Research News

24.03.26

Humanoid Robot KAI Takes the Stage at START Hack

PhD student Pascal Sager showcased the humanoid robot KAI during an impressive halftime performance at the START Hack in St. Gallen, promoting the upcoming Davos Tech Summit.

16.03.26

Do LLMs predict the next words like our brain does?

Brain recordings show consistent patterns on the predictability of next words as language models

06.03.26

Building Switzerland’s Research Infrastructure for Autonomous Systems

CAI and ZAV are leading TESTAIR, an initiative for a new national research infrastructure designed to test and validate autonomous systems such as drones and robots in real-world environments.

02.03.26

ZHAW CAI Brings Physical AI to the Agentic Hackathon with ETH at Google Zurich

The ZHAW CAI Embodied Mobile Agents group contributed to the ETH Agentic Systems Lab's recent hackathon at Google Zurich. By providing our robotic fleet and expertise, participants were able to build agentic tooling and run MPC servers, successfully…

02.03.26

ZHAW CAI Showcased Physical AI and Robotics at the Humanoid Forum in Biel

Following successful appearances at WEF and Swiss Robotics Day, the ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) headed to the Humanoid Forum in Biel. We showcased live robotics demonstrations, presented our latest research in Physical AI and…

26.02.26

Galactic Alchemy: Deep Learning Map-to-Map Translation in Hydrodynamical Simulations

A new research publication pioneers the use of generative AI to bridge HPC simulations of the early universe with observational data obtained by radio telescopes.

24.02.26

New fellowships 2026

The digital transformation needs new ideas – this is where “ZHAW digital” comes in: for the eighth time, the initiative is funding innovative research projects from across the university. In 2026, five juniors, three seniors, and five seniors with…

24.02.26

CAI wins 4 projects in one day

With an acceptance rate of 13%, the fifth DIZH project call was very competitive; the CAI was successful with submissions on health, education, and security.

24.02.26

Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) Module for ESP32 Controller

At the recent 3rd Wi-Fi HaLow in Europe Workshop in Berne we presented the development of one of the first CH/EU compliant Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) plugin modules for the ESP32 controller, which allows assessment of the Wi-Fi HaLow performance in…

19.02.26

After Temporary Stabilization, Cash is in Decline Again

Mobile devices remain Switzerland's favorite way to pay, but in-store payment is levelling off. At the same time, cash is becoming less important for everyday payments. These are the findings of the latest "Swiss Payment Monitor" published by the…

18.02.26

10 of the 12 newly funded DIZH projects are with ZHAW participation

The Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Universities (DIZH) has approved 12 projects in the fifth and final project call. The projects are diverse and range from intensive care units to classrooms, forensic institutes, ancient inscriptions, and…

11.02.26

New graph classification method improves applications like drug discovery

Researchers from Winterthur and Venice developed a new method to improve the classification of graph-structured data: Topology-Aware Node Dropping Augmentation.

09.02.26

ZHAW’s CAI Captivates Global Audience at WEF 2026

Under the motto “Touching Intelligence,” a delegation from ZHAW’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) showcased the future of embodied AI at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos.

09.02.26

CAI researchers develop advanced AI model for medical image processing in full 3D

A new publication from the Intelligent Vision Systems group (IVS) at CAI introduces an AI method to reduce patient radiation dose in cancer therapy.

04.02.26

Everyone uses social media – but the “social” component is fading

Social media is now strategically established in Swiss organisations. However, while content production is becoming increasingly professionalised, dialogue with the community is losing significance. This is one of the findings of the 2026 social…

30.01.26

Automated Measurement of Tissue Velocities in Echocardiography

In a collaboration with the Zürich Startup MediRapp AG, we trained a computer vision model to automatically detect clinically relevant peak velocities in echocardiographic tissue Doppler traces. The vendor-agnostic approach harmonizes measurements…

29.01.26

CAI Research accepted for publication at the top journals JAIR and Neural Computation

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) publishes innovative contributions ranging from fundamental neuro-inspired AI research to agentic systems for autonomous computer control.

18.12.25

CAI Received SoE Funding for new Physical AI Demonstrations and Workshop development projects

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta and PhD student Pascal Sager have secured funding for two internal School of Engineering projects at ZHAW. The projects strengthen interactive robotics demonstrations and hands-on AI education, advancing outreach, teaching,…

18.12.25

DIZH Visits CAI to Learn About Physical AI Education

Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta presented ZHAW’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) to the DIZH Coordination Committee. The exchange focused on Physical AI in education and on defining Physical AI literacy across schools, vocational training, and…

18.12.25

CAI was present at the Swiss Robotics Day with multiple AI + Robotics demonstrations

Prof. Alisa Rupenyan-Vasileva and Dr. Jorge Peña Queralta represented ZHAW’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) at Swiss Robotics Day in Lausanne. They showcased humanoid and other autonomous robotic systems and discussed recent advances in…