Previous challenges Archive - prototype.club https://www.prototype.club/project-category/previous-challenges/ Your open innovation partner Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:37:15 +0000 de hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 SONAR.AI https://www.prototype.club/project/amprion-sonar-ai/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:19:58 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=66391 Amprion is looking for a digital tool that helps to detect and analyze technological trends.

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]]> PTx https://www.prototype.club/project/ptx/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:19:02 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=65984 PTx Challenge: Customized 3D-based path planning for agricultural machinery

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SPARX

Safe Powerline Access & Remote eXchange

Enable a faster, more ecological, and more cost-effective replacement of bundle spacers on high-voltage overhead lines.

The Background

Amprion operates thousands of kilometers of high-voltage power lines – and keeping them in top condition is essential. Today, bundle spacers are replaced using helicopters, cable carts, or lifting platforms. While these methods have proven effective over the years, the expansion of power lines makes it crucial to find more scalable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly solutions.

The Award

Top solutions can expect: Contracts, investments, or joint projects

🥇 AI ROBOTIC

The Challenge

Design a scalable tool or method for replacing bundle spacers on overhead power lines. The solution should ideally cover the following steps:

  • Removal of existing bundle spacers
  • Assessment of the conductor’s condition
  • Installation of new bundle spacers
  • Optional: installation of a repair rod

You can either focus on a specific task or deliver a full end-to-end solution. What matters most is a significant improvement. Existing Methods can be enhanced – or completely replaced. Ideally, these steps can be performed under live-line conditions.

Schedule

November

09.12.2025 11:00

27.01.2026

10.02.2026 17:00

Challenge start

Participants receive all relevant information about the challenge.

Official kick-off and Q&A

One hour virtual meeting with challenge presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

Demo Day

Onsite event where participants present their solution in individual 20 minute meeting slots with additional partners and political representatives.

Finals & Award ceremony

Presentations from the top three teams at E-world Energy & Water

Schedule

November

Challenge start

Participants receive all relevant information about the challenge.

09.12.2025

Official kick-off and Q&A

One hour virtual meeting with challenge presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

27.01.2026

Demo Day

Onsite event where participants present their solution in individual 20 minute meeting slots with additional partners and political representatives.

10.02.2026

Finals & Award ceremony

Presentations from the top three teams at E-world Energy & Water

SONAR.AI

A digital tool that helps Amprion detect and analyze technological trends.

The Background

Identifying technological developments at an early stage is a key success factor for Amprion as a transmission system operator. Today, trend research still requires extensive manual effort: information is collected selectively, analyzed individually, and often lacks automation.

With SONAR.AI, Amprion aims to take the next step – developing a smart system that automatically captures relevant signals from open sources, evaluates them intelligently, and enables faster, data-driven, and future-oriented decision-making.

The Award

Outstanding solutions will be considered for contracts, investments, or collaborations.

🥇 Agents Inc

The Challenge

Develop and program SONAR.AI – a digital tool that helps Amprion detect and analyze technological trends.

Your solution should ideally include:

  • Signal Detection – Automatically capture relevant information from open sources
  • Signal Clustering – Group similar signals to identify patterns and connections
  • Trend Derivation – Translate clusters into potential trends
  • Trend Evaluation – Assess trends by relevance, potential, and strategic significance
  • Visualization – Present trends and analyses in a clear, decision-ready format
  • Validation – Continuously compare existing trends with new signals and update accordingly

Optional: Include features like trend alerts (e.g., when signal volume changes drastically) or event/startup crawlers.

Schedule

18.01.2026

21.01.2026 12:30

04.02.2026

11.02.2026 17:00

Application Deadline

Last chance to sign up for the challenge.

Official kick-off and Q&A

One hour virtual meeting with challenge presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

Demo Day

Virtual event where participants present their solution in individual 20 minute meeting slots.

Finals & Award ceremony

Presentations from the top three teams at E-world Energy & Water

Schedule

18.01.2026

Application Deadline

Last chance to sign up for the challenge.

21.01.2026

Official kick-off and Q&A

One hour virtual meeting with challenge presentation and opportunity to ask questions.

04.02.2026

Demo Day

Virtual event where participants present their solution in individual 20 minute meeting slots.

11.02.2026

Finals & Award ceremony

Presentations from the top three teams at E-world Energy & Water

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]]> Google Cloud Hackathon https://www.prototype.club/project/google-cloud-hackathon/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:51:39 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=65217 Solve a crime case live with Google Cloud’s GenAI! Use Gemini and NotebookLM to analyze clues, decode puzzles, and uncover the truth.

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]]> digital.industry by FSTI – Challenge Sponsor BOSCH SDS https://www.prototype.club/project/digital-industry-by-fsti-challenge-sponsor-bosch-sds/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:43:56 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=65213 Optimize off-highway vehicles with Agentic AI for smarter routing, fleet coordination, and predictive maintenance! Present your idea at HANNOVER MESSE 2025!

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]]> Daimler Truck https://www.prototype.club/project/daimler-truck/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:21:44 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=62919 Daimler Truck was looking for innovative approaches in human-machine interactions. The goal was to use today's or future health wearables and driver cam data to assess the medical condition and mood of the driver.

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]]> Autostadt https://www.prototype.club/project/autostadt/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:16:46 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=61529 E-charging with the ‘WOW EFFECT’ – the Autostadt challenge!

HANNOVER MESSE was the perfect surrounding for start-ups to present the next gen of EV-Charging.

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]]> AGCO https://www.prototype.club/project/agco-fendt-challenge/ https://www.prototype.club/project/agco-fendt-challenge/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:38:19 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=58763 DLG.prototype.club

Multi route optimization for autonomous infield machine collaboration

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]]> https://www.prototype.club/project/agco-fendt-challenge/feed/ 0 Fraunhofer IGD & CLAAS https://www.prototype.club/project/fraunhofer-igd-claas/ https://www.prototype.club/project/fraunhofer-igd-claas/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:07:27 +0000 https://www.prototype.club/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=58644 DLG.prototype.club

Tomorrow's cabin as farm control center (Visualization & Interaction by UX/UI)

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Development of a kit for robots from existing Bosch components

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