How many cutting-edge technologies and developed fields does little Germany-Switzerland have?

In the global innovation index previously published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, Switzerland once ranked first in the world for the ninth consecutive year. Switzerland, a country with a total population of only 8.4 million, has the ability to beat the United States as the world's number one innovation power. It is worth mentioning that Switzerland is in a leading position in patent application, intellectual property income and high-end technology product production, and the efficiency of innovation transformation is extremely high. It is worth mentioning that Switzerland was once the country with the highest salary in the world.

In Switzerland, not only large enterprises, but also small and medium-sized enterprises have at least one world-leading innovative technology. Take UAV enterprises as an example. At present, there are more than 8 UAV-related enterprises in Switzerland. These enterprises are small in scale and have risen rapidly in the past six years, forming a "UAV Valley" in Switzerland. These UAV companies have shown a trend of segmentation in both specialization and commercialization. Each UAV company focuses on a specific field, and UAVs developed by different companies meet the application needs of different scenarios. The Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne and the University of Zurich are at the forefront of the research on flying robots and unmanned aerial vehicles automation systems.

The comprehensive universities are represented by the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, which are responsible for basic scientific research. These two universities have strong scientific research strength in the fields of electronics and engineering, and have made important contributions to the improvement of Swiss innovation ability. Many start-ups were born in the cutting-edge research teams of these two universities. Dr. Su Zhenzhong's start-up Fixposition is committed to providing high-precision navigation solutions for self-driving cars, and its core technology, centimeter-level high-precision positioning RTK technology, comes from Zurich Federal Institute of Technology.

One of the top technologies and fields: Swiss robot

The "painter" robot developed in Switzerland is composed of more than 2, parts, and its accuracy can reach one hundredth of a millimeter. It can draw the head of Louis XV, the head of King George III of England and Queen Charlotte, and the butterfly controlled by cupid. The Swiss robot's skillful movements and attentive eyes are lifelike, and it can even gently blow off the residual pencil ash on the paper from time to time.

The Swiss "musician" robot is a girl in a long Rococo dress. It consists of more than 2,5 parts and can play five songs on an organ with 48 pipes. When the fingers are on the keyboard, her body will swing gracefully. If you look closely, you can even see her breathing with her chest. After a song is played, the robot will nod to the audience.

For example, among the various clocks and watches collected in the Forbidden City, there is a treasure of the town hall, which is said to be the favorite of Qianlong, and it is Zhong, a bronze and gold-plated writer, from the workshop of Jaquet-Droz, a famous Swiss workshop.

It is worth mentioning that this Swiss robot is a gentleman dressed in European fancy clothes, kneeling on one knee, with a humble expression, and his right hand hanging over his wrist in a standard posture. After winding the string, he will slowly write down eight Chinese characters on the paper in front of him: "All directions, nine soils come to the king". The font of the Chinese characters written is Zhao Mengfu-style regular script, which is Emperor Qianlong's favorite. The characters are beautiful and beautiful, and the brushwork is both fascinating and amazing.

It is worth mentioning that for seven consecutive years, Switzerland was rated as the most innovative country in the world by Cornell University, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the European Business School in Paris. A country with a population of only 8 million has the highest proportion of peer-reviewed scientific publications in the world. ETH and EPEL, which have trained 21 Nobel Prize winners, including Einstein, are the top universities of science and engineering in the world and Europe, especially in the field of robotics. It can be said that world-class professors and a large number of high-quality talents gather here.

ABB industrial robot giant in Switzerland belongs to one of the four powerful robot families in the world, and its representative work is YUMI. Another example is the maxon motor in Switzerland, which was once used as a Mars probe. Maxon re4 has become the standard drive motor of exoskeleton robot in the world.

Hocoma, a Swiss medical rehabilitation robot, is firmly at the top of the global medical rehabilitation field. Its classic products include Lokomat fully automatic robot gait evaluation system and Armeo upper limb rehabilitation robot. For example, the Swiss quadruped robot ANYmal, which looks like a big Boston dog, can be used to assist in search and rescue missions.

The earliest writing robot in the world originated in Switzerland. In the 197s, three robot dolls made by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a Swiss watchmaker, and his assistants were classics of the century, and now they are also extremely high-level. Although these robots are over 24 years old, they have a childish appearance. One can write, one can draw and the other can play the organ.

indoor testing UAV was invented in Switzerland. For example, FLYABILITY's indoor testing UAV uses the most advanced functions in the world to capture accurate data, replacing human beings to complete detection quickly and accurately in a closed space, and is widely used in chemical industry, thermal power plants, municipal facilities, fire safety and other fields.

the second top technology and field: Swiss precision machine tools

Swiss machine tools are very good in the world. For a long time, Swiss machine tool exports rank among the top five in the world, and the per capita foreign exchange earned by machine tool exports has been ranked first in the world for nearly 3 years. More than 15 countries in the world are long-term users of Swiss machine tool products. Especially precision machine tools, are favored by people all over the world.

"Swiss Machine Tool" enjoys a worldwide reputation. As one of the German-speaking countries, the Swiss have followed the "artisan spirit" of the German-speaking countries rigorously and conscientiously, and have the persistence of Excellence in craftsmanship. Someone once asked a Swiss boss, "Aren't you afraid that I will take apart your company and your whole company's products and do reverse engineering?" He said "try", you try. The machines of Swiss companies are all made by hand, and no one in the world can copy them. There are key parts and processes, including some molds and spare parts in key places, all of which are polished by the Swiss boss hand by hand. Swiss machine tool industry is the first echelon in the world, belonging to super-class players: Swiss Miquelao (watch equipment), Swiss Baomei (watch equipment), Swiss Weiliming (watch equipment), Swiss Strage and Swiss Lijite. Swiss machine tools are almost impeccable in appearance, design level and innovation, processing ability and processing accuracy. Precision work, Excellence, machine tool processing accuracy is extremely high, the output is very low.

The well-known Swiss machine tool brands are:

Starrag, GF, Willemin-Macodel SA, Mikron Group, Tornos, Fehlmann, Reishauer, BUMOTEC, Liechti, Schaublin Machines SA, Faessler, ERNST-GROB, Rambo Tewarie, Studer, Affolter, Precitrame Machines SA, ESCO, REGO-FIX, etc.

the third top technology and field: mechanical and electrical equipment

Switzerland still enjoys a worldwide reputation in the field of advanced manufacturing. ABB Group, a world-renowned industrial giant in Switzerland, is a manufacturer of power generation equipment, high-voltage transmission equipment, power distribution equipment and electric locomotives. Its market share in this field ranks second in the world, and it ranks first in the motion control market. At the same time, it is also one of the four largest robot manufacturers in the world.

Schindler Group, the world's largest escalator manufacturer and the second largest elevator supplier in Switzerland, was also born in Switzerland. It was founded by Robert Schindler in 1874 and has a history of more than 15 years. The group has more than 9 holding companies in more than 1 countries and regions around the world. According to incomplete statistics, more than 1 billion people take Schindler's elevators and escalators every day.

Switzerland also owns textile machinery of Sura Group and Rieter Company, stamping machine of Faintour, electric spark machine of Archie Xia Mier Company, food processing machinery of Buhler Company, etc., all of which are excellent products of the same kind in the world.

Swiss MEM industry (electrical and metal industry) is an important pillar industry in Switzerland. MEM industry has about 13, enterprises, 98% of which are small and medium-sized enterprises, with a total employment of 32, people, including 2, apprentices, which is the industry that provides the most jobs.

the fourth top technology and field: precision medical equipment

Switzerland is very famous in the subdivision of medical equipment in the world. Small Switzerland has about 74 enterprises in the world, such as the famous Synthes (medical equipment) and Sonova (Sonova), all of which are world-renowned, and their products such as surgical instruments, dentures, heart stents, artificial joints, hearing AIDS, laboratory instruments and so on rank among the top. For example, the medical absorbable surgical suture in Allen, Switzerland, was once the supplier of the winning bid by the World Health Organization.

the fifth top technology and field: biotechnology

Switzerland has the world-famous biotechnology giants: Roche and Novartis. Roche Pharmaceuticals is the largest pharmaceutical company in Switzerland, and it is the world leader in anti-tumor drugs. Its competition object is the famous Pfizer in the United States, and the two companies have been grabbing the throne of who is the world's largest pharmaceutical company all the year round. Novartis of Switzerland is the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world, which was founded in 1996. After the merger with Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz, the history of Novartis and its predecessor companies can be traced back to 25 years ago. Novartis has diversified business portfolios such as innovative drugs, eye care, generic drugs widely used in clinic, preventive vaccines and diagnostic equipment, over-the-counter drugs and animal health products.

there are many other world-class pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland, such as serono, which was once called the top three biopharmaceutical companies in the world together with Amgen and Genentech, and small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies such as Acteli on, Barcelona Pharmaceutical, Arpida and Addex. It can be seen that the level of biotechnology in Switzerland is very high.

It is worth mentioning that, in terms of population proportion, Switzerland has the highest density of biotechnology enterprises in the world. A report entitled "Swiss Biotechnology: Action Plan" published by the Swiss federal government this month said that the research level of Swiss biotechnology is higher than the EU average.

the sixth top technology and field: health technology

Switzerland is the earliest biotechnology anti-aging technology in the world. For example, the well-known Swiss sheep placenta extract. It is worth mentioning that Switzerland's technology in medical beauty, plastic surgery and minimally invasive surgery is also at the world's leading level. In particular, detoxification in vivo, cell anti-aging, medical beauty and other aspects are also medical advantages of Switzerland. Switzerland was once one of the most livable countries in the world and one of the countries with the longest life expectancy in the world. It was once known as the "European royal anti-aging holy land", and nine natural environmental indicators such as air and water ranked first in the world. Switzerland's medical technology has also been leading the world. Switzerland has become one of the most popular health resorts for tourists all over the world.

Genolier Swiss Medical Network (GSMN) is the only private hospital group listed in Switzerland. Enjoy the reputation of "the best private medical institution in the world". GSMN hospital pioneered the analysis model of "human immune system-cancer risk" in the world; GSMN hospital is the only hospital in the world that can use IORT-intraoperative radiotherapy. The cancer cure rate of GSMN Hospital is as high as 92%, ranking first in the world. In addition to scientific research, PSI has the only proton therapy center in Switzerland.

Top technology and field 7: Top research institution

Founded in 1988, the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is located on the banks of the Aale River between Zurich and Basel in northern Switzerland. It is the largest national research institute in Switzerland and a multidisciplinary research center for science and technology. PSI focuses on material structure, energy and environment and human health, and has many large-scale scientific research equipment, some of which are unique not only in Switzerland, but also in the world.

top technology and field 8: chemical technology

Switzerland's chemical industry is very developed, and it is also an important pillar of Swiss industry. In addition to drugs, which account for about 2/5 of the output value of the chemical industry, dyes, pesticides, balsams and essences are very important in the international market. For example, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, a world-renowned fine chemical manufacturer in Basel, Switzerland, is a famous global chemical giant.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals was established in 1997, and its predecessor was the fine chemical department of Ciba-Geigy. It has 79 branches in 28 countries with 19,3 employees and 24 research centers related to fine chemicals in 12 countries. According to the Global Industry Competitiveness Index of BAK Economics, Switzerland ranks second with 119.5 points, second only to the United States (12.9 points), with a total score of 12.2 points in the pharmaceutical field and 116.3 points in the chemical field.

top technology and field 9: clean technology

Switzerland occupies a leading position in the field of clean technology in the world. Switzerland is the first European country to enact environmental protection law, and has formulated a wide range of environmental protection laws and regulations. There are many small and medium-sized clean technology enterprises in Switzerland, and the number of employees in the clean technology industry has increased by 25% in the previous five years, accounting for 5.5% of the total Swiss labor force and almost 5% of Switzerland's GDP. It is worth mentioning that Switzerland ranks first in the world in terms of per capita clean technology patents. For example, in 22, Swiss engineering group ABB also joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, and will cooperate with governments and other alliance members to expand the hydrogen value chain throughout Europe.

Switzerland's energy and power sector mainly relies on hydropower, because the Alps cover nearly two-thirds of the country's land and provide many large mountain lakes and artificial reservoirs suitable for hydropower.

as early as 219, about 75% of the terminal electricity consumption in Switzerland was generated from renewable sources.