Dear Robothon^® Community!

We, the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in collaboration with Messe München

and automatica have launched successfully a new high-tech platform calledmunich_i in 2021, an event bringing together the world’s leading thought leaders and personalities from AI and robotics.

munich_i will take place again at the next automatica from June 21-24, 2022 in Munich, therefore

Robothon^®, the international competition to develop skills in robot manipulations, will also go into the second round!! 

Robothon^® – The Grand Challenge Series focuses on pressing and unsolved challenges of our time and was 2021 held digitally in the run-up to the automatica sprint

with 9 international teams and a renowned Grand Challenge Jury. As a highlight, it ended with the Award Ceremony on June 22, 2021

with 4 winning teams, a total prize money of € 22,500, great recognition and an expansion of our community.

Are you a motivated robotics enthusiast looking for new challenges?

CALL FOR TEAMS is open until March 31, 2022!!

Apply HERE!

KEY FACTS:

• Robothon^® will once again will be held digitally from April 29 to June 1, 2022
• Special highlight: the Award Ceremony will take place on-site on June 21, 2022, during automatica at the Messe München!

HOW IT WORKS: 

• Robothon^® againwill focus on single-arm robot manipulation
• The Grand Challenge 2022: disassembly and sorting of e-waste
• The competition is free of charge 
• Up to 20 selected teams can participate (2-4 members) 
• All roboticists (academic and young professionals) are encouraged to apply
• Teams will need to provide their own robot to complete the challenge remotely
• Each team will receive an internet connected competition task board by mail
• The processing period of 1 month starts from receipt of the competition scorecard 
• Team performances will be evaluated by the Grand Challenge Jury 
• Prize money awaits the finalists!

HAVEN’T SIGNED UP YET? Apply as a team until March 31, 2022, and visit our website www.robothon-grand-challenge.com to learn more. 

Know someone who should participate? Please help spread the word!

Feel free to email us with any questions at [email protected].

With kind regards,

The Robothon^® Team

Barbara Schilling & Peter So (Technical Leader)