🔬 University#40 Lausanne, Switzerland· Est. 1969
EPFL — Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob)
Pioneered neurorobotics and epidural electrical stimulation to help paralyzed patients walk. EPFL's work directly led to clinical trials that restored movement in paraplegic patients.
bio-inspired locomotionspinal cord injury rehabilitationneuroroboticssoft robots
Notable achievements
Paraplegic patients walk again (Grégoire Courtine's breakthrough), Cheetah-cub quadruped, salamander robot, neurorobotics for spinal cord injury.
Notable work
Paraplegic walking restorationCheetah-cubSalamander robot
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
SURGICAL
Soft Robots for Intestinal Applications: A Review on Actuation, Materials, Manufacture and Applications.
Xu X, Liu F, Li G
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2026
OTHER
Quantifying Structure-Property Relationships in Ferroelectric Polymers Toward High-Performance Soft Robots.
Qin B, Ding G, Xing W +6 more
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026