Edge Awards Call for Entries

Additive Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping
3D printing machines, materials, and software, as well as interfaces to CAD and machine tools for post-processing

AI Data Analytics
Machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL) hardware and software that incorporates or is designed to improve product quality, supply chain management, and production throughput

Cabling and Enclosures
Hardware meant to hold controls and electronics as well as monitor the temperature, pressure, humidity, etc. inside the enclosure, such as terminal blocks and cabinet coolers.

Communications & Networks
Wireless and wired systems, modules, and software that facilitate communication between chips, modules, and systems, including I/O modules, cloud communications.

Computing Hardware, Software and Systems
Edge computing devices and interfaces, as well as the compute, storage, and communication modules and systems used to analyze data and assist design engineers.

Design Tools & Software
EDA, CAD, CAM, CAE, Digital Twin, modeling and simulation software as well as application tools and operating systems to assist the design engineer. This category also includes IDEs, compilers and middleware.

Electronic Components
Electronic components like capacitors, transistors or diodes, connectors, cables, antennas, and switches.

Industrial Controllers

PLCs, PACs, IPCs

Machine Vision & Inspection

Cameras, sensors, lenses, filters, lighting, frame grabbers, software, and systems

Motion Control Components
Pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric motion control components and systems including actuators, cylinders, ball screws, motors and drives, and accessories such as fasteners, bearings, gears, belts, and chains, as well as fluids, filters, and compressed air systems.

Operations Software

MES, Maintenance, Connected worker/workflow, ERP

Optical Components and Systems

This includes adaptive optics, optical materials (such as metamaterials), optical coatings, precision optics, micro-optics, lenses, mirrors, aspheres, prisms, and freeform optics. This category also includes lighting products for machine vision applications.

Production Tools and Systems
This includes creation of chips, printed circuit boards, components and systems as well as all mechanical and machine tool operations, welding, soldering, and adhesives focused on metal or component joining as well as materials used to fasten and secure components.

Robotics
Single-axis and multi-axis robots for assembly, product inspection and supply chain use as well as cobots, AGVs, and other robotic transport vehicles. This also includes software related to robotics including fleet management and robot operating systems.

Test, Measurement, Sensors and Software
Test and measurement equipment and sensors that measure things including electrical, photons, speed, temperature, vibration, positioning, dimensional accuracy, defect detection and other operational parameters, as well as the software needed to effectively analyze the sensor data.

Visualization

HMI, SCADA, dashboards