University of Zurich AI Lab
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the University of Zurich's Department of Informatics, long directed by Rolf Pfeifer (retired 2014), studied embodied cognition and soft, bio-inspired robots. It built the crowdfunded, tendon-driven Roboy, which later continued as an independent project near Munich.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2013One year so far
- Headquarters
- ZurichSwitzerland
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- What is new?2020-10Roboy 3.0 unveiled
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2013. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
What is inside
Chips and parts suppliers named for University of Zurich AI Lab's robots by the maker or reputable press.
Parts suppliers
What is new
The latest stories about University of Zurich AI Lab's robots, newest first.
- Roboy 3.0 unveiled Roboy project · Roboy
- Baumer Sensors Monitor Movement of "Roboy" Automation.com (Baumer Ltd. case study) · Roboy
- Zurich AI Lab races to finish Roboy Phys.org · Roboy
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Focus
- embodied AI and musculoskeletal, tendon-driven robots
- Funding
- public university lab; Roboy funded partly by crowdfunding and sponsors
- Partners
- EU Myorobotics project, Human Brain Project, Technical University of Munich (Roboy), University of Melbourne robotics group
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