The Entrepreneurship workshop provides the ability for small innovative companies to pitch their ideas for the next big thing in robotics to a panel of technology investment experts. Entrants stand the chance to gain valuable skills in how to pitch an investment idea together with the potential to gain interest in their company from the investment community.
Deadline: 21 January 2026 (23:59CET)
Award winners
2025
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2025 which was held in Stuttgart, Germany.
- First prize: RobCo (Germany): smart modular robots
- Second prize: XiniX AI (Belgium): soft robotics for confined space inspections
- Third prize: O-Robotics (Denmark): urban street cleaning
- Finalists: Enabling Robotics (Germany): assistive robotic manipulation; Simobotics (Bulgaria): collaborative and autonomous mobile robots
2024
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2024 which was held in Rimini, Italy.
- First prize: Isochronic AG
- Second prize: Smart Farm Robotix
- Third prize: KINETIK Space
- Finalists: Heibjerg, Zeal Robotics
2023
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2023 which was held in Odense, Denmark.
- First prize: ROPCA
- Second prize: ROICO
- Third prize: ROBOTWIN
2022
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2022 which was held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- First prize: Yuman
- Second prize: Arcoris
- Third prize: Panda Surgical
2021
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2021 which was an online edition.
- First prize: My Leg
- Second prize: CAPRA ROBOTICS
- Third prize: SPIN ROBOTICS
2020
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2020 which was held in Malaga.
- First prize: ABLE Human Motion (Alfons Carnicero)
- Second prize: Aim Robotics (Mie Haraldsted)
- Third prize: Kinfinity (Maximilian Maier)
2019
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2019 which was held in Bucharest, Romania.
- First prize: IM Systems (Jack Schorsch)
- Second prize: QuadSAT (Joakim Espeland)
- Third prize: Robot Logistics (Anders Eeg Møller)
2017
This edition of the Entrepreneurship Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2017 which was held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- First prize: Neha CHAUDHRY – Walk to Beat
- Second Prize: Sebastian BANDYCKI – Haxtron
- Third Prize: Marco PALEARI – ReHand Technologies