ETH Feasibility Lab

Want to know what we are doing in the ETH Hangar at the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich (IPZ) in Dübendorf -> Read page 12 in the latest ETH Life Magazine 📖! What better place for bold ideas to take flight than an airport? We are happy to call our home. Here we have the space and facilities to drive our mission: creating a unique learning experience for students while also bridging the gap for industry to engage with ETH Zürich when their challenges do not yet have clear solutions. Thanks to the teams for being so welcoming and supportive! Cyril Kubr Thierry Tardent Ralph Rosenbauer Fabienne Kiener Claudia Bürgler Really looking forward to the future development of the community, in particular in regard to the latest announcement of Starlabe Space GmbH. #ETHFeasibilityLab #InnovationCanvas #ETHZurich #ETHHangar #SwitzerlandInnovation #ShapingTheFuture

Fun and importantmidterm event at our partner VAT! As Joseph Bejjani -one of our students- just put it: communication is as important as development!

🚀 ETH Feasibility Lab x Bossard Group: A Behind-the-Scenes Look! We’re excited to share a case example from our Exploration Lab collaboration with Bossard Group, tackling a key challenge in their Smart Factory Assembly solutions. 🔧 What is Smart Factory Assembly? Bossard’s Smart Factory Assembly workstations guide workers through the assembly process with step-by-step instructions and pick-by-light indications for needed components. Central to this is the ELAM software, which enables quick and intuitive setup of workflows using a drag-and-drop interface. More info: https://lnkd.in/e4Vkv3TZ 💡 The Challenge: Simplify and speed up the setup of ELAM workflows—reducing customers' entry barriers to Bossard’s Smart Factory Solutions. 🎯 Our Solution: Leveraging AI, our team developed: PDF Converter: Extracts assembly steps from written instructions. Video Converter: Creates workflows directly from assembly recordings. 🎥 See It in Action: Check out the video to see how we’re transforming manufacturing workflow setup! 🤝 Big Thanks: To Bossard Group for this amazing collaboration and to our students for their ingenuity. Together, we’re making smart manufacturing smarter. Leon Nachtrab Stephan Geisser Jean Verstraete Yanik Schwab Daniel Gisler Urs Güttinger What’s your take on AI-driven innovation in manufacturing? Let’s discuss! 👇

Such a unique setup with 100 teams in a highly controlled setting - please get in touch if you see opportunities to do research e.g. on innovation methodology, team dynamics, etc with us. ETH Feasibility Lab Mark Zander Tom Stein Also incredibly fun to see so many different solutions to the same challenge :)

Günther Dissertori, the Rector of ETH Zurich, gave us a major shoutout during ETH Tag 2024! 🏆 Very motivating to have the support from the ETH leadership, in particular also from Vanessa Wood and Jeannine Pilloud. To our current students & partners - Bühler Group Bossard Group VAT GROUP and V-ZUG - let's make the Rector's promise of "schnellere Innovationen und weniger Risiko" a reality! Here's what he said (English translation): "ETH Professor Mirko Meboldt brings students together with companies to test their innovation ideas in a so-called real lab. Students and engineers jointly develop simple prototypes that model industrial processes intended for change. The students learn to work in teams on real projects and to find creative solutions. For companies, this means faster innovations and less risk, and Meboldt’s research flows directly into practice. With our reform, we aim to give such teaching methods a boost. I am convinced that this rapid knowledge transfer will be central in a future where knowledge becomes obsolete even faster." Original-Transkript "ETH-Professor Mirko Meboldt bringt Studierende mit Unternehmen zusammen, um deren Innovationsideen in einem sogenannten Real-Labor zu testen. Studierende und Ingenieure entwickeln gemeinsam einfache Prototypen, die Industrieprozesse abbilden, die verändert werden sollen. Die Studierenden lernen dabei, im Team an echten Projekten zu arbeiten und kreative Lösungen zu finden. Für die Unternehmen bedeutet dies schnellere Innovationen und weniger Risiko, und Meboldts Forschung fließt direkt in die Praxis ein. Mit unserer Reform wollen wir solchen Lehrformen einen Schub verleihen. Ich bin überzeugt, dass dieser schnelle Wissenstransfer in einer Zukunft, in der Wissen noch schneller veraltet, zentral ist."

Innovation demands rule-breaking. Our students don’t know the rules—they simply walk right past them. 🚀 After last year’s successful pilot of our Exploration Lab program with the Bühler Group, we’re back—BIGGER, BOLDER, AND READY FOR MORE! This year, we’re launching a larger, more ambitious iteration partnering with the four forward-thinking companies Bühler Group, Bossard Group, VAT Group and V-ZUG. For six months, our team of 20 innovators (6 ETH facilitators and an interdisciplinary team of 14 Master’s students from ETH Zürich & ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) will work with the companies to rapidly turn their innovation ideas into validated prototypes. Bühler Group Hosting us in their Innovation Campus Cubic in Uzwil—home of the fantastic Bühler Makerspace. Ian Roberts Marcello Fabbroni Roman Tribelhorn Bossard Group Leaders in fastening and logistics technology. Hosting us in their Blue Garage innovation space in Zug. Urs Güttinger Remo Hauser VAT GROUP Experts in high-precision vacuum valve technology. Hosting us in their headquarters in Haag. Urs Gantner Thomas Christen Sebastian Beck V-ZUG Makers of premium home appliances with a tradition known to every Swiss household. Hosting us within the technology department in Zug. Wolfgang Schroeder Christian Roth Clemens Herlitzius Let’s break some rules and make impact! 😎 Our Approach We aim to foster a mindset of “Lean De-Risking“. Our goal is to push the boundaries of how fast and resource-efficient we can learn about the feasibility of innovative ideas. At the heart of our methodology is the Five Finger Formula—our framework that helps teams to focus on the critical uncertainties and test multiple solutions in a rapid and data-driven way. Find the link to our white paper on the 🖐 Five Finger Formula 🖐 in the bio. 💪 Our Mission  To double Switzerland’s innovation rate at the fuzzy front end. In the coming years, we aim to grow the Exploration Lab into a platform across Switzerland that connects more companies and research disciplines and where students from various fields accelerate the match-making of new technologies with real industry challenges. 🛩 Our Base The program is organized by the professorship of Mirko Meboldt (Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), ETH Zurich) and hosted by the ETH Hangar within the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. Follow us to stay tuned for project updates and the latest breakthroughs. #Innovation #ETHFeasibilityLab #ExplorationLab #LeanDeRisking #SwitzerlandInnovation #ETHZurich Leads Kai von Petersdorff-Campen Jeremia Geiger Stephan Cecil Fox Daniel Gisler Arne von Hopffgarten David Flagmeier Students Joseph Bejjani Nikita Gusev Friederike Biffar Alexandra Hasler Fabio Schläpfer Jean Verstraete Jérôme Feuz Leon Nachtrab Marco von Salis Michael Joël Schnetzler Stephan Geisser Yanik Schwab Tim Frei Alina Arranhado

Innovation demands rule-breaking. Our students don’t know the rules—they simply walk right past them. 🚀 After last year’s successful pilot of our Exploration Lab program with the Bühler Group, we’re back—BIGGER, BOLDER, AND READY FOR MORE! This year, we’re launching a larger, more ambitious iteration partnering with the four forward-thinking companies Bühler Group, Bossard Group, VAT Group and V-ZUG. For six months, our team of 20 innovators (6 ETH facilitators and an interdisciplinary team of 14 Master’s students from ETH Zürich & ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) will work with the companies to rapidly turn their innovation ideas into validated prototypes. Bühler Group Hosting us in their Innovation Campus Cubic in Uzwil—home of the fantastic Bühler Makerspace. Ian Roberts Marcello Fabbroni Roman Tribelhorn Bossard Group Leaders in fastening and logistics technology. Hosting us in their Blue Garage innovation space in Zug. Urs Güttinger Remo Hauser VAT GROUP Experts in high-precision vacuum valve technology. Hosting us in their headquarters in Haag. Urs Gantner Thomas Christen Sebastian Beck V-ZUG Makers of premium home appliances with a tradition known to every Swiss household. Hosting us within the technology department in Zug. Wolfgang Schroeder Christian Roth Clemens Herlitzius Let’s break some rules and make impact! 😎 Our Approach We aim to foster a mindset of “Lean De-Risking“. Our goal is to push the boundaries of how fast and resource-efficient we can learn about the feasibility of innovative ideas. At the heart of our methodology is the Five Finger Formula—our framework that helps teams to focus on the critical uncertainties and test multiple solutions in a rapid and data-driven way. Find the link to our white paper on the 🖐 Five Finger Formula 🖐 in the bio. 💪 Our Mission  To double Switzerland’s innovation rate at the fuzzy front end. In the coming years, we aim to grow the Exploration Lab into a platform across Switzerland that connects more companies and research disciplines and where students from various fields accelerate the match-making of new technologies with real industry challenges. 🛩 Our Base The program is organized by the professorship of Mirko Meboldt (Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), ETH Zurich) and hosted by the ETH Hangar within the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. Follow us to stay tuned for project updates and the latest breakthroughs. #Innovation #ETHFeasibilityLab #ExplorationLab #LeanDeRisking #SwitzerlandInnovation #ETHZurich Leads Kai von Petersdorff-Campen Jeremia Geiger Stephan Cecil Fox Daniel Gisler Arne von Hopffgarten David Flagmeier Students Joseph Bejjani Nikita Gusev Friederike Biffar Alexandra Hasler Fabio Schläpfer Jean Verstraete Jérôme Feuz Leon Nachtrab Marco von Salis Michael Joël Schnetzler Stephan Geisser Yanik Schwab Tim Frei Alina Arranhado

ETH Feasibility Lab is happy to be an exhibitor at the ETH Zurich Industry Day @ Open-i! Visit us on November 21st in the Health & Food zone. 👉 Register with this link to benefit from a 50% ETH discount: https://lnkd.in/ei2C3pDw ETH Zürich ETH Zurich Industry Relations Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich Innovation Zurich #innovation #collaboration #knowledgetransfer #switzerland

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⭐ Wow!! ⭐ Here’s a big round of applause to the first class of 2024 – we look forward to welcome the next generation of innovators in the fall. 🎉 "With the Exploration Lab at Bühler, we want to push a different kind of innovation. One that doesn’t start with the requirements list, but with our curiosity and with our willingness to just try it out,” says Dr. Kai von Petersdorff-Campen, BEXL Lead Engineer at ETH Feasibility Lab. Check out this insightful video about our collaboration with Bühler Group in the Bühler Exploration Lab, which gave a group of highly talented students the chance to work on real industry problems in a real industry environment. In return, we benefit from the rapid prototyping approach, which yields fantastic, tangible results such as a lab dehuller for oats. #innovationsforabetterworld #ETHFeasibilityLab #BEXL Lead Bühler: Roman Tribelhorn, Marcello Fabbroni, Ian Roberts Lead Feasibility Lab: Stephan Cecil Fox, Kai von Petersdorff-Campen, Jeremia Geiger, Mirko Meboldt Students: Rajan Abramowski, Pierre-Louis Cramer, Daniel Gisler, Arne von Hopffgarten, Lea Kotthoff, Kyo Mangold, Jannis Reichenstein, Diego Verzaroli