--- title: Winning ANA XPRIZE Challenge with Franka Emika's powerful technology description: NimbRo team of the Autonomous Intelligent Systems lab of The University of Bonn won 5M US$ prize in ANA Avatar XPRIZE using Franka Emika technology. image: https://franka.de/hubfs/Team%20NimbRo%20won%20ANA%20XPRIZE-1.jfif --- [![Logo Franka Robotics](https://franka.de/hubfs/logo-and-claim.svg "Logo Franka Robotics")](https://franka.de?hsLang=en) [![Logo Franka Robotics](https://franka.de/hubfs/logo.svg "Logo Franka Robotics")](https://franka.de/?hsLang=en) Menu - [Products](https://franka.de/products-overview?hsLang=en) - [Franka Research 3](https://franka.de/franka-research-3?hsLang=en) - [Diana 7 by Agile Robots](https://franka.de/diana-7?hsLang=en) - [Accessories](https://franka.de/accessories?hsLang=en) - [Prototypes](https://franka.de/product-prototypes?hsLang=en) - [Franka Research 3 Duo](https://franka.de/fr3-duo?hsLang=en) - [Mobile FR3 Duo](https://franka.de/mobile-fr3-duo?hsLang=en) - [Tactile Mobile Robot](https://franka.de/tmr?hsLang=en) - [Franka GELLO and GELLO Duo](https://franka.de/gello?hsLang=en) - [Applications](https://franka.de/applications?hsLang=en) - [Physical AI](https://franka.de/applications?hsLang=en#physical-ai-applications) - [Research](https://franka.de/applications?hsLang=en#application-research) - [Service / Innovative](https://franka.de/applications?hsLang=en#application-innovation) - [Art](https://franka.de/art?hsLang=en) - [Industry](https://franka.de/applications?hsLang=en#application-industry) - [Resources](https://franka.de/resources?hsLang=en) - [Product Documentation](https://franka.de/documents?hsLang=en) - [Development](https://franka.de/develop?hsLang=en) - [Community Contributions](https://franka.de/community?hsLang=en) - [Community Forum](https://www.franka-community.de/) - [Webinars](https://franka.de/webinars?hsLang=en) - [Careers](https://franka.de/careers?hsLang=en) - [Company](https://franka.de/company?hsLang=en) - [About](https://franka.de/company?hsLang=en) - [Contact](https://franka.de/contact?hsLang=en) - [News](https://franka.de/news) - [Events](https://franka.de/events?hsLang=en) - [Sales Partners](https://franka.de/partners?hsLang=en) English - [English](https://franka.de/news/winning-ana-xprize-challenge-with-franka-emikas-powerful-technology) - [中文 (Chinese)](https://www.franka-robotics.cn) ![](https://franka.de/hubfs/Team%20NimbRo%20won%20ANA%20XPRIZE-1.jfif) # Winning ANA XPRIZE Challenge with Franka Emika's powerful technology Published by [Henner Brandes](https://franka.de/news/author/henner-brandes) on 7.11.2022   ![Team NimbRo won ANA XPRIZE-1](https://franka.de/hubfs/Team%20NimbRo%20won%20ANA%20XPRIZE-1.jfif) NimbRo robot competition team of the Autonomous Intelligent Systems lab of The University of Bonn won 5M US$ prize in All Nippon Airways ANA Avatar XPRIZE challenge in Long Beach, California, USA using Franka Emika robot technology. ANA XPRIZE aims to create an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location in real time. Seventeen finalist teams competed at finals testing event in the greater Los Angeles area to demonstrate human-operated robotic avatar systems performing tasks remotely. Team NimbRo got additional points in the challenge for the telepresence quality, resulting in a perfect score of 15/15 points, leading to the victory! “NimbRo’s work demonstrates the remarkable potential of avatar technology to transcend time and distance and help address urgent human challenges, from health care access to disaster relief,” said Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE. “The ANA Avatar XPRIZE demonstrates the power of avatar technology and its ability to strengthen our society and improve lives,” said Junko Yazawa, Executive Vice President of ANA. “These innovations, exemplified by the work of NimbRo and the other finalists, are a major step forward toward our goal of creating a more connected world.” Full article: [https://www.xprize.org/prizes/avatar/articles/ana-avatar-xprize-winners](https://www.xprize.org/prizes/avatar/articles/ana-avatar-xprize-winners)   [Back to Blog](https://franka.de/news) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Related Articles [![Franka Emika booth at ICRA 2022](https://franka.de/hs-fs/hubfs/20220524_105114.jpg?width=1024&name=20220524_105114.jpg)](https://franka.de/news/franka-emika-presented-cutting-edge-research-at-icra-2022?hsLang=en) ## [Franka Emika presented cutting edge research at ICRA 2022](https://franka.de/news/franka-emika-presented-cutting-edge-research-at-icra-2022?hsLang=en) We had the pleasure of introducing Franka Emika tactile robot, as well as holding a presenation, at... 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