Welcome to the department of Automatics, biocybernetics and robotics – Jožef Stefan Institute

Research within our department combines the fields of robotics (including intelligent control, robot learning, humanoids, exoskeletons, cognitive robotics, and industrial robotics), factories of the future, biomechanics, kinesiology, ergonomics and environmental physiology. By combining engineering and life sciences, we were able to make significant contributions to the development of new methods for robot skill learning, human-robot physical interaction including shared control in exoskeletons, a planetary habitat simulation facility, advanced humanoid and reconfigurable robotic systems, and manikins enabling the evaluation of protective garments for industry and recreation. Our aim is to create robots that are capable of acquiring new knowledge through learning and can collaborate with people in a natural way, which is essential for bringing robots to new application domains.

Research fields

HUMANOID AND COGNITIVE ROBOTICS

NEUROMECHANICS AND BIOROBOTICS

Environmental Physiology and Ergonomics

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS

COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS

Latest news

Winter School on Robot Handling of Deformable Objects

The Winter School on Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects, focusing particularly on textile handling, will be held from 9 to 13 February 2026 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. The event is organized within the framework of the ROMANDIC project. This five-day programme...

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1st euROBIN Competition in Nancy, France

Our team participated in the 1st euROBIN Coopetition in Nancy, France, as part of Robotics Week, which featured over 50 robots and 500 participants from across the globe. The competition consisted of two challenges. In the first, we programmed a robotic arm to perform...

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Contact

Department of Automatics, Biocybernetics and Robotics
Jožef Stefan Institute

Jamova cesta 39,
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
e1-tajnistvo@ijs.si
https://abr.ijs.si

Head of department:
prof. dr. Aleš Ude