10 Swiss Robotics Startups to Watch
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The rise of robotics promises to help humanity do the dirty, dull and dangerous work. Meet the machines helping humans with back-breaking labor, diving into disaster zones, securing industrial sites, or assisting our education and entertainment! One of the Swiss startups listed below will launch its new robot tomorrow.
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Anybotics AG: mobile, legged robots for challenging environments
ANYmal, this ETH-Zurich spinoff’s legged robot, moves and operates autonomously in challenging terrain and interacts safely with the environment. The multi-purpose robot performs inspection and manipulation tasks across indoor and outdoor industrial sites. The robot’s ability to crawl, walk, run, dance, jump, climb and carry makes it adaptable to missions ranging from search & rescue, to entertainment. The Wyss Zurich project, which ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award last year, will share its new legged robot, ANYmal C, tomorrow August 20th.
ANYmal, this ETH-Zurich spinoff’s legged robot, moves and operates autonomously in challenging terrain and interacts safely with the environment. The multi-purpose robot performs inspection and manipulation tasks across indoor and outdoor industrial sites. The robot’s ability to crawl, walk, run, dance, jump, climb and carry makes it adaptable to missions ranging from search & rescue, to entertainment. The Wyss Zurich project, which ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award last year, will share its new legged robot, ANYmal C, tomorrow August 20th.
EcoRobotix Ltd: ecological, economical weeding robots for agriculture
The startup’s completely autonomous machine taps solar power while weeding row crops, meadows and intercropping cultures. The robot, which runs as many as 12 hours a day without a human operator, offers precise detection and reduced herbicide use. EcoRobotix ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award in 2016.
The startup’s completely autonomous machine taps solar power while weeding row crops, meadows and intercropping cultures. The robot, which runs as many as 12 hours a day without a human operator, offers precise detection and reduced herbicide use. EcoRobotix ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award in 2016.
Hydromea SA: underwater robot swarms to map aquatic environments
The startup’s proprietary tech and scientific expertise allow its robots to make detailed, 3D maps of water quality parameters with unprecedented detail, resolution and temporal consistency. Hydromea’s robots can dive where humans fear to swim – able to explore pools of nuclear waste, oil spills and flooded mines among many other industrial applications.
The startup’s proprietary tech and scientific expertise allow its robots to make detailed, 3D maps of water quality parameters with unprecedented detail, resolution and temporal consistency. Hydromea’s robots can dive where humans fear to swim – able to explore pools of nuclear waste, oil spills and flooded mines among many other industrial applications.
MIRObotics: modular robots to monitor fish farms and aquatic environments
Develops modular, man-packable inspection and monitoring robots to check fish farms and the natural environment. Its flagship innovation is a bio-inspired, low-disturbance and long-endurance robot. MIRObotics won training, support and 10,000 francs in Venture Kick last year.
Develops modular, man-packable inspection and monitoring robots to check fish farms and the natural environment. Its flagship innovation is a bio-inspired, low-disturbance and long-endurance robot. MIRObotics won training, support and 10,000 francs in Venture Kick last year.
MOBBOT SA: mobile 3D concrete printing robots
MOBBOT's patented, mobile and on-site technology saves construction companies focused on infrastructure 75 percent of the cost of making and installing customized concrete elements, and reduces waste by a third. The bespoke building startup received coaching and 130,000 francs in financial support from Venture Kick, while CEO and co-founder Agnes Petit won a seat on the Venture Leaders Technology roadshow to Silicon Valley this year.
MOBBOT's patented, mobile and on-site technology saves construction companies focused on infrastructure 75 percent of the cost of making and installing customized concrete elements, and reduces waste by a third. The bespoke building startup received coaching and 130,000 francs in financial support from Venture Kick, while CEO and co-founder Agnes Petit won a seat on the Venture Leaders Technology roadshow to Silicon Valley this year.
Qualysense AG: robots to sort grains, seeds and beans
QualySense’s robots use biochemical and geometrical properties for their high-speed, non-destructive and individual kernel analysis. The startup serves inspection agencies, traders, food processors, breeders, and seed producers worldwide. QualySense won training, support and 130,000 francs in Venture Kick in 2010, with CEO and co-founder Francesco Dell'Endice roadshowing in Boston with Venture Leaders U.S.A. the same year. CFO and co-founder Olga Peters won a seat on the Venture Leaders China roadshow in 2016. The startup ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award five years in a row.
RosieReality GmbH: creative robotics app for children
Rosie is a robotic building block and collaborative science app for children aged 5-and-up. It fosters creativity and gets users working scientifically. Rosie introduces skills critical for the future. It motivates students to explore technology and teach themselves science, robotics and programming. With Tio, anyone can build and program multi-sensory robots. The startup won training, support and 10,000 francs in Venture Kick in 2016.
Rosie is a robotic building block and collaborative science app for children aged 5-and-up. It fosters creativity and gets users working scientifically. Rosie introduces skills critical for the future. It motivates students to explore technology and teach themselves science, robotics and programming. With Tio, anyone can build and program multi-sensory robots. The startup won training, support and 10,000 francs in Venture Kick in 2016.
ROVENSO SA: agile security robots for industrial sites
ROVENSO, an EPFL-startup with offices in Lausanne and Shenzhen, develops agile robots to patrol inside and outside industrial sites. The startup won training, support and 30,000 francs from Venture Kick. Co-founder and CTO Lucian Cucu won a seat on the Venture Leaders roadshow to the U.S. in 2015, and the company ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award in 2017.
ROVENSO, an EPFL-startup with offices in Lausanne and Shenzhen, develops agile robots to patrol inside and outside industrial sites. The startup won training, support and 30,000 francs from Venture Kick. Co-founder and CTO Lucian Cucu won a seat on the Venture Leaders roadshow to the U.S. in 2015, and the company ranked at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award in 2017.
Seervision AG: robotic film directors
Seervision's algorithms train robots to become expert video-camera operators. Its tech performs all traditional camerawork tasks autonomously, delivering perfect cinematography under any operating condition. That should lower production costs, and multi-camera robot setups will free humans to focus on the creative storytelling. Expect an Oscar for software in the future. These pioneers in adaptive motion control technology won 30,000 francs in Venture Kick in 2016 and co-founder Nikos Kariotoglou won a seat on Venture Leader Technology to Silicon Valley earlier this year. The ETH spin-off has since won industry recognitions at the Swiss Technology Award and the NAB conference's Product of the Year award in 2019.
Sevensense Robotics AG: visual navigation for service robots
Developing the next generation of indoor localization systems for service robots. Or customers develop automated mobile machinery which relies on accurate and reliable navigation and localization information in controlled, as well as in uncontrolled and dynamic environments. The startup won training, support and 50,000 francs from Venture Kick this year.
