On June 2, 2026, we once again visited the FHNW School of Engineering and Environment.
Students in the Systems Engineering bachelor’s program developed autonomous mobile robots from scratch in their first-semester project—mechanics, electronics, control systems and software—and competed against one another with them.

From a blank sheet of paper to a moving robot: exactly the mix of mechatronics, technical computer science and control engineering that we also encounter in our day-to-day work.

Autexis has supported this competition as a sponsor for many years and provides the prize money for the most convincing teams.
For us, this is a deliberate investment in young talent, because well-trained engineers are the foundation of our work.

A heartfelt thank-you:
👏 to Elias Schatzmann, who served on the jury for Autexis
🎓 to Prof. Heinz Eichin, Head of the Systems Engineering (ST) program, as well as to Thomas Kuhn and Adam O. for their support
🎓 to Dr. Peter Flohr, Director of the FHNW School of Engineering and Environment 🤝
🏛️to the entire FHNW School of Engineering and Environment and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, as well as to Dr. Crispino Bergamaschi, as a whole, for this successful event

Once again, we were impressed by the teams’ creativity and technical level. We are already looking forward to next year.

Video: by Telebasel, who reported on the competition on site.