Harold Nehring, head of energy chain systems at igus, comments: “Even for us, it is sometimes still surprising and exciting to see where and how customers use our energy chains. We want to use this competition to identify new ways of using our products and to recognise the innovative designs being developed by engineers.”

Submissions will be judged by an independent panel of science and technology experts, and winners will receive prizes of up to €5000. The deadline for entries is 26th February, 2016.