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Prof. Dr. Sarah Dégallier Rochat

Prof. Dr. Sarah Dégallier Rochat

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Prof. Dr. Sarah Dégallier Rochat Dozentin

Contact

  • Contact hours Monday
    Tuesday
    Wednesday
    Friday
  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Engineering and Information Technology
    Abt MNG Allgemeinbildung
    Quellgasse 21
    2501 Biel

Research

  • My research focuses on collaborative robotics and on the development of intuitive human-machine interfaces for the control of cobots in industrial environments. I am also interested in the social implications of automation

CV

  • 2010-2012 Post-Doc Researcher Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • 2012-2014 Teacher Gymase (High School) de Burier
  • Ph.D., Robotics Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Master, Mathematics Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Demi-Licence, Psychology University of Lausanne
  • Specialization in User Interface Design - Coursera - University of Minnesota 2019 - ongoing

Projects

  • Innosuisse Project - Towards true collaborative robotics - 2019-2021

  • BFH Diversity Call - Gendered technology: The mutual shaping of gender and technologyand its effect on human-machine interactions - 2020-2021

  • BFH Diversity Call - Girls and Technology: A first step in the identification of attributes in technology that are conducive to the engagement of girls and women in its usage - 2020-2021

Publications

  • S. Dégallier Rochat, L. Righetti, S. Gay and A. Ijspeert. Towards simple control for complex, autonomous robotic applications: Combining discrete and rhythmic motor primitives, in Autonomous Robots, vol. 31, num. 2, p. 155-181, 201

  • S. Dégallier and A. Ijspeert. Modeling Discrete and Rhythmic Movements through Motor Primitives: A Review, in Biological Cybernetics, vol. 103, num. 4, p. 319-338, 2010.

  • S. Dégallier Rochat, A. J. Ijspeert (Dir.). Discrete and Rhythmic Motor Primitives for the Control of Humanoid Robots. EPFL, Lausanne, 2010

  • N. Beuchat, R. Chavarriaga, S. Degallier and J. d. R. Millán. Offline Decoding of Upper Limb Muscle Synergies from EEG Slow Cortical Potentials. The 35th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Osaka, Japan, 2013.

  • S. Dégallier Rochat, L. Righetti, S. Gay and A. Ijspeert. Towards simple control for complex, autonomous robotic applications: Combining discrete and rhythmic motor primitives, in Autonomous Robots, vol. 31, num. 2, p. 155-181, 2011.

  • S. Gay, S. Dégallier Rochat, A. Ijspeert and J. Santos-Victor. Integration of vision and central pattern generator based locomotion for path planning of a non-holonomic crawling humanoid robot. 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan, 2010.

  • A. Gams, S. Degallier, A. Ijspeert and J. Lenarcic. Dynamical system for learning the waveform and frequency of periodic signals - application to drumming. 15th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD), 2008.

  • S. Degallier, L. Righetti, L. Natale, F. Nori and G. Metta et al. A modular bio-inspired architecture for movement generation for the infant-like robot iCub. 2nd IEEE RAS / EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Scottsdale, AZ, 2008.

  • P.-A. Mudry, S. Degallier and A. Billard. On the influence of symbols and myths in the responsibility ascription problem in roboethics - A roboticist’s perspective. RO-MAN, Münich, 2008.

  • S. Degallier and A. J. Ijspeert. A bio-inspired architechture for movement generation based on discrete and rythmic movement primitives modeled by dynamical systems, International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM), Cleveland, 2008.

  • S. Degallier, L. Righetti and A. Ijspeert. Hand placement during quadruped locomotion in a humanoid robot: A dynamical system approach. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS07), San Diego, 2007.

  • S. Degallier, C. Santos, L. Righetti and A. Ijspeert. Movement generation using dynamical systems: a humanoid robot performing a drumming task. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS06), Genova, 2006.

  • Gabriel Gruener and Sarah Degallier Rochat (2019), Collaborative Robotics: Potential and challengesfor the Industry, Swiss R&D Conference of the Initiative “INDUSTRIE 2025”

  • Sarah Degallier Rochat and Gabriel Gruener (2018), Collaborative Robotics: An Industrial Perspective,Conference on Commercialization of Emerging Technologies (COMS18), Montreux

  • Gabriel Gruener and Sarah Degallier Rochat (2018), Recent Advances in Collaborative Robotics,Swiss Smart Factory - Networking event, Fraisa S.A., Bellach

  • Sarah Degallier Rochat and Gabriel Gruener (2018), Industrie 4.0 et robotique collaborative: Quelsavantages pour les PME? (Workshop), Association de Recherche Communautaire en moyens deproduction Microtechnique (ARCM), Rollomatic S.A, La Neuveville

  • Sarah Degallier Rochat and Gabriel Gruener (2018), Industrial Applications of Collaborative Robotics, Medtronic Open Innovation Day 2018, Tolochenaz

Awards

Award for the promotion of innovation in Swiss industries decerned by the bank Bonhöte and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Neuchatel, Jura, Berner Jura and Vaud

Industrial Shapers 2019

Supervised theses

  • Lars Kipfer

    Development of an Intuitive HRI for Collaborative Robotics

    2019

  • Lucas Renfer

    Umsetzung einer Cobotic-Anwendung zum Verpacken von Teilen

    2019

  • Dominik Bielmann

    Robot Learning By Demonstration of Constrained Trajectories

    2019

  • Ivan Fontana

    Cobotic Integration Study

    2019

  • Dario Aeschlimann

    Automated Object Detection in a Collaborative Robot Workspace

    2019

  • Christian Wyss

    Smart and Dynamic Cobotic Workspace

    2019

  • Leonardo Sartori and Gaëtan Gogniat

    Robot Control with Dynamic Motor Primitives

    2018

  • Lucas Renfer

    Cobotic integration for watch manufacturing

    2020-2022