On 30 April, the final stage of the 1st Automation Hackathon, 2026 edition, was held. This initiative was launched by the Computer Vision group, with the participation of Michelin and the Spanish Committee of Automation. The hackathon focused on challenges closely linked to the industrial environment.

Of the 36 teams initially registered, 25 submitted a proposal for the challenge, which combined vision, automation, and robotics techniques applied to a factory machine. All the proposals were promising, although only four teams ultimately advanced to the final stage. At this stage, they were able to present and defend their work before a committee made up of Michelin staff and faculty members from the University of Valladolid. In addition, the finalist teams had the opportunity to visit the factory and see the machine associated with the challenge on site. Michelin also hosted a lunch for the participating teams, where they were able to speak with the factory director, as well as other members of the management team.

The LAMBDA5 team, from the University of Seville, emerged as the winner thanks to an excellent presentation that was highly rated by the jury. The final ranking was completed by the teams PROYECTO GDJ, from the University of Valladolid; MECATRÓNICA LOYOLA, from Loyola University Andalusia; and INFO-TÉCNICOS ALMERÍA, from the University of Almería.

Given the quality of the proposals submitted, Michelin added a cash prize for the fourth-place team, resulting in four prizes of €2,000, €1,500, €1,000, and €750. In addition, in this first edition, CEA contributed to the teams’ travel expenses.

The winning team will present its proposal at the Automation Conference in Córdoba.

You can see the list of registered teams and photos of the results on the hackathon website: https://hackathonautomatica.es/

Daniel Benjumea, Paula Fuentes, y Héctor Martínez, del equipo Lambda5 de la Universidad de Sevilla, recibiendo el premio de manos de Fran Cardona, director general de Michelin Valladolid.

Gonzalo Alonso, Javier García, y David Domingo, del equipo Proyecto GDJ de la Universidad de Valladolid, recibiendo el premio de César Méndez Bueno, director de la Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales de la Universidad de Valladolid.

Fabrizio Chiaramonte, Rafael Vázquez Vallés, y Alejandro Ruiz, del equipo Mecatrónica Loyola de la Universidad Loyola de Andalucía, recibiendo el premio de Jaime Duque Domingo, coordinador del Grupo Temático de Visión por Computador del Comité Español de Automática

Ramón Montes Checa, José Morcillo Ibáñez, y Francisco Montes Checa, del equipo Info-Técnicos-Almería de la Universidad de Almería, recibiendo el premio de manos de Juan Manuel Escapas y Raúl Valbuena Pardal, por Michelin Valladolid.

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