EESTech Challenge Munich 2025: Tackling Industrial Innovation with Electrical Circuits and Self-Balancing Robots ⚡
This weekend, Munich becomes a hotspot for student innovation as EESTEC LC Munich hosts its local round of the EESTech Challenge 2025, a Europe-wide hackathon where electrical engineering students take on real-world problems. This year’s topic: “Electrical Circuits for Industry 4.0” — and we’re going hands-on.
Thanks to our collaboration with Infineon Technologies, Red Pitaya, and DigiKey, 30 students from across Munich will form 10 teams to take on an exciting task: improve the PID controller of a self-balancing robot.
These aren’t just simulations — we’re working with real hardware. Each robot features an Infineon PSoC for control, giving students direct experience with cutting-edge embedded systems. To take it a step further, participants also have access to Red Pitaya boards to help them characterize motor behavior and refine their PID tuning process with precision.
To prepare, our participants already took part in an introductory session with Infineon engineers and a hands-on workshop with Red Pitaya, learning how to analyze signals and optimize their approach.
But this is more than just a local event. The winning team will head to Trieste, Italy, to compete in the EESTech Challenge Final Round, facing off against the best teams from other EESTEC branches across Europe.
