We are currently in the midst of the ‘Industry 4.0.’ era wherein the implementation of smart technologies continuously changes the way we work and live. Devices and machines communicate with each other through the Internet of Things, automation processes become smarter and autonomous and technologies such as Artificial Intelligence become part of daily life. TheseRead more
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Since 10 years, collaborative robots are on the market, working together with people without the need for a fence to secure safety. Still, more than 99% of the robots are working within a fenced area. Great advantages of working without fences are less required floorspace and the ability of humans to help robots in difficultRead more
Last weekend, the annual RoboCup World Championships were held in Sydney, Australia. As our employees are very passionate about robotics, we have two employees who participated in separate teams at this event. Janno Lunenburg is part of the Tech United @Home team, who earned the World Championship with their care robot HERO in the RoboCup@HomeRead more
When developing intelligent robots, you want them to be able to cope with different types of environments while keeping a high performance. Therefore, it is necessary to use strategies that are not case specific but instead allow robots to have a good degree of generalization on the desired task and to handle variance in theirRead more
Digital twins and hardware-in-the-loop simulations are often confused for the same thing. However, the two techniques are complementary and allow for fast robot development and integration. In this blog post, both digital twins and hardware-in-the-loop simulations will be explained. How can they be used to quickly find issues in a robot system? And how can newRead more
Today, the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad published an interview with our Managing Director Heico Sandee. In this interview, the start of Smart Robotics, our growth, focus markets, products and future are discussed. Ever since our start, Smart Robotics has grown a lot. We now employ over 35 people and are situated at our 3rdRead more
An important part of developing a smart robot application is creating the behavior of the robot. Typically, this behavior is created as a computer program that states what the robot should do at a certain moment. In industrial applications the behaviors may seem easy to program, but dealing with product variations and unexpected situations makesRead more
In the past decades, the use of robotics has been growing rapidly in many industry sectors. Automotive in particular has been using robots since the 1970’s. The logistics sector, however, is relatively late to the table when it comes to robotics. The majority of warehouses still use very little automation and employ human pickers toRead more
Smart Robotics is known as the ‘employment agency for robots’. Our aim is to develop a wide array of flexible robot applications that can be quickly installed at a customer site and can be operated by anyone. To be able to achieve this flexibility and ease-of-use, we re-use our technology as much as possible inRead more
Today is our 4 year anniversary! On the 1st of May 2015, Mark Menting and Heico Sandee officially started Smart Robotics. What a journey it has been so far! Nowadays, our robot solutions can be found all over Europe and even in Australia. We’ve grown from a small team at the High Tech Campus inRead more