Reasoning and Acting Technologies
We develop technologies that enable intelligent decision-making and the orchestration of actions such as optimal scheduling, path planning, and system control.
We focus on:
Planning & Scheduling
We develop planning and scheduling technologies that efficiently organize and optimize tasks and activities to achieve mission goals within given constraints.
Intelligent AI agents continuously analyze the full production process and collaborate to optimize the scheduling of all tasks.
This way, we increase efficiency, flexibility, and responsiveness in complex industrial environments.
Path planning and control
Our path planning technologies generate trajectories that guide systems like AGVs safely and efficiently to their target positions, considering all system and environmental constraints.
Control technologies execute these trajectories by dynamically adjusting the system state.
We research hybrid controllers that combine optimization-based and learning-based approaches, leveraging their strengths to deliver robust, efficient, and adaptive control solutions.
Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis
We develop fault diagnosis and prognostics technologies that detect failures, identify their root causes, and predict future defects and remaining useful life (RUL).
Our causal and agent-based AI methods automatically identify relationships and detect complex data patterns, enabling near-real-time root cause analysis, both locally and remotely.
By combining vibration and load data, we make RUL algorithms more robust, accurate, and widely applicable, accelerating maintenance, reducing costs, and improving reliability.
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Testinfrastructuur
Additive manufacturing
Open and modular additive manufacturing platforms for research into the 3D production process.
Testing of mechanical connections and joining techniques.
For lighter, stronger products through optimised and automated joining processes.
Battery testing lab
For performance, ageing, and fast-charging tests to support optimal battery development for electrified applications.
Drivetrain testing
For hardware-in-the-loop and system-level testing to analyse and optimise the performance, durability, and efficiency of electric drivetrains and their components.
Testing electr(on)ic components
For mechanical and thermal tests of electr(on)ic components.
Testing physical and physiological stress
For mechanical and thermal tests of electr(on)ic components.
Make Lab
Mobile research lab filled to the brim with cutting-edge technology.
Testing of polymers
Lab for product and raw material testing and polymer material identification.
Manufacturing metrology lab
To ensure product quality and precision through advanced 3D measurement, surface analysis, and dimensional verification.
Autonomous vehicles for sensor testing
For testing of sensors and algorithms used in autonomous vehicles.
Testing of fatigue, failures and damage mechanics of components
For maximum durability, safety, and performance through advanced fatigue, fracture, and vibration analysis.
Development and prototyping of photonic components
State-of-the-art pilot line for freeform optics.
Vehicle testing
4-poster and climate chamber for vehicle (component) testing.
Digital model-based factory design and control processes
Digital Twin control room for digital models of factory designs and control processes.
Motor Testing
For realistic and flexible testing of electric motors to optimise efficiency, durability, and control through advanced thermal analysis and lifetime prediction.
Mechanical Component Testing
For material- and system-level validation to optimise durability, efficiency, and reliability of components and drivetrains.
Robot gripper technologies
For the selection, development, and optimisation of customised grippers, robot tooling, and sensor technology.
Other 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.
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.
Serving a variety of sectors
