Join Marquardt at the “Close the Deal” programme at Huddle Global 2026!
This is an exclusive opportunity for startups to engage with Marquardt and showcase innovative solutions in automotive electronics, intelligent access systems, human-machine interfaces (HMI), vehicle connectivity, and next-generation mobility technologies. Selected startups will have the opportunity to present their solutions, explore potential collaborations, and identify opportunities for technology adoption, product innovation, enhanced vehicle user experiences, and the development of advanced automotive solutions.
Proposed Corporate Problem Statements / Focus Areas
Next-Generation Digital Key & Connectivity
Startups, technology providers, or emerging solutions working on BLE 6.0, BLE Channel Sounding, NearLink, and Digital Key backend technologies, with potential applications in automotive access and vehicle connectivity.
Advanced & Alternate Materials for HMI
New and alternative materials and technologies for HMI products that can provide improvements in performance, design flexibility, durability, weight, cost, and user experience.
Future Battery & Hydrogen Solutions
Emerging PES solutions for BMS, battery safety, and future mobility applications, including innovative technologies for battery and hydrogen systems.
Automotive Cybersecurity & Penetration Testing
Startups and technology companies providing automotive cybersecurity, vulnerability assessment, and penetration-testing solutions for ECUs, connected vehicles, and automotive systems.
Robotik
Safety Skin for Collaborative Robots
- Safety skin is a large-area, flexible sensor layer on robot arms or grippers that detects touch, pressure, or the proximity of people and objects.
- Point sensors and joint torque monitoring cannot reliably localize contact across an entire robot surface or detect every approach before impact. Collaborative robots need distributed, large-area perception to reduce collision risk while maintaining productive motion near people.
Elektronik and Sensorik
Self-Healing Electronics
- Self-healing electronics use materials or circuit architectures that can restore electrical or mechanical functionality after cracks, cuts, or fatigue damage.
- Microcracks, repeated deformation, and local conductor damage can abruptly disable flexible or inaccessible electronics, even when the rest of the system remains functional. Manual repair or replacement is costly or impossible, creating a need for circuits and materials that autonomously recover functionality and extend service life.
Physical/Edge AI Sensor Solutions
- Physical/Edge AI sensor solutions combine sensing hardware with embedded AI processing directly at or near the point of measurement. They analyze signals locally, identify patterns or anomalies, and transmit only relevant results, enabling low-latency, energy-efficient, and privacy-preserving applications in industrial monitoring, robotics, vehicles, smart buildings, and wearable devices.
- Instant sensor analytics can introduce latency, consume substantial bandwidth and energy, expose sensitive raw data, and fail when connectivity is unreliable. Real-time and distributed applications need intelligent sensors that can interpret data locally and deliver actionable information under constrained power, memory, and computing resources.
Data Center
Immersion Cooling Fluids
- Immersion cooling fluids are electrically non-conductive liquids in which servers or electronic assemblies are submerged for direct heat removal. The technology is used in densely
- Rising rack power density and accelerator heat loads are pushing air cooling beyond practical thermal and energy limits. Data centers need more efficient, uniform heat removal that supports dense hardware while reducing cooling power, space, and thermal throttling.