# 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. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Technology - Country: Germany - Published: 2026-10-21T00:44:01+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-21T00:44:01+00:00 - Event / data period: 2026-10-19 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026.md) 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. ## Data ### Infineon names winners of humanoid-robotics startup challenge Methodology: 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. | date | label | description | status | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-10-19 | 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. | occurred | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026/data/infineon-announcement?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/infineon-humanoid-robotics-startup-challenge-winners-2026/data/infineon-announcement?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Infineon Technologies]() (Source checked: 2026-10-21; Published: 2026-10-19) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)