• School of Engineering

    Elephant robot demonstrates bioinspired 3D printing technology

    EPFL researchers have pioneered a 3D-printable, programmable lattice structure for robotics that mimics the vast diversity of biological tissues – from a flexible trunk to rigid bone – using a single foam material.

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  • School of Engineering

    Robotics meets the culinary arts

    A Swiss Italian team has created RoboCake, an edible robotic wedding cake that illustrates the advances in robotic food research.

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  • School of Engineering

    Nana Obayashi wins prestigious Amelia Earhart Fellowship

    Nana Obayashi, a PhD student at EPFL’s School of Engineering, has been granted the highly esteemed Amelia Earhart Fellowship for her achievements in mechanical engineering.

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  • School of Engineering

    “Learning the language of data technologies for agile operations”

    Dimitris Kiritsis, Professor Emeritus of Information and Telecommunication Technology for Sustainable Manufacturing at EPFL, points out the power of shared language around data technologies for agile and resilient operations.

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  • School of Engineering

    New inspection drone uses wind to lengthen flight times

    EPFL spin-off Elythor has developed a new drone whose wing shape can adapt to wind conditions and flight position in real time, reducing the drone’s energy consumption, in collaboration with the School of Engineering’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems. The position of the drone’s wings can change, allowing it to fly vertically or ho…

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  • School of Engineering

    Robots that adapt to their environment – and you

    On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab, a demonstration of daily-use devices showcased director Jamie Paik’s vision – now a reality – for a new category of versatile robots.

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MechE Seminar: Learn from the past, prepare for the future: Towards cost-effective, sustainable, and resilient supply chains 11.2.2026 – 09:00 > 10:00 Speaker: Dr. Miriam SarkisTexas A&M Energy InstituteTexas A&M University Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Seminar: Insights, not numbers: leveraging sector-coupled models for planning net-zero energy systems 11.2.2026 – 13:00 > 14:00 Speaker: Dr. Evren Mert TuranDepartment of Mechanical and Process EngineeringETH Zürich Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Seminar: Computing the Energy Transition: From Discrete Nonlinear Optimization to Hybrid Quantum Algorithms 11.2.2026 – 15:30 > 16:30 Speaker: Prof. David E. Bernal Neira, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Seminar: Enabling Deformability of Battery Components – from Materials Innovation to System Integration 12.2.2026 – 09:00 > 10:00 Speaker: Dr. Xuelin Guo, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University Place: BM 5202 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more
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MechE Colloquium: Mechanically-driven closure of extreme membrane wounds in a single cell 24.3.2026 – 12:00 > 13:00 Speaker: Prof. Sindy KY TangDept. of Mechanical EngineeringStanford University Place: MED 0 1418 Category Conferences – Seminars Read more

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