Avnet Silica names Paltech winner of Robotics & Adaptive Computing Challenge
Avnet Silica named Paltech GmbH the winner of its BayStartUP Robotics & Adaptive Computing Challenge, run in collaboration with AMD.
Evidence notes
- The 12-week program supported early-stage startups working in AI-enabled robotics, machine vision, industrial communication, and control.
- Paltech's winning concept used robots and a drone for automated, herbicide-free weed control in grassland environments.
Company context
Avnet Silica is Avnet European semiconductor specialist division, supplying embedded, semiconductor and engineering-support capabilities to OEMs across industrial, smart industry and edge-AI applications. Its robotics relevance comes through component selection, reference designs and supplier partnerships for robot sensing, motor control, embedded vision, edge AI and autonomous mobile robot subsystems.