Smart Mobility Lab (SML) – Mobilität der Zukunft

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Oct 23, 2025

A Milestone for the Mobility of the Future

Main research fields

hochimmersiver, dynamischer Fahrsimulator der TU Dresden

SivaS stands for the Safety of Connected and Automated Road Traffic. The aim of this sub-project is to research assistance and automated driving functions in order to increase the safety of future road traffic. Among other things, the Dresden Driving Simulator (DDS), a unique self-driving simulator, is being used for this purpose.

Visualisuerung von Flugversuchen mit Drohnen in der Versuchshalle des Smart Mobility Lab

TAFAS

The Test Center for Automated Flight and Autonomous Systems (TAFAS) at the Smart Mobility Lab (SML) offers a unique research infrastructure for testing autonomous aviation systems. With state-of-the-art equipment, TAFAS enables realistic tests in various environments - from the indoor flight hall to climate and EMC test facilities through to large-scale outdoor test areas.

Bild des Teleroboters Sniffbot der TU Dresden

TERECULT

The TERECULT sub-project deals with applications of telerobotics in the fields of recultivation, recycling, disaster management and autonomous logistics. In addition to various robots, an omnidirectional treadmill is used for research using virtual reality.

Autonome Feldbearbeitungsmaschine auf einem Feld

FarmingSwarmCobots

The FarmingSwarmCobots concept focuses on the further development and testing of a technology platform for highly automated agricultural technology. The spectrum ranges from assistance for human-operated systems to monitored (partially) autonomous agricultural machinery with adaptive degrees of autonomy. All can be equipped with the ability to act both individually and in a swarm.

Researching the Mobility of the Future

The Hoyerswerda Research Center is bringing high-tech research into the mobility of the future to Lusatia. To this end, transport scientists from the TUD are working with mechanical engineers and computer scientists to plan a Smart Mobility Lab (SML) in the Schwarzkollm industrial estate near Hoyerswerda. The aim is to develop the SML into a technological accelerator for the mobility of tomorrow.

By the end of 2026, this globally unique research infrastructure will be created to advance research and testing of automated and networked road and air traffic, autonomous agricultural machinery and robotics for various applications in one place. Networked drones, robots and other automated, remote-controlled, flying and driving vehicles will form swarms and demonstrate how traffic flows can be organized more efficiently and in a way that conserves resources. The robot swarms can also help to recultivate the soil damage caused by coal mining in Lusatia. Another field of application is the development of emergency deployment swarms for disaster areas.

Construction of the SML test hall began in 2024. It will house the research and testing facilities in the future. About the construction work

Last but not least, the construction of this real-world laboratory for digital-based mobility technologies will also create jobs for various qualifications. To the job offers