Innovation is our core mission
From industrial demand to technological breakthrough. Take part in our research.
Our technologies
Power and Energy Components and Systems
Advancing electric machines, batteries, power electronics, transmissions and thermo-fluid energy systems.
Manufacturing, Mechanical Components and Systems
Optimising mechanical components and systems, their performance, sustainability and manufacturing process.
Robotics, sensors and actuators
Improving the core components of robotics and smart machines.
Employee 5.0 Systems
Boosting well-being & productivity.
Situational and self-awareness technologies
To identify, interrogate, and evaluate both environmental conditions and system states.
Reasoning and Acting Technologies
For intelligent decision-making and the orchestration of (autonomous) actions.
System-of-Systems Technologies
For a seamless interaction, coordination, and efficiency across complex industrial environments.
Business, Sustainability & Operations Management
Optimising the operations, sustainability, and value-creation of businesses.
Different research types
At Flanders Make, we conduct various types of research, such as:
- Accelerator for industrial research and valorisation (IRVA)
- Strategic basic research (SBO)
- European projects
- Collective R&D and knowledge dissemination (COOCK)
- Development project (via VLAIO)
- Research project (via VLAIO)
- Living labs for Industry 4.0 (via VLAIO)
- Technology Transfer (TETRA)
- Infrastructure projects (INFRA)
All these project types have their own objectives, focus, characteristics, subsidy schemes, etc.
Want to know more about our research?
Download the Flanders Make 2024 research overview here.
