Marco Hutter
Full Professor
Leads the Robotic Systems Lab, developing legged robots such as ANYmal and learning-based locomotion and mobile manipulation in rough terrain.
Marco Hutter's lab at ETH Zurich works on legged locomotion & humanoids and manipulation & robot learning. 136 papers since 2023, 26 at top venues, mostly RA-L and Science Robotics. 34 PhD students.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 35/ year
- at T1 venues
- 19%
- PhD students
- 34
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- —
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 28 papers2026 · T1 9 · collecting
- 39 papers2025 · T1 3
- 40 papers2024 · T1 6
- 29 papers2023 · T1 8
T1 venuesOtherVenues: RA-L, Science Robotics, T-RO, IJRR, Autonomous Robots
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Manipulation & robot learning72 papers
- Legged locomotion & humanoids43 papers
- terrain5 papers
- mobile manipulation2 papers
- process engineering0 papers
Paper list
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202628 papers
- RA-LA Pragmatist Robot: Learning to Plan Tasks by Experiencing the Real World (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Machine Intelligence (T1)A robot operating system framework for using large language models in embodied AI (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Advances, challenges, and opportunities for legged robots (opens in a new tab)
- IJRR (T1)An efficient beam search algorithm for active perception in mobile robotics (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationBeyond Cybathlon: on-demand quadrupedal assistance for people with limited mobility (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation PracticeCaRLi-V: Camera–RADAR–LiDAR Point-Wise 3-D Velocity Estimation (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LContact-Guided Exploration for Non-Prehensile Locomanipulation With Multi-Critic RL (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Robotics & Automation MagazineDAPPER: Discriminability-Aware Policy-to-Policy Preference-Based Reinforcement Learning for Query-Efficient Robot Skill Acquisition (opens in a new tab)
- Recent Advances in Robotic Perception for ForestryDigiForest: Digital Analytics and Robotics for Sustainable Forestry (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LDiskChunGS: Large-Scale 3D Gaussian SLAM Through Chunk-Based Memory Management (opens in a new tab)
- IJRR (T1)Efficient model-based reinforcement learning for robot control via online optimization (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LELMP: Efficient Learning for Motion Planning Via Analytical Policy Gradients (opens in a new tab)
202539 papers
- Soft RoboticsA Computational Approach for Internal Tendon Routing Channels in a Tendon-Driven Continuum Joint (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), Atlanta GA, USAAdaptive thresholding for sequence-based place recognition (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Attention-based map encoding for learning generalized legged locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS ), Los Angeles, CA, USA s.l.: RRS Foundation, June 21-25, .Boxi: Design Decisions in the Context of Algorithmic Performance for Robotics (opens in a new tab)
- Construction RoboticsCalibrated dynamic modeling for force and payload estimation in hydraulic machinery (opens in a new tab)
- ICRA WorkshopCompSLAM: Complementary Hierarchical Multi-Modal Localization and Mapping for Robot Autonomy in Underground Environments
- Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ), Seoul, KoreaConstrained Style Learning from Imperfect Demonstrations under Task Optimality
- T-RO (T1)Continuous-Time State Estimation Methods in Robotics: A Survey (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), Atlanta GA, USADiffusion Based Robust LiDAR Place Recognition
- IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS ), San Francisco, CA, USADirection Finding for Software Defined Radios with Switched Uniform Circular Arrays (opens in a new tab)
- Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ), Seoul, KoreaDivide, Discover, Deploy: Factorized Skill Learning with Symmetry and Style Priors
- IROS WorkshopDual-Quadruped Bimanual Teleoperation with Camera-Frame Control
202440 papers
- IJRR (T1)A framework for collaborative multi-robot mapping using spectral graph wavelets (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAccurate power consumption estimation method makes walking robots energy efficient and quiet (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)ANYmal parkour: Learning agile navigation for quadrupedal robots (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Space TechnologiesAutonomous construction of lunar infrastructure with in-situ boulders (opens in a new tab)
- A Circular Built Environment in the Digital AgeCircular Robotic Construction (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LData-Efficient Task Generalization via Probabilistic Model-Based Meta Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)DTC: Deep Tracking Control (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDynamic Throwing with Robotic Material Handling Machines (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesExploring Constrained Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Quadrupedal Locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI ), Boulder, CO, USAFast Perception for Human-Robot Handovers with Legged Manipulators (opens in a new tab)
- International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control (RoMoCo ), Poznan, PolandGlobal Path Planning for Autonomous Vehicles in Orchards and Vineyards (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ), Munich, GermanyGuided Reinforcement Learning for Robust Multi-Contact Loco-Manipulation
202329 papers
- Science Robotics (T1)A framework for robotic excavation and dry stone construction using on-site materials (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), London, United KingdomAdvanced Skills through Multiple Adversarial Motion Priors in Reinforcement Learning (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)ANYexo 2.0: A Fully-Actuated Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Manipulation and Joint-Oriented Training in all Stages of Rehabilitation (opens in a new tab)
- Field RoboticsArtPlanner: Robust Legged Robot Navigation in the Field (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LBarry: A High-Payload and Agile Quadruped Robot (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LBayesian Multi-Task Learning MPC for Robotic Mobile Manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- International Astronautical Congress (IAC ), Baku, AzerbaijanComparison of Legged Single-Robot and Multi-Robot Planetary Analog Exploration Systems
- International Astronautical Congress (IAC ), Baku, AzerbaijanConcept Study of a Small-Scale Dynamic Legged Robot for Lunar Exploration
- Automation in ConstructionContinuous Mobile Thin-Layer On-Site Printing (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ), Atlanta, GA, USACuriosity-Driven Learning of Joint Locomotion and Manipulation Tasks
- TOG (T1)DOC: Differentiable Optimal Control for Retargeting Motions onto Legged Robots (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR ), Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesEnd-Effector Pose Estimation and Control for 3D Printing with Articulated Excavators (opens in a new tab)
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