Spin-offs
The groundbreaking technologies developed at the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab have led to the formation of three spin-off companies, FemtoTools AG, AEON Scientific AG and MagnebotiX. FemtoTools designs and manufactures ultra high precision for testing and handling in the micro- and nanoscale domains. AEON Scientific develops next generation medical technologies based on electromagnetic manipulation and MagnebotiX produces magnetic manipulation systems, including magnetic field generators and micromagnetic agents.
Femto Tools
FemtoTools is a Swiss high-tech company that offers award-winning, ultra high-precision instruments for mechanical testing and robotic handling in the micro- and nanodomains. FemtoTools’ microrobotic handling and measurement instruments feature highly sensitive microforce sensing probes and force sensing microgrippers that are the result of a specially developed microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based manufacturing process. The unmatched sensitivity and accuracy of our innovative systems redefines the standards for true quantitative investigations in the micro- and nanodomains.
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AEON Scientific
Aeon Scientific is a medical device company founded in 2010 as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. In collaboration with physicians the company develops next generation medical equipment based on patented technology for electromagnetic manipulation. The first goal is to make cardiac interventions simpler, more effective and safer. The technology is a platform with additional potential in other medical applications such as for gastroenterology, neurosurgery and targeted drug delivery in general. Therefore, in the long-term it is the company's goal to become a technology leader for wirelessly controlled devices within the human body in general and to enable new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
MagnebotiX
MagnebotiX was formed in Q2 2014 and is headquartered in Zurich. Our team of world class researchers and engineers is passionate about the development and production of magnetic manipulation systems, including magnetic field generators and micromagnetic agents. With years of expertise in the field, our products support both fundamental and applied scientific and engineering research. Taking advantage of the transmission of both power and guidance through applied magnetic fields, our systems provide wireless tools to accomplish challenging micromanipulation tasks. They are also used as untethered mechanical probes in otherwise inaccessible places and for targeted cargo delivery in minimally invasive biological studies.
OXYLE
Oxyle AG specializes in providing a novel wastewater treatment that completely eliminates even the most persistent and toxic micropollutants (pharmaceuticals, hormones, personal-care-products, pesticides, industrial chemicals etc.) from our precious bodies of water. The technology relies on the use of a game-changing and highly innovative nanoporous catalyst that gets activated by freely-available, clean energy sources for the decomposition of hazardous pollutants from water, leaving behind safe to discharge effluents. Oxyle offers efficient, sustainable and cost-effective micropollutant removal with their easy and safe to use technology. This ETH Zurich spin-off was founded in Q2 of 2020 with the aim of bringing its first wastewater treatment reactors to market by 2022 and serve clients from chemical and biotech industries, pharmaceutical companies, R&D labs, hospitals and the municipal wastewater treatments plants. So far, Oxyle has raised close to 1 M CHF in funding to accelerate its market entry by winning several prestigious grants and competitions including the Innosuisse grant, the Swiss National Science Foundation’s BRIDGE PoC grant, the Gebert Rüf Stiftung grant, the ERC PoC grant and the Venture Kick competition, to name a few. In June 2020, Oxyle participated in the Swiss Venture competition and competed with 326 other highly promising start-ups. Oxyle was awarded not only the 1st Place in the category of Industrials & Engineering, but was also named the Venture Grand Prize winner of 2020.