Interroll launches modular Light Conveyor Platform
Sant’Antonino - Interroll in the canton of Ticino has presented a new conveyor platform designed to transport goods weighing up to 50kg. The Light Conveyor Platform is a modular system that can be adapted to different production environments without any engineering effort.
Saarbahn integrates Trapeze’s solution into bus fleet
Neuhausen am Rheinfall/Saarbrücken - Saarbahn, a regional transport network in the German state of Saarland, is equipping its entire bus fleet with an information and orientation system that the Trapeze Group from the canton of Schaffhausen has developed for blind and visually impaired individuals. It uses the Swiss INTROS app for this target group.
SwissDrones receives highest European drone license
Zurich - SwissDrones Operations AG now has a European drone operator license. This is the most far-reaching certificate under European drone regulations, enabling the company to self-authorize its drones’ flight operations in all EASA countries.
Innovation Zurich celebrates debut
Zurich - The Economic Development Office of the Canton of Zurich, Greater Zurich Area Ltd, and the Innovation Park Zurich have launched the Innovation Zurich platform. It aims to provide companies with a place for networking, orientation, and news on the subject of innovation.
Energy Vault builds its first energy storage system in China
Lugano/Beijing - Energy Vault has started to build one of its gravity-based energy storage systems for the world’s largest energy supplier, the State Grid Corporation of China. China views the company’s EVx systems as a vital technology for the energy revolution.
Artificial skin to provide robots with a sense of touch
Zurich - An ETH Zurich PhD student is developing an artificial skin that aims to give robots a sense of touch similar to humans. This could be used in medical robotics, telerobotics, warehouse robotics as well as prosthetics, for example.
Swiss team carrying out research into ideal nanoglass on the ISS
Dübendorf - The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) will soon be investigating samples of a super material on the ISS together with researchers from Neuchâtel and Ulm: metallic glass. The GX Group, a high-tech company from La-Chaux-de-Fonds, is also involved in this project.
Nvidia acquires ETH spin-off Animatico
Zurich/Santa Clara - The Californian chip manufacturer Nvidia is acquiring Animatico. The company was formed as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and develops interactive avatars for brands and companies.
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