingenieurwesen(pp. 8-9) vom 24 Mai 2013: "Rolf Pfeifer, der Schöpfer von 'Roboy' spricht über künstliche Intelligenz" More...

  • BBC World Service on Roboy

    BBC World Service interview with Rolf Pfeifer about Roboy.More...

  • Roboy in NZZ Campus

    Roboy featured in NZZ Campus: "Bau dir einen Roboy-Arm" (article in German).More...

  • Roboy Press Release

    TECHNOLOGY FAST TRACK – Roboy, the ambassador of a new generation of intelligent machines, is brought to lifeMore...
NCCR

NCCR Robotics

Designing the 21st Century

The goal of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is to foster intelligence in all its facets by promoting excellence in basic research, education, and society at large. With our activities we hope to contribute – in small ways – to making the world a better place in the 21st century.

Robots on Tour

robots on tour
The AI Lab proudly presents:

"World Congress & Exhibition of Robots, Humanoids, Cyborgs and more"

Our International Anniverary Event will take place in Zurich in March 2013.
Check out our website for further information: www.robotsontour.com

Roboy

roboy
Now it's official - the AI Lab is developing a brandnew humanoid robot called Roboy. Everybody can become part of this amazing project - participate online and find out more about him on www.roboy.org. Check him out on c-crowd or become friends with Roboy on Facebook!
Don't miss his first public appearance at Robots on Tour 2013!

Books

How the Body Shapes the Way We Think by Rolf Pfeifer and Josh C. Bongard is now available in English, Chinese, Japanese, and soon in Arabic.

how the body shapes the way we think - english
MIT Press, 2007
how the body shapes the way we think - chinese
Science Press, 2009
how the body shapes the way we think - japanese
Kyouritsu Shuppan, 2010
how the body shapes the way we think - arabic
Arab Scientific Publishers, 2012 (ordering information will be available soon)
designing intelligence
E-Book, 2011
Manuella Editions, 2012
Manuella Editions, 2012
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