R.I.S.E

Robotic Installation System for Elevators

A robot that climbs inside an elevator shaft, scans the walls for rebar and drills and sets anchor bolts using positions from the building model. A person watches it remotely through an on-board camera.

Price: —Used by Schindler on its own installation jobs, not sold
Height: —Not published
Weight: —Not published
Payload: —Not published
Speed: —Not published
Battery: —Not published

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Why it matters

Schindler calls it the world's first self-climbing autonomous robotic system for elevator shafts.

Real-world use

First production jobs in 2020 at Vienna's TrIIIple and Warsaw's Varso Tower after prototype tests from 2017; later used at dozens of sites including its first UK project in 2025.

Timeline

First shown: 2017
Released: 2020

Deployed as a prototype, then tested at The Circle at Zurich Airport

Maker

SchindlerCompany

Public attention

How much public attention R.I.S.E (Robotic Installation System for Elevators) gets, from open data.

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement: Other movement
How it runs: Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

From the maker

R.I.S.E (Robotic Installation System for Elevators) is the only machine from Schindler in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price: Not publishedUsed by Schindler on its own installation jobs, not sold
How to get one: No official buying page found

Sources

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Building Design + Construction A robot automates elevator installation Elevator World Schindler R.I.S.E Used on First-Ever U.K. Project

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