We were developing a modular robotic system that can be swallowed and will assemble inside the G.I. Tract for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. ETH Zürich is one of four European universities participating in this project, led by Paolo Dario at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. My research involved the investigation of the self-assembly… read more
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Adaptive Solar Facade
The building facade greatly impacts how much heat has to be added or removed in order to retain a comfortable indoor climate. Given that these processes vary throughout the year, the A/S Research Team has developed an adaptive solar facade. The project combines recent developments in architecture, energy technology and… read more
Review paper published & selected for special section in APEN
Our paper Reinforcement learning for demand response: A review of algorithms and modeling techniques led by IEL’s PhD student Jose has been published in Applied Energy. We’re thrilled that it has been selected by the editors to be included into the Special Section Progress in Applied Energy. J.R. Vazquez-Canteli and Z.… read more