Infineon names winners of humanoid-robotics startup challenge
Infineon announced the winners of its 2026 Startup Challenge focused on humanoid robotics and physical AI on 19 October. More than 100 startups from 29 countries applied; 15 teams presented solutions to a jury at EBSCON in Graz.
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Italy’s AdapTronics placed first, South Korea’s COSMOKE second and Germany’s TECHiFAB third. Their work covers flexible robotic gripping, magnetic tactile sensing and motor control using in-memory computing, respectively.
Winner AdapTronics will join Infineon’s Startup Co-Innovation Program. Infineon said participants received access to hardware and software platforms, mentoring and business coaching.
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Infineon names winners of humanoid-robotics startup challenge
Infineon announced the winners of its 2026 Startup Challenge focused on humanoid robotics and physical AI on 19 October. More than 100 startups from 29 countries applied; 15 teams presented solutions to a jury at EBSCON in Graz.
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Infineon announced the winners of its 2026 Startup Challenge focused on humanoid robotics and physical AI on 19 October. More than 100 startups from 29 countries applied; 15 teams presented solutions to a jury at EBSCON in Graz.
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