Swiss-MileWe deploy a novel wheeled-legged robot for large-scale reality capture through digital twins, last-mile delivery problems and logistics in urban environments.
1 Swiss-Mile* ≈ 22.32 km or 13.87 miles
*Distance covered by our robot in one hour
Our StoryThe urban population is 74 % in Switzerland and 56 % worldwide, and this share will increase even more in the future, requiring smart solutions to make life in cities more liveable. With this growth, more goods are being moved from place to place than ever before, but …
This last-mile delivery challenge requires electric, small-scale autonomous solutions!
Find Out MoreSwiss-Mile extends our research of the last five years by deploying a multimodal platform to tackle last-mile delivery challenges and logistics with superior speed, efficiency, versatility and payload capability. With both legs and wheels, our robot outperforms state-of-the-art wheeled delivery platforms as well as lightweight delivery drones. It is the only solution capable of carrying tools, materials, goods and sensors over long distances with energy efficiency and speed while overcoming challenging obstacles like steps and stairs and enabling seamless navigation in indoor and outdoor urban environments.
Up to 6.2 m/s (22.32 km/h or 13.87 miles/h) and 83 % more efficient than legged systems!
Overcomes challenging obstacles and enables navigation in indoor and outdoor spaces!
Can carry tools, materials, goods, and sensors with a maximum payload of 50 kg!
General-purpose platform for urban and indoor environments, allowing for various logistic applications by deploying goods, materials and tools.
Automated solutions for large-scale reality capture that replicates real cities in mirror (digital) worlds.
Large-scale surveillance services automatically detect changes in the environment by comparing online data with the pre-mapped digital twin.
Novel algorithms in the area of artificial intelligence that enable robots to navigate in challenging urban environments.
It’s a car, quadruped, and humanoid. Our wheeled-legged robot performs exceptional locomotion skills with reinforcement learning driving at speeds of up to 6.2 m/s (22.32 km/h or 13.87 miles/h), overcoming obstacles, and standing up on two legs!
The Swiss Autonomous Valley aims at becoming the leading digitalization initiative for autonomous systems worldwide. As part of this initiative and in collaboration with Hexagon AB and Nvidia, we accelerate the development and approval process of autonomous systems by replicating the ETH's Hönggerberg campus in a digital twin. Also, we plan a pilot installation at ETH’s Hönggerberg campus for delivery with our wheeled-legged robot.
Swiss-Mile proposes our multimodal robot ANYmal with wheels and legs unifying unique properties that make it a general-purpose solution for smart freight logistic systems. In contrast to wheeled delivery platforms and lightweight delivery drones, it can already efficiently overcome flat terrains, go over obstacles like steps and stairs, and carry heavy payloads in indoor and outdoor spaces.
We are a team from the Robotic Systems Lab of ETH Zurich with the goal to consecutively initiate a business focusing on autonomous delivery and logistics.
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