We're building the next

generation of robotics talent

Welcome to the ETH Robotics Club - built by students at ETH Zurich

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Who
We Are

01

A growing student robotics
initiative.

We Are Europe's

Fastest-Growing

Robotics

Community

Founded in 2025, we're a student-led team pushing the boundaries of robotics through collaboration, rapid technical development, and real-world partnerships.

We Built

Switzerland's

First Humanoid

Robot

Built entirely by volunteering students, our humanoid robot is the result of late nights, relentless engineering, and the ambition to push robotics forward on a global level.

400+ members

150+ contributing weekly to technical projects

Deep Tech Ecosystem

We support the next generation of Swiss deep tech talent in innovating and scaling.

We provide hands-on experience and connect our members with big tech companies and top venture capital firms.

Our
Mission

02

Enabling the next generation of
robotics talent at ETH Zurich

Three Pillars Driving Our Mission Forward

01

Educate

Weekly sessions and peer-led talks to grow technical depth and curiosity in robotics.

02

Innovate

Hands-on, flagship technical projects in humanoid robotics, autonomous drone racing and dexterous manipulation.

03

Connect

Hackathons, speaker events, and collaborations that bring students and industry together.

We Enable

Students To

Gain Hands-On

Experience

We are proud to build our own hardware. We believe that to truly understand a system, you need to be able to build it yourself.

That philosophy drives us to develop complete robotic systems from the ground up. Our work spans the entire stack, from mechanical design, manufacturing and assembly to electronics, controls and high-level software.

We're Building

Robots To Help

Humans

Our goal is to dramatically increase productivity per capita.

We believe that this technology could create an age of abundance, assisting with aging populations and opening the path to economically feasible space exploration.

All of our work is open-source.

Built
by Talent

03

ETH Robotics Club is powered
by students and guided by experts

Future
Innovators

We are a team of over 400 talented ETH Zurich students, united by our passion for robotics, artificial intelligence, and engineering.

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Board of Directors

Declan Shine

Founder, President

Leonardo Stern

VP Technology

Erik Pfister

VP Partnerships

Paloma Spiess

VP Operations

Leo Piroška

VP Events

Darin Merchant

VP Finance

Expert

Advisors

Our advisors include top tech entrepreneurs, VCs, and world-class professors in robotics and AI.

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Prof. Marco Hutter

ETH Zurich Professor, expert in legged robotics. Co-founder of ANYbotics. Senior Director, RAI Insitute.

Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea

ETH Zurich Professor, pioneer in aerial robotics. Co-founder of Amazon Robotics. Founder and CEO of Verity

Prof. Marc Pollefeys

ETH Zurich Professor. Partner Director of Science, Spatial AI Lab at Microsoft. Expert in computer vision and SLAM

Prof. Davide Scaramuzza

University of Zurich Professor, expert in autonomous drones and visual-inertial navigation. Co-founder of Zurich-Eye (Meta Zurich) and SUIND.

Prof. Robert Katzschmann

ETH Zurich Professor. Core Faculty at the ETH AI Center. Leader in soft and bio-inspired robotics.

Thomas Wolf

Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, Hugging Face

Laura Modiano

Head of Startups EMEA, OpenAI

Elvis Nava

Co-founder and CTO at mimic robotics

Robin Dechant

Partner at General Catalyst

Alex Stöckl

Partner at Founderful

Our
Pioneering
Partners

04

Early collaborators contributing
to the momentum behind
Switzerland's fastest growing
robotics club.

Our Sponsors

Contact

05

Join us in shaping the future
of deep tech in Switzerland

Contact us

E-MAIL

info@ethrobotics.ch

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recruitment@ethrobotics.ch

We are no longer able to accept member applications as we have reached full capacity.

Please keep an eye out before the beginning of each semester, as there may be openings!

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