Course Schedule

Lectures will occur during the Autumn Semester 2026.
New tutorial, slides, and lectures will be open-sourced every week starting 21st September!
: Tutorial
: Focus Talk
: Workshop
: Task Showcase

intro
Intrduction to RWR
Unit 01
21 Sept., 2026

fabrication
Design and Fabrication for Robots
Unit 02
28 Sept., 2026

kinematics, dynamics and control
Kinematics, Dynamics and Control
Unit 03
05 Oct., 2026

sensors
Sensors in Dexterous Manipulation
Unit 04
12 Oct., 2026

simulation
Simulation for Dexterous Manipulation
Unit 05
19 Oct., 2026

hardware-checkup
Reinforcement Learning
Unit 06
26 Oct., 2026

teleoperation
Teleoperation and Data Collection for Imitation Learning
Unit 07
02 Nov., 2026

task1
Task 1 Showcase
The Challenge I
9 Nov., 2026

oier
VLA Models
Unit 08
16 Nov., 2026

guest
Guest Lecture
Unit 09
23 Nov., 2026

q&a
Product Development
Class Wrap Up
Unit 10
7 Dec., 2026

award
Task 2 Showcase
The Challenge II
30 Nov., 2026

award
Final Showcase
The Challenge III
14 Dec., 2026

[Info]

RWR Team

Robert

Prof. Katzschmann

Lead Organizer

RonanHinchet

Ronan Hinchet

Senior Scientist & Post Doc @ SRL

Yasunori

Yasunori Toshimitsu

PhD @ SRL

DavideLiconti

Davide Liconti

PhD @ SRL

ChenyuYang

Chenyu Yang

PhD @ SRL

JaehoonKim

Jaehoon Kim

PHD @ SRL

MaxFirkowski

Max Firkowski

Teaching Assistant

VikashJeyathevan

Vikash Jeyathevan

Teaching Assistant

YuchengXia

Yucheng Xia

Teaching Assistant

We are always accepting new applications to join the course staff. If you are interested in becoming a TA, please contact rwr@srl.ethz.ch