The challenge
Awards
The Finalists
Jury Statement
Digital4Eyes
We at Bayer are fascinated with the rapid advancements in technology.
Six teams joined our Digital4Eyes competition, to solve challenges in image recognition!
Thanks to the 6 finalists who gave their best in an exciting event and congratulations to the winning Team Jiglabs!
Build a mobile and versatile digital prototype that performs a 4-eyes-check which can be used in many different scenarios and be trained by any qualified employee.
Capture the situation with a mobile camera, process the image, and perform the actual check. The result of the check either confirms or rejects the finding of the operator. It ends with the documentation of the Ditigal4Eyes check.
Learning makes these solutions versatile. Qualified personnel must be able to train the Digital4Eyes solution on new scenarios without the support of experts.
Participants have to present a prototype consisting of all necessary hardware (see Industry Partners) and software to learn and perform double checks.
Recognize the state of a system and confirm if it is in the desired state or not.
Recognize if a polished surface is clean. Differentiate shadows or reflections from product residue.
Identify blisters, cartons, leaflets or parts of them in a production line to make sure the all these items are cleared during the transition from one package run to the next.
During the final event these scenarios will be used to evaluate the solutions. The flexibility of the solutions will be tested using variations of the three scenarios.
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6 finalist teams from 4 countries aimed to solve the Digital4Eyes Challenge.
In 3 Months, the participants developed real functioning innovation, pioneering technology and automation for life science production.
The innovators presented their technology at the Cube Tech Fair 2018 in Berlin to representatives from key industry leaders, start-ups and institutions.
The top three received an award of 40.000€, 20.000€ and 15.000€ respectively.
A further 10.000 € was awarded to each three remaining finalists.
Bayer starts exploring ways to implement the winning solutions in its facilities within a reasonable time.
May 15-16 2018, CUBE Tech Fair
Watch the highlights of our finalist event in Berlin!
CUBE is a global innovation ecosystem that connects all the dots in today’s industry.
The jury was impressed by international and highly passionate teams. We saw cutting edge technologies packed into mobile solutions close to application. In particular, computer vision algorithms powered by AI excelled in versatility and accuracy.
Head of Future Manufacturing Concepts, INVITE GmbH
Head of Packaging, PS Pharma São Paulo
PH.D. Student, Corporate Technology & Manufacturing, Bayer AG
Technology Manager Imaging Technologies, Enabling Technology, Engineering & Technology, Bayer AG
Teamlead Strategy & Innovation, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
Business Development Manager Life Sciences Europe, COGNEX Advantage Vision Sensors
Innovation Manager, Consumer Health Product Supply
Quality Assurance Manager Product Supply, Pharmaceuticals Bayer AG
Head of Innovation Management, Corporate Technology & Manufacturing, Bayer AG
Product Supply IT Innovation Manager, Bayer Business Services
Innovation Manager, Corporate Technology & Manufacturing, Bayer AG
Vision Consultant, IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
Partnering with industry technology suppliers in this competition is highly recommended.
To support this we will continue to expand the list of collaborating partners published below. In case you want to partner with them and get their support please contact them directly. Collaborating partners will support selected teams by their own choice.
We are also happy to share our extended network of contacts with you, feel free to contact us depending on your needs.
The IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is a leading manufacturer of digital cameras with USB or GigE interface connection.
Sabine Terassi
Unternehmenskommunikation/PR
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
Cognex Corporation is the world’s leading provider of vision systems, vision software, vision sensors and industrial ID readers used in manufacturing automation.
Dr. Jörg Vandenhirtz
Business Development Manager
Life Sciences Europe Advantage Vision Sensors
Microsoft is providing best-in-class platforms and productivity services for an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge infused with artificial intelligence (AI).
Christian Becker
Chief Architect
Microsoft Services, Deutschland
Jordi Boza
Director of Sales EMEA and LATAM
Vuzix Corporation
IBM Supports Grants4Tech teams with access to their powerful IBM Cloud Foundry
Leon Dworschak
Sales Specialist - Cloud Platform
IBM Hybrid Cloud
IMA Group is world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.
