Tech'Agri Challenge

The innovation competition for young people in the agricultural sector

Initiated by Bretagne Next INNOZH and SPACE, aims to encourage young people in training to reflect on concrete agricultural issues and to design technical solutions together to address these issues.

The competition is aimed at agricultural and digital training students and institutions at all levels (vocational bachelor's degree, BTS, bachelor's degree, master's degree, engineer, etc.) who wish to apply their skills to real-life agricultural issues.

Taking part in this challenge gives students from digital training courses the chance to identify job openings and opportunities that they may not have initially thought of. For agricultural students, this exercise allows them to step outside their training environment to imagine, design and test technological solutions in project mode.

Which format?

The students are assigned different roles: agriculture students as customers and digital students as suppliers.

The competition features an innovative project management format that combines a tight timeframe with 2 days of face-to-face sessions (launching and closing) and a longer timeframe with several months of remote development.

The students present their projects at SPACE on a dedicated booth. A jury of professionals select the winning teams.

Two categories

The Tech'Agri Challenge focus on two categories:

The Demonstrator category: students will present a prototype based on functional specifications drawn up by agricultural students, in order to verify the relevance of the technological features and solutions selected.

The Ideation category: students will present a problem, contextualize it and define a list of features to be developed in response to the problem.

New profiles join the Challenge

To enrich the projects, the students in agriculture and digital, long-time participants in the Challenge, has been joined by new profiles:

Engineering students in mechatronics, a discipline that combines mechanics, electronics and IT to design intelligent automated systems.
Design students, trained to design innovative products, services or experiences, integrating skills in creativity, technology and strategy.

Focus on the 2025 edition

22 students have took part.

6 schools involved in the Tech'Agri Challenge 2025 and offering their students this great opportunity.

Divided into 7 working groups, they presented their concepts and prototypes in a dedicated area at SPACE.

Ideation Award-Winner Weight Cow

The Weight Cow project, developed by four students from Lycée Kerlebost near Pontivy and EPSI Rennes, won the Ideation Trophy.
The concept? A connected collar that automatically adjusts to the animal’s neck, allowing weight estimation through biometric sensors and calculating the ADG (Average Daily Gain) by comparing data over time.
The farmer can monitor the information remotely via software (mobile or web app) and will be instantly alerted in case of any growth anomaly.

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Demonstrator award-winner Robot Clean

The Robot Clean project, developed by six students from the CFA of Caulnes and ENSIBS – Mechatronics, won the Demonstrator Trophy.
This autonomous cubicle cleaning robot saves time for farmers and helps reduce the spread of infections and diseases.
Robot Clean efficiently cleans the cubicle using a rotating brush, a mobile scraper, and a disinfection system that spreads powder.
It is capable of detecting obstacles and can be programmed for up to 2 hours of autonomy.

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