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Field Sense by Agile Robotics
Modern agriculture faces increasing pressure to produce more with fewer resources. Farmers struggle with labor shortages, rising costs, and inefficient use of chemicals, which also cause environmental damage. Current solutions rely on large and expensive operations that lack precision and timely insights. As a result, farmers often react too late to issues like pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies. There is a clear need for smarter, more efficient systems that enable continuous monitoring, reduce resource use and recude costs, and support sustainable, high-yield farming.
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Haku Maglev
Rail transport is slow, capacity is underutilized, maintenance is high, and performance is weather dependent. Additionally, around 25% of trains in the Netherlands still operate on diesel, causing high emissions and unsustainable rail operations.
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Dyulon
Aerial delivery has been discussed for a long time, but significant advancements in this technology have yet to be made. Aerial delivery is particularly useful for reaching hard-to-access areas, such as islands and deserts. However, the current challenge is that the costs often outweigh the benefits. At present, drones are the most viable option, but they do not justify their price given their limited range and flight time. The issue is not with the power source; rather, it's that drones must generate both thrust and lift from their rotors, which makes them inefficient.
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Kolibair
Emergency services, especially fire brigades, often lack fast, reliable aerial awareness that regular crews can deploy and operate with minimal training. Today’s quadcopter drones used in emergencies are often expensive, limiting availability across brigades, and typically fly only 30-45 minutes, forcing frequent, time-consuming battery swaps during critical incident phases. They also struggle to cover larger areas and usually require constant pilot attention, while helicopters are costly and not always available. The result is delays and blind spots in tracking fire spread, locating hotspots, and searching for missing people - so crews sometimes abandon drones when they become impractical.
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Calmi Vest
Anxiety and panic don’t wait for therapy appointments. When stress spikes, people often lack an immediate, private, and effective way to downshift their nervous system—especially in public, at work, or in the wild. Current tools (breathing apps, meditations, fidgets) require attention and time precisely when attention is scarce. Weighted blankets and hugs help, but they’re not portable or “on-demand.” Meanwhile, wearables detect stress signals, but rarely translate that data into fast, embodied relief. The need: a discreet, rapid, body-based intervention that can activate at the right moment.
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Stratos Dynamics
Our stratospheric glide aircraft start-up intends to addresses three primary challenges on a phased basis: 1. Current atmospheric data collection relies on single-use weather balloons that drift unpredictably and who’s sensors are rarely recovered. This creates pollution and results in increased costs. 2. Existing satellite infrastructure is prohibitively expensive and rigid, making it difficult to integrate rapid changes in sensor or communication technology.
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Eleqit
Electric bikes are becoming increasingly popular, but they still have several major barriers: High cost – Many electric bikes are too expensive for students, young adults, and people on a budget. Limited customization – Users cannot easily customize their e-bike to match their needs or preferences. Complex assembly – Converting or assembling an electric bike yourself can be difficult without the right system or guidance. Battery concerns – Users worry about battery life, performance, and reliability. Security risks – Bike theft is common, and many bikes lack integrated GPS tracking systems. Lack of integration with smartphones – Many bikes do not offer a simple mobile app to track location, battery life, or performance. These barriers prevent many people from accessing sustainable electric transportation.
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Drone Autonomous Service Hub
Drones are a mature technology with numerous applications, however we are yet to see them reach the scale of usage of cars or planes. This expansion is mainly limited by batteries, which require manual replacement and take long to recharge. The need to replace or recharge drones with human intervention leads to significant range reduction, as well as a high downtime between operating cycles.
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Buoyant Industries
Current air and ground freight systems use fossil fuels that create a lot of greenhouse gases and are expensive. Planes and trucks burn fuel quickly and can’t fly long distances without refueling. This makes transporting heavy cargo over long distances costly and bad for the climate, and current electric systems still struggle to match the range needed for large freight.
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E2 Engine
Heavy duty vehicles being only 4% of the transportation market contribute to more than 25% of the global emissions. With existing solutions for light vehicles not applicable for the heavy duty market, a new architecture is needed to meet zero emission targets without compromising operational demands. But achieving zero emission targets isn’t a day’s work, and therefore needs a solution that can adhere to the future changes and challenges to the advances in the types fuels. Hydrogen today. Synthetic fuels tomorrow and the industry can’t afford to reinvent propulsion everytime.
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