Previous cohorts have zeroed in on challenges such as visualization and digital reality, AI and automation, and smart manufacturing.
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Centering on two challenge areas, “Building a sustainable manufacturing future” and “Smart digital reality for collaborative manufacturing,” the chosen companies—which hail from seven countries—offered unique approaches to improving product sustainability, eliminating waste, capturing real-time data, automating design, and incorporating robots into production lines.
 Milan Kocic at Sixth Sense Summit in The Hague on Feb. 1, 2023, where eight Cohort 3 companies presented the culmination of their work |
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This latest cohort was announced at a Showcase Day event on Sept. 20, 2023. The selected startups distinguished themselves with groundbreaking solutions to some of today’s most critical manufacturing challenges.
Launchpad utilizes AI and advanced simulation technologies to automate aspects of the design, procurement, and manufacturing process. They focus on concepts like mass customization, micro-factories, and software-defined robotics to create shorter supply chains, reduce waste, and deliver new features faster in the manufacturing industry.
Acerta Analytics,
Canada
RV Magnetics,
Slovakia
Dessia,
France
Rafinex’s ground-breaking innovation is the AI stochastic topology optimization for safe, lightweight designs. This technology actively manages uncertainty and risks of real-life variability to create uniquely robust designs that remain safe even in off-design load conditions for application in safety-critical performance sectors such as aerospace, automotive, and tooling.
RV Magnetics has developed the world’s smallest passive sensor based on MicroWire technology. This sensor combines unique capabilities from electromechanics, electronics, chemistry, physics, applied magnetism, and industrial design, offering diverse applications.
In this preview article, learn how Sixth Sense, Hexagon’s startup incubation program, is contributing to a more sustainable future in manufacturing. You can explore the rest of the issue, featuring exclusive stories from Volvo, TE Connectivity, General Motors, Bosch, and Archaeological Heritage Office Saxony, by signing up for your copy of Engineering Reality.
At the end of the program, three winners will be selected from the cohort, granting them access to Hexagon’s extensive resources for global expansion, including potential funding, worldwide office space, and Hexagon’s comprehensive suite of products and services. Additionally, they will be showcased on Nexus, Hexagon’s open digital reality platform for manufacturing, which will give them access to world-class companies.
The third cohort’s journey through the Sixth Sense program is just beginning. Follow their progress at Sixth Sense and learn more about each of them below.
Dessia offers a platform featuring virtual “bots” that serve as companions to assist engineers in designing mechanical systems. These virtual assistants provide support and insights throughout the design process.
Welcome to a sneak peek at the 2024 edition of Engineering Reality, a magazine dedicated to accelerating smart manufacturing. Published by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, this edition highlights human ingenuity, showcasing how engineering teams from different organizations harness manufacturing technologies for innovative applications.
After applications from a highly competitive pool of startups were whittled down to the most innovative proposals and pitched to Hexagon’s panel of global experts, Sixth Sense announced in September 2023 the nine manufacturing startups chosen for its third cohort.
Acerta Analytics provides advanced analytics solutions that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) to turn complex product data into actionable insights. The solution enables automakers and suppliers of complex vehicle parts to improve quality in manufacturing processes and support early defect detection.
ToffeeAM provides state-of-the-art multi-physics generative design software for engineering. Their mission is to empower engineers to optimize engineering components and systems efficiently, enabling them to go further and faster in their design processes.
First launched in early 2022, the Sixth Sense program brings together scaling startups and world-class companies to share ideas and collaborate on solving some of humanity’s biggest challenges.
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Published Jan. 22, 2024, on the Hexagon Blog.