About Us

Funding

Empowering innovation through funding initiatives, driving technological progress for tomorrow's challenges.

Funding

Empowering innovation through funding initiatives, driving technological progress for tomorrow's challenges.

Networking Hub

Central hub for the Swiss industry, academia and societal actors in robotics and aims at making robotics a central pillar of the Swiss economy

Networking Hub

Central hub for the Swiss industry, academia and societal actors in robotics and aims at making robotics a central pillar of the Swiss economy

Knowledge transfer

We promote knowledge transfer and encourage co-operation with partners along the entire value chain of robotics

Knowledge transfer

We promote knowledge transfer and encourage co-operation with partners along the entire value chain of robotics

Events

Experience the forefront of robotics innovation through dynamic events, inspiring progress and collaboration.

Events

Experience the forefront of robotics innovation through dynamic events, inspiring progress and collaboration.

We are a team of passionate individuals who want to connect robotics stakeholders with one another. We are funded through Innosuisse and housed by EPFL

We are a team of

Innovation Booster Robotics compromise of leadership and management team as well as the Steering and Innovation Management Committees. The committees participate in formation of strategy for the upcoming years and take an active advisory role for events as well as review process of applications.

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Team

Professor Dr. Aude Billard

Dr. Anca Rusu

Maria Alejandra Jaimes-Jenelten

Steering Committee

Professor Dr. Roland Siegwart

Professor of Autonomous Systems at ETH Zürich

Professor Dr. Georg Rauter

Head of Bio-Inspired RObots for MEDicine-Lab (BIROMED-Lab) at University of Basel

Professor Dr. Luca Gambardella

Professor at the Faculty of Informatics at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)

Professor Dr. Christian Bermes

Head of Mobile Robotics at Fachhochschule Graubünden

Professor Dr. Jamie Paik

Associate Professor, Director of Reconfigurable Robotics Laboratory, EPFL

Dr. Till Cramer

Head Corporate Research & Technology, Hilti

Dr. Hans-Peter Fässler

Chairman & Co-Founder, ANYbotics

Dr. Nicola Tomatis

CEO at BlueBotics

Kevin Sartori

Co-founder at Auterion

Innovation Management Committee

Professor Dr. Michel Lauria

Professor at Hepia,Geneve School of Landscape, Engineering and Architecture

Professor Dr. Josie Hughes

Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab, EPFL

Professor Dr. Alessandro Giusti

Professor of AI for Autonomous Robotics at the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, USI-SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland

Professor Dr. Marco Hutter

Professor at Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich

Professor Dr. Agathe Koller

Head of Institute, ILT, Ostschweizer- fachhohschule

Professor Dr. Stefan Weber

Chief Executive Officer at CAScination AG Professor Chair of Image Guide Therapies, University of Bern

Professor Dr. Sarah Dégalier Rochat

Professor Dr. at Bernerfachhoschule

Jean-Marc Collet

Managing Director, Switzerland – Stäubli

Ariane Nasrin

Head of Competence Center for Robotics, SBB

Marc Höpflinger

Director ‘Center for Robotics’ (SCDR) of Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS)

Dr. Waldemar Rauch

Owner and Chairman of the Board, REHA STIM MEDTEC Group

Max Erick Busse-Grawitz

Technology Transfer Manager at maxon

Partners

The 'Swiss Robotics Day' was a rewarding experience. The forum did a great job of uniting academics and industrials, through engaging workshops and insightful talks around cutting-edge Swiss technologies

Fabien Antonatos,

Co-founder & CBDO, AICA

The Innovation Booster is an excellent opportunity to boot-strap innovative ideas in the robotics space in Switzerland. Although the financial support per project is relatively small, it allows an idea to be validated conceptually together with industrial partners and create fruitful collaborations towards industrial adoption and further applications for funding.

Prof. Mirko Kovač,

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)

I had the privilege of participating in the 'Innovation Booster Robotics' activities. The networking aspect of the events was particularly noteworthy, as it allowed me to connect with individuals from diverse backgrounds and learn about their projects. This helped refine my ideas and introduced me to new perspectives and innovative solutions. Overall, the 'Innovation Booster Robotics' activities provide an ideal environment for individuals to collaborate, brainstorm, and bring their projects to life.

Harry Vourtsis,

Founder and Lead of Elythor

Sponsorship

If you would like to sponsor our program, become a sponsor of a particular event, or share specific news about your company through our communication channels, please contact us.

Your benefits:

access to the Swiss robotics community
prime access to events
visibility during events
publication of job offers in our newsletters
connection with a certain robotics high profiles in Switzerland
customised perks as per sponsorship discussions