Smart Mobility Lab (SML)

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What is the Smart Mobility Lab?
The Smart Mobility Lab (SML) is a new innovative and interdisciplinary research center at TU Dresden. It also marks the start of TU Dresden's Lausitz research campus in the immediate vicinity of Hoyerswerda. With a very large test hall (floor area: 100 x 100 m column-free, clear height: 30 m), extensive outdoor test areas (including a driving and landing area approx. 75 x 75 m), state-of-the-art laboratories (e.g. climate hall, electromagnetic absorber hall) and workshops as well as flexible office and conference areas, the SML offers perfect conditions for basic research and application-oriented research in the field of mobility solutions of the future.
Where is the Smart Mobility Lab being built?
The Smart Mobility Lab is being built on an approx. 38,000 m² site in the "Schwarzkollm/Laubusch" industrial estate in Schwarzkollm, a district of Hoyerswerda. The SML will be completed by the end of 2026, with TU Dresden acting as the client.
What core research areas does the Smart Mobility Lab address?
Future research at the SML will focus on automated and networked mobility solutions in the areas of motor vehicles, aircraft and agricultural machinery as well as robotics for a wide range of applications. These are the following projects:
- SivaS (Safety of connected and automated road traffic),
- TAFAS (Test Center for Automated Flying and Autonomous Systems),
- FarmingSwarm-Cobots (automated agriculture with autonomous agricultural machinery and mixed field swarms),
- TERECULT (productive cultural landscapes with recultivation robotics).
The SML will be equipped with a variety of simulators: highly dynamic driving simulator, static driving simulator, bicycle simulator, pedestrian simulator (omnidirectional treadmill). The networking of these simulators creates a cyber-physical environment for scenario-based research, development and validation. In addition, a combination with real experiments and the real laboratory in Hoyerswerda (traffic observation) is possible.
Who conducts research at the SML?
Principal Investigators
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Prokop, Chair of Automobile Engineering
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Fricke, Chair of Air Transport Technology and Logistics
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Uwe Aßmann, Chair of Software Technology
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Sommer, Chair of Networked Systems Modeling
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Herlitzius, Chair of Agricultural Systems Technology
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Regine Gerike, Chair of Mobility System Planning
Associated partners
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Michler, Chair of Transport Systems Information Technology
- Prof. Dr. Johannes Markmiller, Chair of Aircraft Engineering
- Prof. Dr. Nikola Bešinović, Chair of Railway Operations
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Krzywinski, Chair of Industrial Design Engineering
- Prof. Dr. Meng Wang, Chair of Traffic Process Automation
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair Mobile Communications Systems
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Wählisch, Chair of Distributed and Networked Systems
Sponsorship
Contact us

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
NameMr Tobias Zschieschick Bakk.
Koordinator Smart Mobility Lab (SML)
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Visiting address:
Jante-Bau, JAN 22 George-Bähr-Straße 1b
01069 Dresden