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Having spent 8 years working in the French ecosystem, I was happy to co-host Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises delegation at Flanders Make Kortrijk site together with Grisja Lobbestael and Koen Maertens. A delegation of companies active in the sector of advanced materials, together with POLYMERIS & AXELERA clusters, were introduced to the Flanders Make network and were able to witness some of our Industry 5.0 demonstrators in action. Lots of untapped collaboration potential between the two regional ecosystems, great job for taking the initiative and making the connection Oraline Wiart (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Entreprises) and Peter Jaspers (Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT)). Just in time for the upcoming #HorizonEurope calls - looking forward to the next steps!

Next Tuesday, Dec 10th, my colleague Ewoud Verhelst and me are giving a course on Skilled-Based Robot Programming and how it can be applied to build your own Digital Assembly Assistant. By the end of this 4h course, you will be proficient in transitioning a collaborative robot (cobot) from traditional hardcoded programming to a more flexible, parameterized skill-based system. You'll also learn to develop your own library of skills for various applications. For more information and subscription details, visit the link: https://lnkd.in/eb-QZfg7 Supported by Flanders Make within the REBOOT SKILLS project

𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗸 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝘀! 🎉 Mijn doctoraatsproefschrift is vanaf nu vrij beschikbaar voor iedereen: https://lnkd.in/eApzHXbT In mijn onderzoek heb ik de rekenkundig efficiënte sliding discrete Fourier transform (𝗦𝗗𝗙𝗧) toegepast voor 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 van stangenmechanismen. De experimenten, uitgevoerd op een diverse reeks mechanismen, laten veelbelovende resultaten zien. De stap richting toepassingen in de industrie lijkt zeker en vast gezet. Een doctoraatstraject vraagt vaak om onderzoeksuitdagingen zelfstandig op te lossen. Als 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 bij Flanders Make werk ik nu in een team met uitgebreide expertise in 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮 & 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹. In mijn korte tijd hier heb ik al enorm veel bijgeleerd en kreeg ik de kans om te bekijken of de SDFT-aanpak ook geschikt is voor 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 van industriële robots. Geoptimaliseerde 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 is het doel. De simulaties tonen alvast mooie resultaten. Voel je vrij om de tekst eens door te nemen! We staan open voor mogelijke samenwerkingen en nieuwe ideeën. #Research #PhD #Innovation #MotionControl #ParameterTracking #Robotica #OpenAccess

Hoe een kleine goedkope drone met uiterste precisie plantenrijen in serres laten volgen? Dat leggen we graag uit! Schrijf je in voor onze lunch-webinar deze donderdag: https://lnkd.in/eNmcKfxq Use case: aardbeienbloemetjes tellen om oogst te voorspellen https://lnkd.in/e5-x4bQU

⏰ Final Call: Upgrade your robotics skills this month. Register now or miss the chance to take part in these free REBOOT SKILLS courses 👇 December 5 in Kortrijk: get started with cobots and bring their potential to the next level in 1 training day: - Hands-on intro to cobots - G-code for robots https://lnkd.in/eYw3gQqR December 10 in Leuven: learn advanced programming techniques with skill-based programming. - Teach a robot to be your Digital Assistant https://lnkd.in/e2sfahpC

On December 9th, @Bieke Decraemer and Alexander De Cock will be showcasing the Design for Assembly (DfA) methodology and the Flanders Make - CodesignS software tool. 🛠️ In just 30-minutes you discover how our DfA research at Flanders Make can bring value to your business. Don’t miss out on this chance to get inspired and learn! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eJHSc25v

🚀 Exciting times! We're happy to kick off the RAASCEMAN Project together with nine partners from six countries - including research institutes, universities and companies. This key initiative aims at building resilient supply chains for the future of European manufacturing. This project represents a major step towards smart, sustainable, and agile supply chains that will drive innovation across industries. Check out the latest news and insights from on this transformative project and how it will shape the future of manufacturing in Europe: https://lnkd.in/e-5SEykm or contact Bart Meyers @ Flanders Make.

Flanders Make recognized as Baanbrekende Werkgever 2025

Another throwback to the Flanders Make Symposium last month, proud to present our demo: 💡 Keeping your Machine Control Stable and Accurate during Continuous Operation 🚀 Industrial controllers such as classic PID control often struggle with tracking performance and remaining robust when variations occur due to changing loads, batch variations, system wear, etc. resulting in downtime due to the need for time-consuming re-tuning. Using online Adaptive Dual Control we can eliminate downtime by allowing the controller to have explorative actions online which are non-interrupting: our novel control design aims at balancing (i) persistent but safe excitation for parameter estimation (exploration) and (ii) fast control reference tracking for effective control (exploitation), without the need to take the machine offline. A huge thanks to Shafaq Gul, Ruben De Croo and Frederik De Belie for driving this innovation forward! 🤝 Feel free to reach out if you want to collaborate or learn more! #Innovation #AdaptiveDualControl #ElectricMotors #ControlDesign #GhentUniversity #FlandersMake

Last month at the Flanders Make Symposium, we were thrilled to showcase our demo in collaboration with VUB B-PHOT Brussels Photonics: 💡 Thermal Monitoring of Rotating Motor Components Using Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) ❓ Measuring the temperature of moving components in an EMI-prone environment, such as the rotor inside an e-motor is often very challenging. Therefore, thermal hotspots in the rotor can only be estimated, so a large thermal safety margin is needed which artificially limits the available peak power. Thermal variations in the rotor also affect the accuracy of the e-motor torque control. 🚀 By using optical FBGs, we show that we can accurately measure in a quasi-distributed manner the temperature of the moving rotor along its length, even in high-EMI environments. In the end, this allows us to improve torque control accuracy and sensorless torque estimation, as well as to reduce the thermal safety margin to unlock and maximize the under-used motor peak power to its full potential. A huge thanks to Seyede Faezeh Hosseini, Hendrik Vansompel and Sidney Goossens for driving this innovation forward! 🤝 Interested in learning more or collaborating on future projects? Feel free to reach out! #Innovation #ElectricMotors #ThermalMonitoring #FiberBraggGratings #GhentUniversity #VUB #FlandersMake