The TOP Swiss Robotics Startups 2022

Robots and drones combine science and engineering to automate many of our tasks. Learn more about the TOP 100 startups that impressed the TOP 100 Jury and the public with their innovative robotics solutions that make work processes safer and more efficient and provide more accurate results.

The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award showcases the most promising Swiss startups. The annual ranking has become a benchmark in Switzerland’s startup ecosystem—and beyond. Every year, a panel of 100 leading investors and startup experts chooses the 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups. Each jury member nominates 10 Swiss startups that are less than five years old and show the greatest commercial potential. The first-placed company gets 10 points, the second nine points, and so on. The individual rankings are compiled to generate the final TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking. In parallel, the TOP 100 Public Voting allows everyone with a LinkedIn account can cast one vote and choose the most promising startup per vertical.

Discover the robotics startups from Switzerland that made it into the TOP 100 Ranking 2022 and were featured at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2022: 



Voliro #26
Whether flat, sloping, or curved, Voliro’s flying robots can analyze and process a wide variety of surfaces at dizzying heights, thanks to the unique rotating rotor system. The ETH spin-off, founded in 2019, thus offers a system for safe and efficient working at height. The robot platform is always tailored to customer-specific requirements, either the inspection service provider or the plant owner. Voliro will close a Series A financing of between CHF 6 million and CHF 8 million in the second half of 2022. Key customers in Asia, Europe, the US, and Canada, such as energy and petrochemical companies, already use Voliro robots as part of an early adopter program. The official market launch of the robot platform is planned for the second half of 2022 and should hugely expand the possible applications for drones. «Conventional drones are designed only for free flight,
but our flying robot system can carry out contact-based maintenance work, such as repairing corrosion on bridges or cleaning the
façades of tall buildings,» says Voliro CEO and co-founder Mina Kamel. www.voliro.com

Tinamu Labs, #32
Expensive and time-consuming inspections around the world are a thing of the past: ETH spin-off Tinamu Labs, founded in 2018, offers a digital and remote-controlled inspection system for indoor and outdoor use. A fully automated drone system with flying sensors collects data, analyses it and shares the findings with the user in real-time. After providing the first systems to customers, the startup closed its seed financing round at the end of last year with CHF 2.5 million. www.tinamu-labs.com

Dufour Aerospace, #56
Valais-based Dufour Aerospace develops vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing aircraft with electric or hybrid propulsion. The Aero-2 cargo drone is expected to be ready for the market in 2023, and the second product – the manned Aero-3 drone taxi – is scheduled to enter the market in 2026. In April, global aviation company Blueberry Aviation announced that it would purchase 100 aircraft of each model. www.dufour.aero

Auterion, #63
Auterion’s drone operating system PX4 is now considered a global standard, with Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, relying on Swiss software. The ETH spinoff employs about 80 people and intends to keep growing: the next financing round is planned for early 2023. www.auterion.com

Flybotix, #81
The EPFL spin-off builds inspection drones for operation inside industrial plants and other hard-to-reach areas. Thanks to an electromagnetic propulsion system with only two propellers, the Flybotix drone can stay in the air twice as long as competitor products. Its customers come from the construction, energy, chemical, and raw material sectors. www.flybotix.com

PUBLIC VOTING: Sevensense
The Sevensense mission is to fundamentally revolutionize entire industries. With innovative solutions, the startup makes everyday service vehicles - from forklifts to cleaning machines - move independently and safely in dynamic indoor and outdoor spaces full of people. Repetitive, dangerous, and unhygienic work in airports, railway stations, construction sites, or department stores will soon be carried out by robots equipped with Sevensense technology. This way Sevensense can not only contribute to making human workplaces more interesting and safer thanks to the support of robots, but also to making operational processes more efficient and cost-effective. www.sevensense.ch