- Urban Environment
- Digital Twin
- Collaboration with Hexagon, Nvidia, and ETH
A space for accelerated autonomous business.
#SwissAutonomousValley will be the leading digitalization initiative for autonomous systems worldwide. We accelerate the development and approval process of autonomous systems by replicating real cities in mirror worlds. We make testing locations available and organize incentive competitions to push the envelope in autonomous systems development.
A simple logic with a big impact
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Layer 1: Physical location
Permanent access to physical testing spaces
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Layer 2: Mirror World
Training of autonomous systems through leading simulation frameworks (e.g. NVIDIA ISAAC, Microsoft Airsim)
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Layer 3: Regulation Scenarios
Providing regulatory relevant scenarios that can be tested in both spaces and that allow the regulator to accept virtually tested elements in the approval process
A central access to all autonomous zones in Switzerland
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2Zug
- Urban environment
- Ground and air systems (in- and outdoor)
- In Collaboration with Tech Cluster Zug
3Dübendorf
- Ground and air systems with a drone cage (in planning)
- In collaboration with Innovation Park Zürich
4Schaffhausen
- Smart Mobility ground and air
- Future Farming
5Wangen an der Aare (in planning)
- Test environment for civil protection (in- and outdoor)
- In collaboration with Armasuisse
6Lodrino (in planning)
- Airfield for the test of air system
- In collaboration with Fondazione Agire
7Berner Oberland (in planning)
- Rural environment
- Ground and air systems
- In Collaboration with the local community
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Autonomous systems enable Swiss Post to make processes and services in logistics and mobility more efficient, more time-independent, more ecological and more available. This includes, for example, our drones or robots. #SwissAutonomousValley is making an important contribution to our ability to develop tailor-made systems of this kind for Switzerland and, in cooperation with the authorities, to make them eligible for approval.
Daniel Gerber
Head of Innovation, Swiss Post
Switzerland is world-leading in autonomous systems and robotics. Thanks to the Swiss Autonomous Valley we can further enhance this leadership, support startups and cooperates in the field, and attract partners from abroad. This exciting initiative will surely give a big boost to the field and generate high international visibility!
Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart
Director Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zürich
Switzerland has the world’s class robotics companies and research labs. The Swiss Autonomous Valley is the first step to create standardized tools with simulators and field test facilities, which will allow to boost advancements in robotics and collaboration between academia and industry.
Prof. Dr. Davide Scaramuzza
Director of the Robotics and Perception Group, University of Zurich
Tangible use cases — close to business
There are already different projects in Switzerland. Several of our partners are testing autonomous systems in Switzerland. These projects explore different questions and aspects like maturity of the technology, regulation, impact on society and business cases.
With #SwissAutonomousValley we accelerate those cases and we’re planning to develop new business cases, e.g.
- Drone delivery
- Mailbox robot
- Street cleaning
Partners
Board
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler
President of the Board
CDO, Swisscom
Daniel Gerber
Vice-President of the Board
Head of Innovation, Swiss Post
Burkhard Boeckem
Board Member
CTO, Hexagon
Marc Pollefeys
Board Member
Director of the Mixed Reality and AI Zurich Lab, Microsoft
Markus Farner
Board Member
Head of Innovation, FOCA
Christian Wenger
Board Member
Partner, Wenger & Vieli
Roland Siegwart
Board Member
Head of ASL, ETH Zurich
Events
15.12.2020
Autonomous Community Event
Online
Inspiring keynotes, networking and solution building.
02.07.2021
Autonomous Days 21 & ETH Robotics Symposium
ETH Zürich
Meet word-leading researchers in Robotics and AI and discuss the latest advancement & future of robotics.
Interact with Swiss leading Start-Ups in autonomous systems, meet industry leaders in different sectors coming to share their experiences and their vision for robotic systems and attend industrial workshops in different topics
Become a partner
Central access to autonomous training facilities
Virtual training platform (in development)
One voice towards political decision-makers
Best-practice exchange
Solution oriented active networking
