Automatica 2016
The winners of the Startup World Awards
The Oberpfaffenhofen Application Center has selected clever innovations from young industrial automation and service robotics companies at Automatica. These include a 3D ultrasonic sensor, a multi-axis scanner and a mobile robot case.
A jury chaired by Falk Strascheg, founder of the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, selected the 20 most innovative product submissions from the entries. At Automatica, the initiators of the award - Messe München and the Application Center Oberpfaffenhofen - finally announced the three finalists in the two competition categories 'Industrial Automation' and 'Service Robotics'.
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