My goal is to enable reshaping the Earth’s surface using mobile robots – for a progressive and sustainable unification of humans and the environment.

Concept

• swarms of autonomous mobile robots – humans take care of task definitions and operational edge cases
• one small and simple type of machine that digs, transports and places soil
• swarm intelligence with integrated strategy for efficient logistics

Result

• low energy consumption by effective use of mechanics, motion and process control
• major economies of scale: many simple machines instead of few complex, manually operated machines
• better overall economic efficiency – fulfilling tasks more quickly and cheaply

Impact areas

• Enabling sustainable transportation – e.g. creating the track beds for high-speed railway lines
• Securing Europe’s energy independence through the construction of power lines
• Precise, environmentally friendly mining of technology-supporting raw materials
• Healing man-made environmental damage through working back, renaturation, and soil remediation