IoT Innovation Challenge I Bosch Sensortec

Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge

May 15 – September 30, 2021

Digital Student Team Challenge

Up to € 1,500 to be won

May 15 – September 30, 2021

Award Ceremony at MikroSystemTechnik Kongress 2021

The Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge is a unique online competition where student teams combine hardware and software tools to develop fascinating sensor-based IoT solutions.

Do you have an innovative idea and want to realize it by using Bosch Sensortec sensors and development platforms? Put your team of up to 5 members together, join our digital student team challenge and win up to € 1,500 for your hit idea!

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In keeping with the motto “IoT – Invented for life” we are looking for solutions in the following focus areas:

Consumer Electronics

Consumer Electronics

Today, sensors are a core element of any consumer electronic device (e.g. smartphones, hearables, wearables), equipping them with senses such as hearing, sight and touch. The constantly growing demand for an immersive experience from consumer electronics requires innovative solutions that make devices smart and energy efficient. Our MEMS based accelerometers, gyroscopes and barometric pressure sensors are the enablers for meeting these growing demands. We are looking for sensor-based solutions in such devices.

Air Quality

In both indoor and outdoor environments, poor air quality can greatly impact our health and well-being. Two important indicators for air pollution measurement are small particulate matters (PM) of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The measurement is enabled by using MEMS sensors, such as the BME680. The gas sensor within the BME680 can detect a broad range of gases such as volatile organic compounds (VOC) in order to measure air quality for personal well-being.Which applications come to your mind that could help improve air quality?

Smart Building & Home Applications

Smart home technology is changing the way we live, infusing new levels of convenience, security, control and efficiency in our day-to-day lives. We can manage smart homes for example by controlling heating, venting and air conditioning from distance via smartphones or through home automation control. In order for these applications to run reliably and accurately, precise and low-power measurement of motion and environmental data is needed. We encourage you to submit your ideas for innovative technologies enabling new applications to make our homes a better place to live.

Fitness & Well-being

Sensing solutions accompany people in their daily lives. From setting alarms, navigating through cities and buildings to tracking fitness and health. Wearables improve our well-being by detecting the air quality of our environment. Smart fitness wear improves the efficiency of our workouts by measuring our speed and calorie consumption. All these wearable applications have one thing in common: they are enabled by almost invisible MEMS sensors. We are looking for sensor-based solutions that improve fitness and well-being.

Resources & Tools

The following resources & tools are available for the participating teams to develop their IoT solution.

Bosch Sensortec Community

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Arduino Development Board*

Arduino Development Board*

Sensors on the board: BHI260AP, BMM150, BMP390L, BME688
Mounting options: SMT / Thru-hole (Breadboard)
Processor: nRF52832 (Cortex M4F, 512K Flash, 64KB RAM)
Portability: Ultra small: ~18mm x 22mm, Options to use batteries (Li-po), NVM Flash (data-logging, configuration parameters, etc)
Software: Arduino IDE – Open source environment, PnP (Arduino’s ESLOV abstraction)
Connectivity: BLE (nRF52832 u-blox module, ANNA-B112), ESLOV (Arduino PnP and daisy-chaining interface)

_{*Or similar development board. Final product specifications to be confirmed.}

Pit Stop Meetings

During the competition each team has the opportunity to participate in two Pit Stop Meetings. During these meetings the teams can ask questions, present the status quo of their project and get feedback. The meetings will be arranged via e-mail once the challenge starts.

Timeline

By April 30, 2021

Registration

May 12, 2021

Digital Kick-Off Event & Workshop

May 15, 2021

Competition Begins

June 30, 2021

1st Milestone - Idea Video

FAQ

1. What is the Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge?

It is a 4.5-month, solution-oriented and digital innovation challenge for students focusing on IoT and sensor technology. The competition is organized by Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch Sensortec GmbH together with the VDE/VDI Society for Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (GMM) and is part of the MikroSystemTechnik (MST) Kongress 2021, one of the largest conferences in the field of microelectronics and microsystems technology.

2. What needs to be done?

With the possibility to get expert support, student teams of 2 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) members are challenged to develop IoT solutions, enabled by sensors and development platforms of Bosch Sensortec. In keeping with the motto "IoT – Invented for Life", Bosch is looking for sensor-based solutions in the following thematic areas: Consumer electronics, air quality, smart building & home applications and fitness & well-being.

3. Who can participate?

Students enrolled at a university in the European Community or at a university that maintains a close academic cooperation with a European University. Students employed at Bosch Sensortec during the Challenge, or up until 1 month before the Challenge (April 15 - May 15, 2021), are excluded from participation.

4. Do I need to have any specific qualification to be a participant of the challenge?

You should be familiar with electronic microsystems and IoT applications, including the process of equipping objects with sensors, actuators, and processors that involve hardware board design and development, software systems, web APIs, and protocols, which together provide a connected environment of embedded systems.

5. Can I participate alone?

No, you can’t. You either need to find your mates and register in a team of 2 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) people or register alone and the organizers will assign you team mate(s).

6. I have an idea, what do I need to do?

1) Click on ‘Register now’ to get to the Junction App.

2) Register to Junction App by 30th of April 2021.

3) Wait until pre-selection ends.

4) Receive your starter kit by 15th of May 2021.

5) Start working on your project!

6) Submit a short video presenting your idea by 30th of June 2021 on the Junction App.

7) Submit your final project presentation and video by 30th of September 2021 on the Junction App.

7. Do I need to have the idea fully working?

You should be able to provide a rough-and-ready proof of concept and function such that your idea can be demonstrated for review by the judges. This can be either done by building a prototype or functional demonstrator.

8. Are there any restrictions on using a number of pre-built libraries?

There is no restriction to use any language, technology stack, or libraries. You can use any of them to create your solution.

9. How is the environment? Will you provide any IDE to work on ideas?

You can use the Arduino IDE – open source environment and PnP (Arduino’s ESLOV abstraction).

10. How can I submit my final project?

At the end of the 4.5 months development phase your final project documentation should be uploaded to the Junction App. Following documents are required:

A project presentation addressing the evaluation criteria and giving a synopsis of your idea. The presentation should not exceed 15 slides. (Possible formats: ppt, pptx, pdf)
A final Video that demonstrates your idea (max. 3 minutes). (Possible formats: Mov, MP4, Avi, Mpg)

Submission deadline: 30th of September 2021. For details please see the Rules and Regulations of the Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge.

Rules and Regulations

11. What does the evaluation method look like?

The submitted projects will be evaluated by a professional jury consisting of members of the MST Kongress’ steering committee, Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch Sensortec GmbH. Depending on the number of registered teams, the competition will be held in one or two stages. A maximum of 10 teams will be admitted to the finals at the MST Kongress in November 2021 in Ludwigsburg.

12. What are the evaluation criteria?

All team projects are compared and evaluated on the basis of the following weighted criteria:

Innovation (30%)
Feasibility (20%)
User Experience (20%)
Functional Demonstrator (20%)
Presentation Style (10%)

For details please see the Rules and Regulations of the Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge.

Rules and Regulations

13. Is the participation free of charge?

Yes, the challenge is free to enter.

14. Who owns the intellectual property of the developed solutions?

Participants grant Bosch Sensortec a non-exclusive, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide, perpetual right to use any work results, whether protected by intellectual property rights, copyrights or other similar rights or not, created by participants during the course of the Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge. Upon request of Bosch, participants will grant an exclusive license (in the same scope as listed above) or transfer ownership rights in such work results against an appropriate compensation to be paid by Bosch Sensortec. Each member of a team of participants is entitled to agree on the appropriate compensation in a legally binding way for all team members.

15. How do I register a team?

All registration related things happen on the Junction App.

1) When registering on the Junction App, choose ‘Yes’ when asked if you are applying as a team.

2) Click the ☰ icon in the top left corner of the page and go to team page.

3) If you are the team lead, click ‘Create a new team’.

4) The platform now generates you a unique team code. Send this team code to your team members.

5) If you are a member of a team, ask your team lead for the team code. Go to the same team page and insert the team code to join an existing team. If you have not received a code from your team lead, ask the team lead to follow these instructions.

Link sharing is not possible through the Junction App, so please share the team code between all team members for example by e-mail.

16. Does the team leader have a special task?

Yes, he serves as the team's first point of contact for the organizers and receives the starter kit for the challenge by mail. It is his responsibility that all members of the team will receive the content of the communication with the organizers of the challenge.

17. What does the starter kit contain?

The starter kit contains an Arduino Development Board* with the following sensors: BHI260AB, BMM150, BME688, BMP390L. Software is available for download on the Bosch Sensortec website www.bosch-sensortec.com, subject to the Bosch Sensortec license terms. Additionally Software is available for download on the Arduino website https://www.arduino.cc/en/software, subject to the Arduino license terms.

* Or similar development board. Final product specifications to be confirmed. .

18. Where will the Challenge take place?

Phase 1: Student teams develop their own IoT solution online from 15th of May to 30th of September 2021.

Phase 2: The 10 best teams present their projects at the MikroSystemTechnik (MST) Kongress 2021, which will take place from 8th to 10th of November 2021 in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

19. Is there reimbursement for travel?

No, we do not offer any reimbursement for travel expenses.

20. Didn’t find what you were looking for?

Write us an email and we will help you out or see the General Terms and Conditions for Participants by Bosch Sensortec GmbH.

May 15 – September 30, 2021

The Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge is a unique online competition where student teams combine hardware and software tools to develop fascinating sensor-based IoT solutions.

Starting in

Solutions

Consumer Electronics

Consumer Electronics

Air Quality

Air Quality

Smart Building & Home Applications

Smart Building & Home Applications

Fitness & Well-being

Fitness & Well-being

Resources & Tools

Bosch Sensortec Community

Bosch Sensortec Community

Arduino Development Board*

Arduino Development Board*

Pit Stop Meetings

Pit Stop Meetings

Timeline

FAQ

1. What is the Bosch Sensortec IoT Innovation Challenge?

2. What needs to be done?

3. Who can participate?

4. Do I need to have any specific qualification to be a participant of the challenge?

5. Can I participate alone?

6. I have an idea, what do I need to do?

7. Do I need to have the idea fully working?

8. Are there any restrictions on using a number of pre-built libraries?

9. How is the environment? Will you provide any IDE to work on ideas?

10. How can I submit my final project?

11. What does the evaluation method look like?

12. What are the evaluation criteria?

13. Is the participation free of charge?

14. Who owns the intellectual property of the developed solutions?

15. How do I register a team?

16. Does the team leader have a special task?

17. What does the starter kit contain?

18. Where will the Challenge take place?

19. Is there reimbursement for travel?

20. Didn’t find what you were looking for?

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