Swiss-Dutch roboticist and neuroscientist
Auke Jan Ijspeert (born 1971 in
Geneva ) is a
Swiss -
Dutch
roboticist and
neuroscientist . He is a professor of biorobotics in the Institute of Bioengineering at
EPFL , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and the head of the Biorobotics Laboratory at the School of Engineering.
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Career
He has studied
physics at
EPFL and
a degree of an "Ingénieur physicien" (equivalent to
Master's degree ) in 1995.
[3]
[4] He joined John Hallam and
David Willshaw at the
University of Edinburgh as a doctoral student, and in 1999 graduated with a PhD in artificial intelligence on the "Design of artificial neural oscillatory circuits for the control of lamprey- and salamander-like locomotion using evolutionary algorithms".
[5]
[6] He worked as a
postdoctoral researcher with
Michael A. Arbib and
Stefan Schaal at
University of Southern California (USC),
[7]
[8] and then at
EPFL with
Jean-Daniel Nicoud and with
Luca Maria Gambardella (
Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research - IDSIA).
[9]
In 2001, he became a research assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science of the
University of Southern California , and an external collaborator at
ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research institute) in
Japan .
[10] From 2003 to 2017, he was an adjunct faculty Department of Computer Science of the
University of Southern California . In 2002, he received
Swiss National Science Foundation assistant professorship at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences of
EPFL . In 2009, he was named associate professor at EPFL's School of Engineering, and in 2016 he was promoted as full professor.
[2] He leads the Biorobotics Laboratory at the School of Engineering.
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Research
The Ijspeert group's
transdisciplinary research is situated at the intersection of
robotics ,
computational neuroscience ,
nonlinear dynamical systems , and
applied machine learning .
[11] Employing numerical simulations and
robots , they aim at a better understanding of
animal locomotion and movement control, and by taking inspiration in nature, they design new types of robots and locomotion controllers.
[12]
[13] Their research was featured in public presentations at
TED Global and
World.minds conferences.
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Their research is focused on computational aspects of locomotion control,
sensorimotor coordination, and learning in animals and in robots. Furthermore, their research focuses also on
rehabilitation robotics , such as
exoskeletons , and in locomotion restoration. Their interests extent to research projects in areas such as neuromechanical simulations of locomotion and movement control;
[10] systems of coupled nonlinear oscillators for locomotion control;
[16]
[17] design and control of
amphibious ,
[18] legged,
[19] and reconfigurable robots;
[20] and, control of
humanoid robots ,
[21] and of
exoskeletons .
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The research of Ijspeert's group has been featured in news outlets such as
IEEE Spectrum ,
[26]
[27]
New Scientist ,
[28]
[29]
Tech Crunch ,
[30]
Le Temps ,
[31]
[32]
Nature ,
[33]
SwissInfo ,
[34]
The Washington Post ,
[35]
Cosmos ,
[36]
CNN ,
[37]
SRF ,
[38]
Tages-Anzeiger ,
[39]
The Mirror ,
[40] and
Der Standard .
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Distinctions
Ijspeert is an
IEEE Fellow .
[42] He is a member of the board of reviewing editors of
Science Magazine ,
[43] and an associate editor of Soft Robotics,
[44] IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics,
[45] and for the
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics .
[46] He has been an associate editor for the
IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2009-2013) and a guest editor for the Proceedings of IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Autonomous Robots, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, and Biological Cybernetics.
He is a recipient of the Young Professorship Award (2002), the Young Researcher Scholarship (1999), and the Young Researcher Scholarship (1995) all awarded from the
Swiss National Science Foundation .
[47] He also received the Marie Curie Scholarship from the
European Commission (1997).
[48]
Public involvements
Ijspeert is also involved in his local church, the parish of
Ecublens -
St-Sulpice that is part of the
Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud , and he is member of its parish council since 2019.
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Selected works
Ryczko, Dimitri; Simon, András; Ijspeert, Auke Jan (2020).
"Walking with Salamanders: From Molecules to Biorobotics" . Trends in Neurosciences . 43 (11): 916–930.
doi :
10.1016/j.tins.2020.08.006 .
PMID
33010947 .
S2CID
222070688 .
Ijspeert, Auke J. (2020).
"Amphibious and Sprawling Locomotion: From Biology to Robotics and Back" . Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems . 3 : 173–193.
doi :
10.1146/annurev-control-091919-095731 .
S2CID
214494132 .
Nyakatura, John A.; Melo, Kamilo; Horvat, Tomislav; Karakasiliotis, Kostas; Allen, Vivian R.; Andikfar, Amir; Andrada, Emanuel; Arnold, Patrick; Lauströer, Jonas; Hutchinson, John R.; Fischer, Martin S.; Ijspeert, Auke J. (2019).
"Reverse-engineering the locomotion of a stem amniote" (PDF) . Nature . 565 (7739): 351–355.
Bibcode :
2019Natur.565..351N .
doi :
10.1038/s41586-018-0851-2 .
PMID
30651613 .
S2CID
58014495 .
Hauser, S.; Mutlu, M.; Léziart, P.-A.; Khodr, H.; Bernardino, A.; Ijspeert, A.J. (2020).
"Roombots extended: Challenges in the next generation of self-reconfigurable modular robots and their application in adaptive and assistive furniture" . Robotics and Autonomous Systems . 127 : 103467.
doi :
10.1016/j.robot.2020.103467 .
S2CID
213307979 .
Ijspeert, A. J. (2014).
"Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion" . Science . 346 (6206): 196–203.
Bibcode :
2014Sci...346..196I .
doi :
10.1126/science.1254486 .
PMID
25301621 .
S2CID
42734749 .
Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Nakanishi, Jun; Hoffmann, Heiko; Pastor, Peter; Schaal, Stefan (2013).
"Dynamical Movement Primitives: Learning Attractor Models for Motor Behaviors" (PDF) . Neural Computation . 25 (2): 328–373.
doi :
10.1162/NECO_a_00393 .
hdl :
20.500.11820/3a347438-6b51-4f11-ba7a-5465173736f8 .
PMID
23148415 .
S2CID
2431443 .
Spröwitz, Alexander; Tuleu, Alexandre; Vespignani, Massimo; Ajallooeian, Mostafa; Badri, Emilie; Ijspeert, Auke Jan (2013).
"Towards dynamic trot gait locomotion: Design, control, and experiments with Cheetah-cub, a compliant quadruped robot" (PDF) . The International Journal of Robotics Research . 32 (8): 932–950.
doi :
10.1177/0278364913489205 .
S2CID
90770 .
Ijspeert, Auke Jan (2008). "Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots: A review". Neural Networks . 21 (4): 642–653.
doi :
10.1016/j.neunet.2008.03.014 .
PMID
18555958 .
Ijspeert, A. J.; Crespi, A.; Ryczko, D.; Cabelguen, J.-M. (2007).
"From Swimming to Walking with a Salamander Robot Driven by a Spinal Cord Model" . Science . 315 (5817): 1416–1420.
Bibcode :
2007Sci...315.1416I .
doi :
10.1126/science.1138353 .
PMID
17347441 .
S2CID
3193002 .
References
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"Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob)" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved 2020-11-26 .
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b
"21 professors appointed at ETH Zurich and EPFL | ETH-Board" . www.ethrat.ch . Retrieved 2020-12-03 .
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"Getting into Robotics: Auke Ijspeert – NCCR Robotics" . Retrieved 2020-12-03 .
^ Ijspeert, Auke.
"Auke Ijspeert | Speaker | TED" . www.ted.com . Retrieved 2020-12-03 .
^ Ijspeert, Auke Jan (1999).
Design of artificial neural oscillatory circuits for the control of lamprey- and salamander-like locomotion using evolutionary algorithms (Ph.D. thesis). University of Edinburgh.
hdl :
1842/34726 .
^ Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Hallam, John; Willshaw, David (2016-07-25).
"Evolving Swimming Controllers for a Simulated Lamprey with Inspiration from Neurobiology" . Adaptive Behavior . 7 (2): 151–172.
doi :
10.1177/105971239900700202 .
S2CID
16472569 .
^ Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Arbib, Michael (2000),
"Visual tracking in simulated salamander locomotion" , From Animals to Animats 6 , The MIT Press, pp. 88–97,
doi :
10.7551/mitpress/3120.003.0011 ,
ISBN
978-0-262-31607-1 , retrieved 2020-12-03
^ Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Arbib, Michael A. (2000-10-16). McKee, Gerard T.; Schenker, Paul S. (eds.).
"Locomotion and visually guided behavior in salamander: a neuromechanical study" . Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic Systems III . 4196 . International Society for Optics and Photonics: 62–71.
Bibcode :
2000SPIE.4196...62I .
doi :
10.1117/12.403749 .
S2CID
85038783 .
^ Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Martinoli, Alcherio; Billard, Aude; Gambardella, Luca Maria (2001-09-01).
"Collaboration Through the Exploitation of Local Interactions in Autonomous Collective Robotics: The Stick Pulling Experiment" . Autonomous Robots . 11 (2): 149–171.
doi :
10.1023/A:1011227210047 .
ISSN
1573-7527 .
S2CID
11370718 .
^
a
b Ijspeert, Auke Jan; Nakanishi, Jun; Hoffmann, Heiko; Pastor, Peter; Schaal, Stefan (February 2013).
"Dynamical Movement Primitives: Learning Attractor Models for Motor Behaviors" . Neural Computation . 25 (2): 328–373.
doi :
10.1162/neco_a_00393 .
hdl :
20.500.11820/3a347438-6b51-4f11-ba7a-5465173736f8 .
ISSN
0899-7667 .
PMID
23148415 .
S2CID
2431443 .
^
"Research" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved 2020-12-03 .
^ Ijspeert, A. J.; Crespi, A.; Ryczko, D.; Cabelguen, J.-M. (2007-03-09).
"From Swimming to Walking with a Salamander Robot Driven by a Spinal Cord Model" . Science . 315 (5817): 1416–1420.
Bibcode :
2007Sci...315.1416I .
doi :
10.1126/science.1138353 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
17347441 .
S2CID
3193002 .
^ Ijspeert, A. J. (2014-10-09).
"Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion" . Science . 346 (6206): 196–203.
Bibcode :
2014Sci...346..196I .
doi :
10.1126/science.1254486 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
25301621 .
S2CID
42734749 .
^ Ijspeert, Auke (28 January 2016),
A robot that runs and swims like a salamander , retrieved 2020-12-03
^
"Auke Ijspeert: Animal Locomotion – Learning from Robots (WORLD.MINDS MOBILITY 2018)" . Youtube .
Archived from the original on 2020-06-11.
^ Dzeladini, Florin; van den Kieboom, Jesse; Ijspeert, Auke (2014-06-26).
"The contribution of a central pattern generator in a reflex-based neuromuscular model" . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience . 8 : 371.
doi :
10.3389/fnhum.2014.00371 .
ISSN
1662-5161 .
PMC
4071613 .
PMID
25018712 .
^ Minassian, Karen; Hofstoetter, Ursula S.; Dzeladini, Florin; Guertin, Pierre A.; Ijspeert, Auke (2017-03-28).
"The Human Central Pattern Generator for Locomotion: Does It Exist and Contribute to Walking?" . The Neuroscientist . 23 (6): 649–663.
doi :
10.1177/1073858417699790 .
ISSN
1073-8584 .
PMID
28351197 .
S2CID
33273662 .
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"Amphibious Robotics" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
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"Quadruped Robotics" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
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"Modular Robotics" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
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"Humanoid Robotics" . www.epfl.ch . Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
^ Noot, N. Van der; Colasanto, L.; Barrea, A.; Kieboom, J. van den; Ronsse, R.; Ijspeert, A. J. (September 2015).
"Experimental validation of a bio-inspired controller for dynamic walking with a humanoid robot" . 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) . pp. 393–400.
doi :
10.1109/IROS.2015.7353403 .
ISBN
978-1-4799-9994-1 .
S2CID
2744219 .
^ Wu, Amy R.; Dzeladini, Florin; Brug, Tycho J. H.; Tamburella, Federica; Tagliamonte, Nevio L.; van Asseldonk, Edwin; van der Kooij, Herman; Ijspeert, Auke J. (2017), González-Vargas, José; Ibáñez, Jaime; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L.; van der Kooij, Herman (eds.),
"A Versatile Neuromuscular Exoskeleton Controller for Gait Assistance: A Preliminary Study on Spinal Cord Injury Patients" , Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends , Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol. 16, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 163–167,
doi :
10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_27 ,
ISBN
978-3-319-46531-9 , retrieved 2020-12-07
^ Dzeladini, F.; Wu, A. R.; Renjewski, D.; Arami, A.; Burdet, E.; Asseldonk, E. van; Kooij, H. van der; Ijspeert, A. J. (June 2016).
"Effects of a neuromuscular controller on a powered ankle exoskeleton during human walking" .
2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) (PDF) . pp. 617–622.
doi :
10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523694 .
hdl :
10044/1/53264 .
ISBN
978-1-5090-3287-7 .
S2CID
12012690 .
^ Ijspeert, A. J. (2014-10-10).
"Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion" . Science . 346 (6206): 196–203.
Bibcode :
2014Sci...346..196I .
doi :
10.1126/science.1254486 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
25301621 .
S2CID
42734749 .
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"Full Page Reload" . IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News . 20 April 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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"Full Page Reload" . IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News . 14 April 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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"Living robots made from frog skin cells can sense their environment" . New Scientist . Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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"The Envirobot robo-eel slithers along the shore for science" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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ISSN
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"Robo-salamander goes swimming" . Nature : news070305–9.
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ISSN
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S2CID
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"This robotic salamander could help unlock spinal secrets" . Washington Post .
ISSN
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"Salamanders inspire new breed of robot" . Cosmos Magazine . 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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"Robot furniture that builds itself" . CNN . Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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"Creepy robot that walks and SWIMS like a salamander could teach us about humans" . mirror . Retrieved 2021-05-07 .
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"2020 IEEE RAS Fellow Class Announced - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society" . www.ieee-ras.org . Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
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"IJHR Editorial Board" . www.worldscientific.com . Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
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