Déploya

About Déploya

Déploya is a robotics startup from Lausanne that automates vertical work in construction. The company is developing a rapidly deployable, modular vertical scaffolding grid based on origami folding and self-assembly principles, which serves as a platform for automating façade work. Integrated rails enable the use of mobile robotic tools for tasks such as marking, drilling and, in the future, the complete installation of façade panels. The first MVP is deployed on existing scaffolds and automates CAD-to-field projection as well as anomaly detection to increase scaffold safety. Déploya is a spin-off of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) at EPFL and was funded with an IgnitionGrant in 2025 and an InnoGrant in 2026. Its target customers are construction companies in façade construction that want to reduce safety risks, long installation times and errors caused by manual work.

Site

Lausanne

Processes

Robotic façade automation (marking, drilling), Automated CAD-to-field projection, Quality assurance / anomaly detection on existing scaffolds, Installation of rear-ventilated façades and cladding systems (goal), Panel installation (planned)

Founded

2025

Employees

4

Industries

Construction, Façade construction, Construction robotics

1. 01

   CAD data ingestion of façade drawings

2. 02

   Erection of the foldable vertical grid on the scaffold

3. 03

   Automated CAD-to-field projection (layout transfer)

4. 04

   Robotic operations: marking, drilling

5. 05

   Anomaly detection / quality assurance on the scaffold

6. 06

   Future: installation of façade panels and rear-ventilated cladding systems

Locations

Lausanne

CH

Headquarters and EPFL laboratory (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, LIS)

Applications & Components

Inside the production

History

1. 2025

   Spin-off from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) at EPFL; received the IgnitionGrant

2. 2026

   Received the InnoGrant; Venture Kick Stage 1 and Stage 2 winner (CHF 40,000); Innosuisse Initial Coaching; admitted to Batch 3 of the HSG START Accelerators St. Gallen; Jury Prize at Startup Architecture at ETH Zurich