Robert Katzschmann
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Leads the Soft Robotics Lab, building soft and musculoskeletal robotic hands and learning-based control for dexterous manipulation.
Robert Katzschmann's lab at ETH Zurich works on manipulation & robot learning and planning, control & multi-robot systems. 66 papers since 2023, 5 at top venues, mostly RA-L and Nature Communications. 17 PhD students and 7 master's students. 53 alumni.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 17/ year
- at T1 venues
- 8%
- PhD students
- 17
- MS students
- 7
- alumni listed
- 53
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 12 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 18 papers2025 · T1 1
- 23 papers2024 · T1 1
- 13 papers2023 · T1 2
T1 venuesOtherVenues: RA-L, Nature Communications, Nature, TMLR, TNNLS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- soft15 papers
- Manipulation & robot learning13 papers
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems9 papers
- soft robotics3 papers
- hands3 papers
Paper list
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202612 papers
- RA-LA Benchmark of Dexterity for Anthropomorphic Robotic Hands (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced MaterialsBiocompatible Ink Optimization Enables Functional Volumetric Bioprinting With Xolography (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Communications (T1)Co-optimized volumetric muscle design for large dynamic deformations in versatile biohybrid robots (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft ), Kanazawa, JapanDecoupling Torque and Stiffness: A Unified Modeling and Control Framework for Antagonistic Artificial Muscles (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft ), Kanazawa, JapanElectrode Stiffening in HASEL Actuators for Load-Robust and Consistent Displacement (opens in a new tab)
- ACS NanoEmerging Frontiers and Technological Challenges in Soft Robotics (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Robotics ResearchFrom Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures (opens in a new tab)
- ChaosGeneral oblique projections for model reduction via spectral submanifolds (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LIntegrated by Design: A Hybrid Robotic Palm Fusing a Functionally-Dense Compliant Matrix with an Actuated Skeleton (opens in a new tab)
- Bio-Design and ManufacturingMachine learning approaches for biomechanical and bioelectrical regulation in developmental tissue engineering (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Functional MaterialsSensorized Engineered Tissues with Built-in Thermoregulation and Nutrient Supply (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft ), Kanazawa, JapanSORS: A Modular, High-Fidelity Simulator for Soft Robots (opens in a new tab)
202518 papers
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Hangzhou, ChinaBeyond Anthropomorphism: Enhancing Grasping and Eliminating a Degree of Freedom by Fusing the Abduction of Digits Four and Five (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsBio-hybrids: When Robots Come Alive (opens in a new tab)
- Trends in BiotechnologyBioprinting of piezoresistive organohydrogel networks for advanced real-time mechanosensing in engineered tissue models (opens in a new tab)
- Science AdvancesBlurring the lines between printed machines and living robots (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS ), Seoul, South KoreaDesign Optimization and Evaluation of a Robotic Thumb with Anatomical Geometry and Passive Soft-Tissue Integration (opens in a new tab)
- Physical Review FluidsInverse reinforcement learning for objective discovery in collective behavior of artificial swimmers (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsMagnetic Soft Robots for Targeted Bacterial Delivery and Enhanced Tumor Spheroid Disaggregation (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LModel-Based Capacitive Touch Sensing in Soft Robotics: Achieving Robust Tactile Interactions for Artistic Applications (opens in a new tab)
- Science AdvancesMulticellular muscle-tendon bioprinting of mechanically optimized musculoskeletal bioactuators with enhanced force transmission (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Hangzhou, ChinaORCA: An Open-Source, Reliable, Cost-Effective, Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand for Uninterrupted Dexterous Task Learning (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LPokeFlex: A Real-World Dataset of Volumetric Deformable Objects for Robotics (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), Atlanta, GA, USAReliable Aerial Manipulation: Combining Visual Tracking with Range Sensing for Robust Grasping (opens in a new tab)
202423 papers
- IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN ), Pasadena, CA, USAA Rapid and Robust Tendon-Driven Robotic Hand for Human-Robot Interactions Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsA Soft Robotic Morphing Wing for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (opens in a new tab)
- Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL ), Munich, GermanyAn Open-Source Soft Robotic Platform for Autonomous Aerial Manipulation in the Wild
- International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML ), Vienna, AustriaBeyond Regular Grids: Fourier-Based Neural Operators on Arbitrary Domains
- IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft ), San Diego, CA, USABilayered Biofabrication Unlocks the Potential of Skeletal Muscle for Biohybrid Soft Robots (opens in a new tab)
- Nano TodayBiohybrid nanointerfaces for neuromodulation (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Healthcare MaterialsBioprinting of Stable Bionic Interfaces Using Piezoresistive Hydrogel Organoelectronics (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Communications (T1)Electrohydraulic musculoskeletal robotic leg for agile, adaptive, yet energy-efficient locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems (ROBOVIS ), Rome, ItalyFast Point Cloud to Mesh Reconstruction for Deformable Object Tracking (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesHigh-Frequency Capacitive Sensing for Electrohydraulic Soft Actuators (opens in a new tab)
- SPIE Smart Structures + Nondestructive Evaluation , Long Beach, CA, USAIn vitro testing of an artificial muscle for the treatment of incontinence (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids ), Nancy, FRANCELeveraging Pretrained Latent Representations for Few-Shot Imitation Learning on an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand (opens in a new tab)
202313 papers
- IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft ), SingaporeA multi-material robotic finger with integrated proprioceptive and tactile capabilities produced with a circular process (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced ScienceAcoustic Streaming-Induced Multimodal Locomotion of Bubble-Based Microrobots (opens in a new tab)
- Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous SystemsAn Overview of Soft Robotics (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ), London, United KingdomAquarium: A Fully Differentiable Fluid-Structure Interaction Solver for Robotics Applications (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Detroit, MI, USAAutonomous Marker-Less Rapid Aerial Grasping (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsDynamic Task Space Control Enables Soft Manipulators to Perform Real-World Tasks (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids ), Austin, TX, USAGetting the Ball Rolling: Learning a Dexterous Policy for a Biomimetic Tendon-Driven Hand with Rolling Contact Joints (opens in a new tab)
- Composites Part B: EngineeringMagnetorheological behavior of thermoplastic elastomeric honeycomb structures fabricated by additive manufacturing (opens in a new tab)
- TMLR (T1)Meta-Learning via Classifier(-free) Diffusion Guidance
- Advanced Healthcare MaterialsPerfusable Biohybrid Designs for Bioprinted Skeletal Muscle Tissue (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LTowards a Physics-Based Model for Steerable Eversion Growing Robots (opens in a new tab)
- SAM Research ReportVandermonde Neural Operators
Where alumni went53 listed
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