Contest Overview

Create an innovative educational lab for the application Emio Labs, using Emio and / or its digital twin, focused on topics such as simulation, mechanical modeling, rendering, design, AI, and more. Share your innovative ideas and help shape the future of soft robotics education.

Prizes

• 1st Place: €500
• 2nd Place: €300
• 3rd Place: €200

Eligibility

Open to all Master’s students:

• Join individually or as a team
• Or take part as part of a university project supervised by your professor

Submission Requirements

• A video demonstrating your lab
• A Lab project for the application Emio Labs (hosted on GitHub, using our lab creation template)
• Supporting materials that prove the viability of your project

Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be judged on:

• Originality
• Reproducibility
• Educational value
• Scientific and technical interest for students

Evaluation Process

Selected labs will undergo testing by our team at Compliance Robotics, followed by a final jury evaluation.

Deadline

Submissions are closed.

Announcing the winners

• Master’s Prize: OptiScotty team, Carnegie Mellon University
  Awarded to a Master’s student group whose submission, “Implicit-Policy based behavioral cloning for generalizable pick-and-place operations” stood out for its clarity, strong structure, and overall learning experience.

• Special PhD Prize: Ella Walsh, Continuum Robotics Lab (CRL) Toronto Awarded to a PhD contributor for a submission, “Tendon Driven Continuum Robot” with excellent technical depth and strong potential for teaching and research use-cases.

To everyone who participated: thank you. Your work is helping shape the future of hands-on soft/deformable robotics education, and helping Emio Labs grow into a richer platform for learning and teaching worldwide.