Research Assistant, EPFL Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob)
Short bio
Alessandro Crespi has a BSc/MSc in Computer Science (2003) and PhD (2007) from the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He joined the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group (now Biorobotics Laboratory), in April 2003. He is working on the developement of biologically inspired robots.
Publications
Reproducing Five Motor Behaviors in a Salamander Robot With Virtual Muscles and a Distributed CPG Controller Regulated by Drive Signals and Proprioceptive Feedback
J. Knüsel; A. Crespi; J-M. Cabelguen; A. J. Ijspeert; D. Ryczko
Frontiers in Neurorobotics. 2020-12-23. Vol. 14, p. 100. DOI : 10.3389/fnbot.2020.604426. A Neuro-Inspired Computational Model for a Visually Guided Robotic Lamprey Using Frame and Event Based Cameras
I. Youssef; M. Mutlu; B. Bayat; A. Crespi; S. Hauser et al.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2020-02-10. Vol. 5, num. 2, p. 2395-2402. DOI : 10.1109/LRA.2020.2972839. Automated computer-based detection of encounter behaviours in groups of honeybees
C. Blut; A. Crespi; D. Mersch; L. Keller; L. Zhao et al.
Scientific Reports. 2017. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. 17663. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-017-17863-4. Envirobot: A Bio-Inspired Environmental Monitoring Platform
B. Bayat; A. Crespi; A. Ijspeert
2016. IEEE/OES Conference on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), Tokyo, Japan, November 6-9, 2016. p. 381-386. DOI : 10.1109/AUV.2016.7778700. Optical properties of waveguide-coupled nanowires for sub-wavelength detection in microspectrometer applications
E. Zgraggen; O. Scholder; Bona; F. Fontana; E. Alberti et al.
Journal Of Optics. 2015. Vol. 17, num. 2, p. 025801. DOI : 10.1088/2040-8978/17/2/025801. Flexibility of the axial central pattern generator network for locomotion in the salamander
D. Ryczko; J. Knüsel; A. Crespi; S. Lamarque; A. Mathou et al.
Journal of Neurophysiology. 2015. Vol. 113, num. 6, p. 1921-1940. DOI : 10.1152/jn.00894.2014. Tracking Individuals Shows Spatial Fidelity Is a Key Regulator of Ant Social Organization
D. P. Mersch; A. Crespi; L. Keller
Science. 2013. Vol. 340, num. 6136, p. 1090-1093. DOI : 10.1126/science.1234316. Assistance using adaptive oscillators: Robustness to errors in the identification of the limb parameters
M. D. Rinderknecht; F. A. Delaloye; A. Crespi; R. Ronsse; A. J. Ijspeert
2011. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)/International Neurorehabilitation Symposium (INRS)/International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), Zurich, SWITZERLAND, Jun 27-Jul 01, 2011. DOI : 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975351. Salamandra robotica: A Biologically Inspired Amphibious Robot that Swims and Walks
A. Crespi; A. J. Ijspeert
Artificial Life Models in Hardware; Springer, 2009. p. 35-64. Controlling swimming and crawling in a fish robot using a central pattern generator
A. Crespi; D. Lachat; A. Pasquier; A. J. Ijspeert
Autonomous Robots. 2008. Vol. 25, num. 1-2, p. 3-13. DOI : 10.1007/s10514-007-9071-6. Online optimization of swimming and crawling in an amphibious snake robot
A. Crespi; A. J. Ijspeert
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 2008. Vol. 24, num. 1, p. 75-87. DOI : 10.1109/TRO.2008.915426. Online trajectory generation in an amphibious snake robot using a lamprey-like central pattern generator model
A. J. Ijspeert; A. Crespi
2007. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy, Apr 10-14, 2007. p. 262-268. DOI : 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363797. Design and control of amphibious robots with multiple degrees of freedom
A. Crespi / A. J. Ijspeert (Dir.)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. BoxyBot: a swimming and crawling fish robot controlled by a central pattern generator
D. Lachat; A. Crespi; A. J. Ijspeert
2006. p. 643-648. DOI : 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639162. AmphiBot II: An Amphibious Snake Robot that Crawls and Swims using a Central Pattern Generator
A. Crespi; A. J. Ijspeert
2006. p. 19-27. Simulation and Robotics Studies of Salamander Locomotion. Applying Neurobiological Principles to the Control of Locomotion in Robots
A. Ijspeert; A. Crespi; J. Cabelguen
Neuroinformatics. 2005. Vol. 3, num. 3, p. 171-196. DOI : 10.1385/NI:3:3:171.
Alessandro Crespi has a BSc/MSc in Computer Science (2003) and PhD (2007) from the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He joined the Biologically Inspired Robotics Group (now Biorobotics Laboratory), in April 2003. He is working on the developement of biologically inspired robots.