Auke Jan Ijspeert
Full Professor
Leads the Biorobotics Laboratory, studying locomotion control with legged and amphibious robots, central pattern generators and neuromechanical simulation.
Auke Jan Ijspeert's lab at EPFL works on legged locomotion & humanoids, planning, control & multi-robot systems and physics-based simulation & animation. 92 papers since 2023, 34 at top venues, mostly ICRA and Science Robotics. 11 PhD students. 27 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 24/ year
- at T1 venues
- 37%
- PhD students
- 11
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 27
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 14 papers2026 · T1 8 · collecting
- 27 papers2025 · T1 8
- 27 papers2024 · T1 11
- 24 papers2023 · T1 7
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, Science Robotics, IROS, Nature Communications, RA-L
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems30 papers
- Legged locomotion & humanoids26 papers
- Physics-based simulation & animation12 papers
- sti0 papers
- engineering sti0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202614 papers
- npj RoboticsAerial and ground locomotion of winged drones powered by a single actuator (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Bioinspired multimodal robotics (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Communications (T1)Centralized brain networks controlling antennal grooming coordination (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Energy efficiency and neural control of continuous versus intermittent swimming in a fishlike robot (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LGuest Editorial: Advancements in MPC and Learning Algorithms for Legged Robots (opens in a new tab)
- Science (T1)Leaping out of the water: Aerial-aquatic locomotion with flapping wings (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Modular reconfigurable robots: Toward on-demand multifunctional applications (opens in a new tab)
- Scientific ReportsModulating reflexes enables speed control in simulated human walking and running (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)Polymander II: an amphibious salamander-inspired robot with contact and flow sensors (opens in a new tab)
- ICLR (T1)RAP: 3D Rasterization Augmented End-to-End Planning
- Journal of Open Source SoftwareSeqIKPy: a Python package for inverse kinematics in insects (opens in a new tab)
- Physical Review LettersStudy of the Magnetic Dipole Transition of J/ψ →γηc via ηc →p p ¯ (opens in a new tab)
202527 papers
- RO-MAN3D Path Control: Can we use lower limb inter-joint coordination to assist gait and balance? (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Engineering InformaticsA data-efficient and general-purpose hand–eye calibration method for robotic systems using next best view (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)A neuromechanics solution for adjustable robot compliance and accuracy (opens in a new tab)
- Robotics and Autonomous SystemsA smoothed particle hydrodynamics framework for fluid simulation in robotics (opens in a new tab)
- Scientific ReportsAdaptive hip exoskeleton control using heart rate feedback reduces oxygen cost during ecological locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference On Rehabilitation RoboticsAdaptive Negative Damping Control for User-Dependent Multi-Terrain Walking Assistance With a Hip Exoskeleton (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)AllGaits: Learning All Quadruped Gaits and Transitions (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Artificial embodied circuits uncover neural architectures of vertebrate visuomotor behaviors (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on NeurorehabilitationAssessing Balance During Gait with a Lower Limb Exoskeleton (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Augmenting rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord neuromodulation: A proof of concept (opens in a new tab)
- PLoS Computational BiologyBalancing central control and sensory feedback produces adaptable and robust locomotor patterns in a spiking, neuromechanical model of the salamander spinal cord (opens in a new tab)
- iScienceBeyond locomotion: How specialized motor patterns enable a vertebrate to struggle free from capture (opens in a new tab)
202427 papers
- IROS (T1)Adaptive Feedforward Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control of Parallel Kinematic Manipulators With Real-Time Experiments (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LAI-CPG: Adaptive Imitated Central Pattern Generators for Bipedal Locomotion Learned Through Reinforced Reflex Neural Networks (opens in a new tab)
- Bioinspiration & BiomimeticsAsymmetric fin shape changes swimming dynamics of ancient marine reptiles’ soft robophysical models (opens in a new tab)
- PLOS ONECan lateral tenodesis improve the rotational stability of the ACL reconstruction? A finite element analysis (opens in a new tab)
- Journal Of Neurointerventional SurgeryCan micro-guidewire advancement forces predict clot consistency and location to assist the first-line technique for mechanical thrombectomy? (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Dynamic Object Catching with Quadruped Robot Front Legs (opens in a new tab)
- Physical Review FluidsEel-like robot swims more efficiently with increasing joint amplitudes compared to constant joint amplitudes (opens in a new tab)
- Applied ErgonomicsEvaluation of antigravitational support levels provided by a passive upper-limb occupational exoskeleton in repetitive arm movements (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyEvaluation of controllers for augmentative hip exoskeletons and their effects on metabolic cost of walking: explicit versus implicit synchronization (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA (T1)ExoRecovery: Push Recovery with a Lower-Limb Exoskeleton Based on Stepping Strategy (opens in a new tab)
- Nature (T1)Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs (opens in a new tab)
- 33 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive CommunicationLearning Human-Robot Handshaking Preferences for Quadruped Robots (opens in a new tab)
202324 papers
- Scientific ReportsA mirror therapy system using virtual reality and an actuated exoskeleton for the recovery of hand motor impairments: a study of acceptability, usability, and embodiment (opens in a new tab)
- Nature MedicineA spinal cord neuroprosthesis for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson’s disease (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Agent Prioritization and Virtual Drag Minimization in Dynamical System Modulation For Obstacle Avoidance of Decentralized Swarms (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Animal robots in the African wilderness: Lessons learned and outlook for field robotics (opens in a new tab)
- IJRR (T1)Enabling four-arm laparoscopic surgery by controlling two robotic assistants via haptic foot interfaces (opens in a new tab)
- RO-MANEnd-to-End Planner for Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots Collaborative Objects Manipulation, Transport and Handover to Human Application (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)FeedForward Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Robotic Manipulators: Application to PKMs (opens in a new tab)
- ICORRGait Phase Estimation in Steady Walking: A Comparative Study of Methods Based on the Phase Portrait of the Hip Angle (opens in a new tab)
- Journal Of Computational NeuroscienceHierarchical processing underpins competition in tactile perceptual bistability (opens in a new tab)
- Scientific ReportsIdentification of the trade-off between speed and efficiency in undulatory swimming using a bio-inspired robot (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Machine Intelligence (T1)Identifying important sensory feedback for learning locomotion skills (opens in a new tab)
- ICORRINSPIIRE – A Modular and Passive Exoskeleton to Investigate Human Walking and Balance (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went27 listed, 0% to industry
Industry 0Academia 1
Apply to EPFLFall 2027
EDIC Computer and Communication Sciences PhD
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