Field
Transport
Horizon
σ Sigma · 2029–2035
Lead center
Autonomy & Robotics
Maturity
Developing — prototypes scaling toward deployment
Why it matters
They enable high-speed intercity travel with a smooth ride and lower wear, and are the basis for even faster vacuum-tube concepts.
Where it stands
Commercial maglev lines operate in a few countries; high infrastructure cost limits wider adoption.
How ASIZ approaches it
The discovery loop, applied.
Through the Autonomy & Robotics center, ASIZ aims the discovery loop at maglev train: frontier models survey the literature and simulate the possibilities, rank the experiments most likely to resolve the open questions, and partner labs run the decisive ones — with results shared openly.