About Mechatronics at Hannover Messe The Mechatronics booth will feature four teams, each consisting of two competitors and their coaches/mentors. There will be three teams from Canada: Humber Polytechnic, Conestoga College, and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and one team from Germany: Festo. These institutions were selected for their strong mechatronics programs and history of producing highly skilled graduates. The four teams representing Canada and Germany will participate over five days at the mechatronics competition. Each day will consist of a different application build where competitors will be challenged to solve a realistic industry challenge using Festo Didactic’s Modular Production System. Problem-solving and systems integration skills are an essential part of the competition and will require competitors to be proficient in system-level thinking, troubleshooting and diagnostics, system building, and optimization. The competition challenge, focused on an automotive theme, will require students to design and build an assembly line to sort vehicles by colour and deliver them to specific locations, mimicking real-world scenarios in “just-in-time” manufacturing. Robogoalie Students from Banting Memorial High School have designed and built an AI powered Robo Goalie, an interactive demo that invites visitors to see if they can beat the Robo Goalie, a fun machine designed to protect the net. Guests are invited to take shots on the bot. Using AI, the robot adapts its movements to challenge each player. The experience could be enhanced with touchscreens or AR interfaces, where participants can tweak the robot's settings—adjusting its difficulty level, speed, and even its reaction time.