HM.prototype.club

TRANSFORMING INDUSTRY TOGETHER

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER CONTEST IN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT

HANNOVER MESSE, Hanover
April 17-21, 2023

WHAT IT'S ABOUT
IMPRESSIONS
CHALLENGE
SOCIAL MEDIA & PR

WHAT IT'S ABOUT

HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s largest industrial trade fair

The professional hackathon HM.prototype.club as a virtual startup tender with physical “live coding” during HM 2023!

  • Startups and young talents created prototypes and business models for concrete challenges in a 14-day sprint during HANNOVER MESSE 2023
  • The participant(s) with the best prototype, chosen by an expert jury, gets the chance on a paid pilot project

This year’s focus areas included

  • Energy Management

  • Industrial Wireless

  • AI & Machine Learning

  • Carbon-neutral Production

  • Industry 4.0

  • Hydrogen & Fuel Cells

IN COOPERATION WITH

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IMPRESSIONS

THE CHALLENGE

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Remote offline asset localization and tracking for ground robots

You can pitch your results either onsite or virtually.

Challenge

Develop a concept for a user (operator) offline AR Navigation app

  • Reusable as a “brain” for robots
  • Similar to Google Maps of an industrial site or facility
  • Adapt your concept to Siemens Energy, e.g. with a prototype

Background

  • Difficult for robots to determine their location in large power plants offline (e.g. for security reasons or lack of network) 
  • A software solution is already available, which is to be supplemented/improved by the topic of offline tracking

Award

  • A paid pilot project with Siemens Energy to validate your solution
Siemens Energy logo

Remote offline asset localization and tracking for ground robots

You can pitch your results either onsite or virtually.

Challenge

Develop a concept for a user (operator) indoor AR Navigation app

  • Reusable as a “brain” for robots
  • Similar to Google Maps of an industrial site or facility
  • Adapt your concept to Siemens Energy, e.g. with a prototype

Background

  • Difficult for robots to determine their location in large power plants offline (e.g. for security reasons or lack of network) 
  • A software solution is already available, which is to be supplemented/improved by the topic of offline tracking

Award

  • A paid pilot project with Siemens Energy to validate your solution

Congrats to the winners: Infinite Foundry

Infinite Foundry is a 3D digital plant platform for improved production efficiency of any industrial sector.

Their solution includes a 3D digital twin that is used to plan a precise path for a robot to follow through the facility. Images with different lighting conditions are generated to teach the robot’s camera how to detect specific objects along its path.

SOCIAL MEDIA & PR

HANNOVER MESSE about HACK4INDUSTRY

The article discusses the HACK4INDUSTRY event at HANNOVER MESSE where industrial companies and startups collaborate to develop innovative solutions. Participants have two weeks to work on their projects, the final results will be presented to a panel of judges. The challenge aims to foster innovation and collaboration in the industrial sector.

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