The Institute

The Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) is part of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. IRIS currently consists of ten independent laboratories that conduct research in a broad range of areas related to robotics. Read more in the IRIS Mission Statement.

IRIS Member Laboratories

• The Multi-Scale Robotics Lab (MSRL) is led by Prof. Bradley J. Nelson
• The Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) is led by Prof. Roland Siegwart
• The Sensory-Motor Systems Lab (SMS) is led by Prof. Robert Riener
• The Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (RE Lab) is led by Prof. Roger Gassert
• The Robotic Systems Lab (RSL) is led by Prof. Marco Hutter
• The Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare (ARSL) is led by Prof. Daniel Ahmed
• The Soft Robotics Lab (SRL) is led by Prof. Robert Katzschmann

Associated Laboratories

• The external page Robotics and Perception Group (RPG), led by Prof. Davide Scaramuzza
• The Medical Microsystems Lab, led by Prof. Simone Schürle
• The Robotic Materials, led by Prof. Hedan Bai

Retired Laboratories

• The Vision for Robotics Lab (V4RL) is led by Prof. Margarita Chli
• The external page Neuroengineering Lab (NEL) is led by Prof. Stanisa Raspopovic