News & Events
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19 Mar 2026
KTH's Promobilia Moveability Lab and the Robot Design Lab contribute to computational design of assistive strategies for gait rehabilitation, published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehab... -
6 Mar 2026
Graduates from the second year of the Mechatronics programme (class of 1986) returned to KTH, to reconnect with the unit and reflect on the field's development over time -
1 Feb 2026
KTH’s Robot Design Lab and Honda Research Institute Japan contribute on embedded soft sensing for social robots, accepted for presentation at ICRA 2026 in Vienna, Austria. -
22 Dec 2025
KTH’s Robot Design Lab and Honda Research Institute Japan contribute on improving motion stability and expressiveness of the HARU social robot using soft robotic technologies -
18 Dec 2025
KTH's Media Interaction group and the Robot Design Lab contribute to force sensing garments and modelling caring touch published in IEEE Sensors Journal -
27 Oct 2025
Thesis opportunities in soft robotics, exoskeletons and robots for social interaction now open for 2025–2026 at the Robot Design Lab -
30 Sep 2025
KTH's Media Interaction group and Robot Design Lab contribute to low-cost, high-precision wearable sensing published in IEEE Sensors Journal -
23 Sep 2025
The lab is looking for a postdoctoral fellow in robot design, development and control to join our team -
1 Sep 2025
TU/e students join Robot Design Lab as interns for advancing multi-material 3D printing for soft robotics applications -
3 Jun 2025
Mechatronics MSc students presented this year's theses on robot design topics -
10 Apr 2025
On 9 April 2025, KTH’s Promobilia Moveability Lab and Robot Design Lab showcased the EXHILO 2 project's exoskeleton technology -
19 Feb 2025
Advancing mobility solutions for aging adults through interdisciplinary research and design -
11 Dec 2024
MSc Mechatronics students, supervised by the Robot Design Lab, present second-generation prototype of the tabletop robot -
30 Nov 2024
The Robot Design Lab contributes with a soft robotic neck for enhanced safety, expressivity, and reliability -
11 Oct 2024
Thesis opportunities in soft robotics, exoskeletons, and human-centered design now open for 2024–2025 at the Robot Design Lab -
29 May 2024
We presented our recent developments in exoskeleton verification and validation at the Swedish Society of Biomechanics conference in Lund -
18 May 2024
A new version of the tabletop robot was demonstrated to 5,000 participants, featuring the soft robotic neck designed and developed at the Robot Design Lab. -
10 May 2024
The Robot Design Lab’s soft robotic neck is now part of HARU’s new design and was revealed in HARU Fest 2024 in Tokyo -
10 May 2024
Exploring how design and interaction shape the identity of social robots at an international gathering of researchers and practitioners in Tokyo -
29 Apr 2024
Visiting Lecturer Dr Mohamed Elbadawi Joins Robot Design Lab for Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Robot-Enabled Biomedicine -
22 Dec 2023
Modular actuation and Human-in-the-loop control strategies for advancing exoskeleton use from lab to real-world applications -
30 Oct 2023
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Laia Turmo Vidal Starts “Connecting Bodies” Project under Supervision of Kristina Höök and Georgios Andrikopoulos -
20 Oct 2023
The lab demonstrated the Smart Actuation Module for exoskeleton testing at the annual Digital Futures conference. -
17 Oct 2023
Thesis opportunities in soft robotics, exoskeletons, and human-centered design now open for 2023–2024 at the Robot Design Lab -
11 Oct 2023
The workshop highlighted the importance of implementing UNICEF’s AI guidance to ensure safe, fair, and inclusive technologies for children -
30 May 2023
The Robot Design Lab co-organized the workshop "Towards a Balanced Cyberphysical Society: A Focus on Group Social Dynamics" in this year's ICRA conference in London -
12 Dec 2022
Supervised by the Robot Design Lab, students reveal the first version of an expressive robot in the annual Mechatronics Capstone Course presentation -
1 Nov 2022
The Robot Design Lab joined international partners in Tokyo to present research related to the social robot HARU -
19 Oct 2022
Thesis opportunities in soft robotics, exoskeletons, and human-centered design now open for 2022–2023 at the Robot Design Lab -
4 Jul 2022
Robot Design Lab presents the EXHILO demonstrator project in collaboration with the Promobilia MoveAbility Lab -
30 May 2022
Empowering individualized wearable robotics through real-time human-in-the-loop optimization