Somnox sleep support robot is the winner of the Robotdalen Innovation Award 2017 – Berger Neurorobotics awarded Emerging Technologies Prize
A sleep support robot, created by a Dutch team, was appointed winner of the Robotdalen Innovation Award 2017, at a prize ceremony held in Västerås, Sweden on February 6th. The Danish start-up company Berger Neurorobtics received the special prize Emerging Technologies Award.
The jury’s motivation to the Innovation Award 2017 was: “The Somnox sleep support robot is innovative, addresses an important problem in society, is close to commercialization, and has a plausible scientific support for solving the problem adressed (clinical studies pending). By gathering various data about the sleeping cycle, Somnox simulates human breathing rhythm and assists the user in falling asleep. The pillow-shaped product is controlled by a mobile application and can offer light and sounds, which makes its use easy and appealing for an ordinary user. The jury consisted of Narges Asadi, Industrial PhD candidate, Volvo Construction Equipment and Petter Ögren, Associate Professor, CAS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm.
By winning the Robotdalen Innovation Award 2017, Somnox receives a sum of SEK 150,000 (approximately €11,000) where SEK 50,000 is prize money and SEK 100,000 is offered to be used to develop the concept in cooperation with Robotdalen. The internationally oriented competition is directed at innovators, entrepreneurs, graduate and postgraduate students from all over the world who have ideas, concepts or solutions with commercial potential and breakthrough technology, addressing certain fields of robotics and automation.
- This robotized product, which is the first non-medical solution for sleep support, is in line with our focus on new technical solutions for health care and comply with our efforts to develop what we call Technology for Independent Life, says Peter Stany, Innovation Driver at Robotdalen.
At the ceremony, the Danish team Berger Neurorobotics was also appointed winners of the special prize Emerging Technologies Award 2017, for its solution regarding advanced machine learning technologies, addressing important issues and needs in the fields of physiology and health. The team receives SEK 75.000, of which 25.000 is prize money and 50.000 is for development.
The first Robotdalen Innovation Award was awarded in 2012 (between 2007-2011 it was the Robotdalen Scientific Award). Previous prize winners include Bioservo Technologies, Inerventions, Tinkerbots, Furhat Robotics, openbionics.org, Odico Formwork Robotics and CRG. The Emerging Technologies Award was awarded for the first time this year.
For further information please contact Peter Stany, Innovation Driver, phone +46 (0)70 934 93 02,
e-mail peter.stany@robotdalen.se
More info on the winners:
https://www.somnox.nl
http://bergerneurorobotics.com
Robotdalen is a Swedish robotics initiative with the mission to enable commercial success of new ideas and research within robotics and automation; focusing on solutions for the industry, service and healthcare sector. Robotdalen is financed by VINNOVA (the Swedish Innovation Agency), the European Regional Development Fund and a number of public institutions, universities and companies in Central Sweden. Please visit www.robotdalen.se/en for further information.
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