Smart Manufacturing & Robotics Delft

We are an award-winning international minor programme in Delft. Our students build state-of-the-art automation prototypes for the industry.

Become an automation ninja

Information for students »

Go hands-on with the latest industrial robots and other advanced equipment. In twenty weeks time you’ll create two actual solutions for the industry in our own lab or on the factory floor.

Get a working prototype

Information for companies »

Our students will create a working prototype for your automation problem at no cost to you. The Hague University of Applied Sciences will provide the robots and cameras.

Check out our robot lab

Videos of our projects

Automated Crate Unloading | Colruyt

Students: Luc Van Eck | Max Tienhooven | Pedro Nicolas Cristiansen Hutabarat | Simon Gmeiner Original situation description Colruyt Smart Techniques, an innovative start-up within the Colruyt Group, follows the motto ‘from inspiration to implementation’. Providing many …

Automated Steering of MagTrack

Students: Mart Reumer, Steph Nützel, Esther Killeen I Barbera, Sebastian van der Krans The problem DERC Salotech developed the MagTrack cleaning robot that can clean the sides of ships and oil tanks. By using …

Leaf counting | Ter Laak Orchids

Students: Freek van Dongen, Jordy de Schepper, Esther Killeen I Barberà, Gijs Polderman Introduction Ter Laak is a world leading orchid grower, situated in Wateringen, The Netherlands. By making use of technological innovations …

Landuwasco – Robotic towel picker

The company The client ‘Landuwasco B.V.’ deals in revised Industrial laundry equipment and in integration/robotization of the laundry industry. The customers of Landuwasco are industrial laundries. These customers average have …

The Potter at De Vreede Techniek

Students: Koen Brok, Job Hertog, Ryan Verbaan en Kjeld Vermeulen   Introduction De Vreede Techniek is an automation company based in Berkel en Rodenrijs. They supply automation solutions for the greenhouse …

Bouquet pick & place robot at DERO GROEP

Students: Daniel Tacoma:                                 Daniel Tacoma | LinkedIn Jelle van Haaster:                            Jelle van Haaster | LinkedIn Arjan van der Knaap:                 Arjan Van Der Knaap | LinkedIn Maarten van Geest:                     Maarten van Geest …

VDL TBP kitting robot

linkedin Jaap Knook : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaap-knook-a8ba2b157/ René van Rijswijk : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ren%C3%A9-van-rijswijk-b79a0b170/ Tim Kuppens : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-kuppens-420798178/ Coen van Marrewijk : https://www.linkedin.com/in/coen-van-marrewijk-494886183/ Introduction VDL TBP electronics is a company that is specialized in the manufacturing of small …

Modular auction car filler DERO

Students: Daniel Tacoma:                              Daniel Tacoma | LinkedIn Jelle van Haaster:                           Jelle van Haaster | LinkedIn Arjan van der Knaap:                     Arjan Van Der Knaap | LinkedIn Maarten …

Robotic Pre-feeder

The problem at hand Background Royal Van Eerd is a Dutch company, which produces packaging boxes for the pharmaceutical industry. The company prints, die-cuts, folds and glues carton packaging for …

Volkerrail – Balise Plaatser

Teaser video Vokerrail – SMR Volkerrail uitleg video – SMR Introduction:   As part of the minor smart manufacturing & robotics, we had to complete an assignment from Volkerrail in …

3D scanning using depth camera

Introduction Due to COVID-19 restrictions our initial project had to be cancelled, because we no longer had access to the industrial robot. Therefore, we came up with the following project. …

Siemens – Container Tracking

[This assignment is part of Siemens’ greater project to automate twistlock handling. Due to the COVID-19 related lockdown this project assignment and the solution have been adapted to working from home, without a physical robot] INTRODUCTION In …

Needle Quality Control

Students: Bas Holweg, Mike van Steekelenburg & Hans Verstraeten 1.1.    Introduction Promolding is a company specialized in producing high performance polymer products. One of the products it produces is a …

DERO – Flower collector

Groepsleden: Linkedin Dave Ravensbergen  Linkedin Mark de Roos Linkedin Martijn Venselaar Linkedin Guus Zwart Original Situation DERO is a company that designs, produces and installs automated processes. They got contacted …

KLM – Vervangen van tape op een Eddy Current probe

Linkedin Koen Geers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/koen-geer…​ Linkedin Barry Damen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-dam…​ Linkedin Stan Vijverberg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-vijv…​ Linkedin Lex Verheij: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lex-verheij-042035205/ The original situation KLM engine service performs quality checks on HTP disks from aeroplanes. These …

GoPro cable glider

Go Pro glider introduction My goal was to move a Go Pro certain distances a bit smoother than walking. The result is not entirely what I was going for. But …

MagicMirror module

Students: Jordy Ubink & João Rocha MagicMirror Module for displaying Discourse notifications Introduction We made a module (plug-in) for the MagicMirror (see it here). That is a smart mirror, driven …

Automatic Flute

by Es-saidi Shaima   INTRODUCTION Given the exceptional circumstances that is currently hitting the world, the minor smart manufacturing and robotics was transformed into an online project. Initially, a minor …

The Kit robot

Student: Laurens Roos Introduction In order to enable remote robotics education, the Workshop Universal at the Hague University of Applied sciences contacted us to build and design a robot that …

Robust internet services node

Robust internet services node By: Alejandro Colomar Andrés Introduction Companies depend on servers to provide their services on-line, and ideally those servers should be running 24/7 (all the time). However, …

Laundry symbol reader

Laundry symbol reader By: Alejandro Colomar Andrés & Tim Splinter Introduction Most of us don’t know what those symbols in our clothes’ labels mean. Some of us can know some …

People counter

Students_spring_2020 : Es-saïdi Shaïma and Rocha João Introduction The year 2020 has been shattered by the coronavirus. The Hague University of Applied Sciences has closed its doors for the spring …

Monitoring glass assembly bot

About the company “Assemblage perfect” is a local workshop in Duiven, a small town next to Arnhem, run by mr. Peter de Dreu. In this workshop they do various engineering …

TetrisBot

Students: Bart van Leeuwen | Tom Rozekrans | Ishvara Lalta| Bart de Langen Bin Packing problem A very old and known problem in the logistics industrie is the bin packing …

SMR – Werkse

  Werkse! is a company that offers supported employment to people with physical and/or mental learning difficulties, to enhance their future job prospects. Werkse offer a number of services, positions …

Seaming of Composite Tapes

Students: Maurice van Beijnen, Céleste Brommer, William Nuijt, Menno van Rooijen Introduction KVE Composites Group is a company specialized in composites. They mainly serve the aerospace, defence and machine construction industries. …

Zwetlande pick and placing

Zwethlande Zwethlande is a grower of Ficus plants. They have over 30 years of experience with this type of plant, which explains their expertise. At some point they decided to …

Polishing of an airplane wing

  Students: Pepijn van Eck, Yuk Ho Chung, Schelte van der Horst, Jorge Luis Díaz Onofre, Florens Vernooij Images 1 through 4: Logos of Fokker Technologies, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, University …

Automated Clip Pick & Place System

Students: Alvin Dumaij, Martijn Keijzer, William Nuijt, Jon Diaz Introduction Rexnord is a company specialized in the production and assembly of conveyor belts. They produce conveyor tracks and the components …

Automatic Plant Bind System

Project by: Joost Kingma, Sander van Gemmert, Ka Chun Tsang and Mark van Leeuwen Introduction Hoogeveen Plants is a horticulture company that specialize in Climbers, Fruit Plants, Bamboo-Grasses-Ferns and Helleborus.  …

Assembling with Co-Bot

Today, more and more assembly processes are being automated by robots. If well designed, they provide excellent precision and repeatability without getting tired. However, one of the main issues with …

Dynamic Grinding Machine

    RAMLAB (Rotterdam additive manufacturing lab) is a researchcenter in the port of Rotterdam. It’s main focus is to develop WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing)  for the industry. WAAM is proces …

3M/DAF Gear Grinding

  DAF Trucks is the biggest manufacturer of trucks in the Netherlands. DAF trucks is located in Eindhoven with a work area of 900.000 m2. In the year 2016 they …

Fokker – Pilot for Automated Drilling

The Composite Automation Development Centre (CADC) of the Delft University of Technology, is trying to bring more smart automation in the composite manufacturing- and processing industry. This project is executed …

Automatic sealant application

  Assignment Our client asked us to create a demo for automatically applying sealant to a soldered object and a ceramic object. This is to ensure the soldered object does …

Vink Systemen Sealant Applying Robot

Vink Systemen Working in clean air. Producing in an optimum climate. Vink Systemen designs, supplies, installs and maintains your custom air distribution system. A reliable partner in many markets for …

Viscon finger grinder

Viscon group The Viscon Group is passionate about creating innovative, solid and smart logistic solutions for all handling processes in Food and Agro businesses. The Viscon DNA consists of asking many …

Plant Sorting System

Introduction Zwethlande: Plantation Zwethlande has 30 years of experience in the growing of Ficus pot plants. Because of these years of experience in this field, the company is famous for …

Automatic Seeding Line

Artechno Automatic Seeding Line Artechno is a innovative company offering automation solutions for horticulture. One of their ongoing projects is to create a fully automated vertical farm that can be …

Chicory root pick and place

  Introduction Rijkzwaan is a company that develops new varieties of vegetables and is a supplier of seeds. The head office is located at De Lier, but because of their …

Airborne pick and place

Airborne envisages the future where the composite industry has grown and matured, offering products and services to a greater amount of markets and applications. The vision of Airborne is to …

Anthurium Packer

Video Introduction PeterKouwenhoven is a company that is active in floriculture. They grow six different varieties of Anthuriums that are meant for the flower auction. This is done in a …

Heineken Pallet Destacker

One of the biggest breweries worldwide contains approximately 550 employees at the Zoeterwoude brewery located in the Netherlands. HEINEKEN strains after a high-quality production flow where fully automation is desired. …

RAMLAB – Removal of Excess Metal

Students: Alexander Ramp, Wouter van Leeuwen, Guus Figdor, Willem van der Linden, Sjoerd Kaptein & Marc Groeneveld. (Spring 2017)   Introduction “Industrial spare parts should always be available wherever they’re needed, …

The Induction Welding System

Introduction Composite materials, which are made from high-tech fibers and resins deliver unique mechanical performances. These materials distinguish themselves by their high stiffness and strength with excellent thermal stability and …

Backing foil removal

Airborne The client of the project group is Airborne, which is a company that provides composite solutions/services to aerospace, maritime and automation problems. The main function of airborne is to …

Adaptive laminate inspection

Students: Erik Donkersloot – Mark van der Lee – Stephan de Reus – Matthias van Zweeden For questions please contact us at: adaptivelaserinspection@gmail.com   Project description The SMR minor focuses …

MUD Jeans Metal Parts Remover

Students: Sander Bal – Simon Navarro – Simon Boerwinkel – Marc Ziedses des Plantes     MUD Jeans Denim recycling and circular economy MUD Jeans is a fashion brand company, …

BIT Hotmelt Mattress gluing project

   BIT Hotmelt Technology & gluing mattresses                    Over seven billion people populate Earth and there are even more mattresses. Many of these mattresses are glued together, To produce this amount …

Chrysanthemum Topper

Students: Sander Bal – Simon Navarro – Simon Boerwinkel – Marc Ziedses des Plantes  automatedpincher@gmail.com  Pot Chrysanthemum and the gebr. Nederpel In Europe, we love the chrysanthemum, but not only …