Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Company typeNonprofit
IndustryResearch and development
Engineering
Science
Robotics
PredecessorInstitute of Robotics, ETH Zurich
Founded2002 (2002)
FounderProf. Bradley J. Nelson
HeadquartersZurich, Switzerland
Key people
Prof. Bradley J. Nelson
Prof. Roland Y. Siegwart
Prof. Robert Riener
Prof. Roger Gassert
Prof. Fumiya Iida
Prof. Jonas Buchli
Prof. Walter Karlen
Number of employees
~100
ParentETH Zurich
DivisionsMultiScale Robotics Lab
Autonomous Systems Lab
Sensory-Motor Systems Lab
Rehabilitation Engineering Lab
Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory
Mobile Health Systems Lab
Agile & Dexterous Robotics Lab
Websitewww.iris.ethz.ch

The Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) is part of the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. It replaced the existing Institute of Robotics, of the ETH Zurich in October 2002, when Prof. Bradley J. Nelson moved from the University of Minnesota, United States, to ETH Zurich, and succeeded the Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schweitzer.