Project Database
This page contains the database of possible research projects for master and bachelor students in the Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob). Visiting students are also welcome to join BioRob, but it should be noted that no funding is offered for those projects (see https://biorob.epfl.ch/students/ for instructions). To enroll for a project, please directly contact one of the assistants (directly in his/her office, by phone or by mail). Spontaneous propositions for projects are also welcome, if they are related to the research topics of BioRob, see the BioRob Research pages and the results of previous student projects.
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| 777 – Data Processing of Salamander Behavior Recordings and Imitation Learning |
| Category: | semester project, master project (full-time) | |
| Keywords: | Bio-inspiration, Biomimicry, Data Processing, Experiments, Kinematics Model, Learning, Locomotion, Robotics | |
| Type: | 20% theory, 5% hardware, 75% software | |
| Responsibles: |
(MED 1 1611, phone: 36620)
(MED 1 1626, phone: 38676) | |
| Description: | Animals display a rich diversity of behaviors in natural environments, but only a small set of them have been well studied and simplified into template gaits. Recent advances in imitation learning have enabled quadruped and humanoid robots to reproduce complex animal and human motions, but these approaches have been less explored for amphibious robots that must coordinate body, limbs, and environmental interactions across water and land. In this project, we will work on the recordings of real salamanders in a vivarium with various terrains. We will extract multi-terrain locomotion behaviors from the collected motion data. Then we will investigate how diverse salamander behaviors can be transferred to simplified salamander models or salamander-inspired robots. The student is expected to be familiar with Python programming, signal processing, kinematics, and imitation learning. Experience with dimensionality reduction, MuJoCo simulation, and CPGs is highly recommended. Students who are interested in this project shall send the following materials to the assistants: (1) resume, (2) transcript showing relevant courses and grades, and (3) other materials that can demonstrate their skills and project experience (such as videos, slides, Git repositories, etc.). Last edited: 02/06/2026 | |
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