Feelit Is the Winner of Calcalist's Industry 4.0 Startup Competition
Haifa-based Feelit develops printable sensors that can monitor the state of various materials
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Feelit develops printable sensors that can monitor the state of various materials. The sensors monitor a device’s structural integrity, deformation, warping, wear and tear, internal or external pressure buildup, and internal or external material flow. The company was founded in 2017 by Hossam Haick, Meital Segev-Bar, and Gady Konvalina, with technology based on research conducted at Technion Israel Institute of Technology. The company won a trip to Germany, where the entrepreneurs will meet with potential clients and receive mentoring from KPMG Germany.
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Robotics startup Kitov Systems Ltd. came in second. Founded in 2014 by Yossi Rubner and Nir Avrahami, Kitov.ai develops AI-based technology for visual inspection in industrial manufacturing. The company’s software uses golden parts, or unblemished examples for each component, to visually train robots for inspection tasks.
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