DeepTech CY Meetup #8 🔧 Hardware is hard: From the Lab Bench to the Field Our next DeepTech CY meetup is about what happens when technology has to leave the lab and start working in the real world. This time we’ll talk about sensors, haptics and robotics – and about the challenges of turning research and hardware prototypes into reliable products and real businesses. 📆 November 5 ⏰ 19:00 📍 CYENS, Nicosia 🎟 Free with registration Speakers: 🔹 Marios Sophocleous, CEO at TerraTeQ Innovation The Windscreen: What makes a system truly smart? From advanced sensors and instrumentation to commercial products — and why precision agriculture became one of the first real-world applications. 🔹 Evagoras Xydas, Founder & CEO at IREROBOT From Research to Reality: Building a Haptics Company A real founder journey: research, IP, funding, product qualification, compliance and international growth. 🔹 Pavel Butov, Founder of Autonomics Building a Robotics Company in Cyprus How to move autonomous robots from prototypes to pilots, paying customers and real deployments – and what it takes to build and finance a robotics company. Agenda: 19:00 – Arrival & Networking 19:20 – Welcome & Opening 19:30 – Marios Sophocleous 20:00 – Evagoras Xydas 20:30 – Pavel Butov 21:00 – Open Discussion & Networking Come for the talks, stay for the conversations and meet people building real DeepTech in Cyprus. 🎟 Free with registration Follow us: LinkedIn | Facebook | Telegram | Website #DeepTechCY #Cyprus #Innovation #Hardware #Robotics #Meetup