About SAM XL:
Accelerator of innovation
SAM XL was founded in 2018 as an expertise centre for Smart Advanced Manufacturing with the aid of XL robotics, hence our name: SAM XL. We maximize the synergy between skilled professionals and intelligent manufacturing systems. Our aim is to form the bridge between TU Delft scientists’ fundamental research and the industry’s needs. Our pragmatic approach to achieve this: small steps, big impact.
Facilities
SAM XL is located on the TU Delft campus, close to the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. Our facility is a 2000 m2 research lab, with different robot cells and automation labs. SAM XL brings you at the centre of the vibrant Delft start-up community and the talented student body of Delft University of Technology, The Hague University of Applied Sciences and InHolland.
Robots
Our entire collection of robots is not only top of the range, but also capable of communicating with the outside world. They cover a wide range of payloads and ranges and all have the ability to output real-time data for monitoring purposes. Equipped with models and sensors capable of real-time, high-speed, path and task planning.
Ideally suitable for developing, demonstrating and validating Artificial Intelligence for the manufacturing industry. We use both the robot’s own programming software as well as the ROS industrial middleware platform to put our intelligent manufacturing systems into motion.
Team
Meet our dynamic team of highly skilled professionals! At SAM XL we are glad to collaborate with each other, with our TU Delft colleagues, with our partners and with our suppliers! Together, we are engineering the future. With aerospace technology in our DNA, we love to experiment, innovate and demonstrate.

Hein Koelman
CEO

Dick Bolk
COO

Eveline van Kan
Business Controller

Heleen Woldhuis
Event & Management Assistant

Aashish Vatsyayan
Robotics Software Engineer

Abhas Choudhary
Materials & Process Engineer

André Florindo
Automated Manufacturing Engineer

Aydin van den Bergh
Business Developer

Berthil Grashof
System Integrator and Robot Safety Expert

Bram Jongbloed
Materials & Process Engineer

Dave Kroezen
Software Engineer

Erich Foster
Robotics Software Engineer

Eugenio Bernardi
Robotics Engineer

Johan van Stuyvesant Meijen
MSc Thesis Student Ultrasonic Welding

Joris Koopman
Assistant Communication & FM

Kate Twiss
Robotics Software Engineer

Martin Kampinga
Program manager

Meldon Clark
Mechatronics Engineer

Menno Verkade
Education and Research Technician

Mikhail Maximchuk
Assistant Robotics & Software

Nadia Haïfi
Communications advisor

Nithish Kumar
Robotics Software Engineer

Nigel van Nierop
MSc Thesis Student Ultrasonic Welding

Pleun de Goede
Assistant Communication & FM

Sungi Han
Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Thomash Hettasch
Intern Software Automation

Syrine Zbidi
Software Automation Engineer

Timo Westerveld
MSc Thesis Student Ultrasonic Welding
Board

Rinze Benedictus
Board Chairman
Chair Department SI&C TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Gijs van der Hoorn
Board Secretary
Researcher at the Delft Robotics Institute and the Delft BioRobotics Laboratory

Jos van den Boom
Board Treasurer
Business Developer TU Delft Innovation and Impact Centre

Marcel Buckley
Board Member
Global Composite Technology Cluster Leader

Maarten Labordus
Board Member
R&D Manager KVE Composites Group/Daher
TU Delft Experts

Nathan Eskue
AI for Manufacturing Certification

Prof. Clemens Dransfeld
Professor of Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies

Dr.ir. Daniël Peeters
Senior researcher in Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies

Dr. Roger Groves
Associate Professor in Aerospace NDT/SHM

Prof.dr.ir. Martijn Wisse
Director of TU Delft Robotics Institute

Dr. Irene Fernandez Villegas
Leader of Composite Welding Lab
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