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.
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Hein Koelman
CEO
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Dick Bolk
COO
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Eveline van Kan
Business Controller
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Heleen Woldhuis
Event & Management Assistant
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Aashish Vatsyayan
Robotics Software Engineer
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Abhas Choudhary
Materials & Process Engineer
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André Florindo
Automated Manufacturing Engineer
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Aydin van den Bergh
Business Developer
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Berthil Grashof
System Integrator and Robot Safety Expert
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Bram Jongbloed
Materials & Process Engineer
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Dave Kroezen
Software Engineer
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Erich Foster
Robotics Software Engineer
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Eugenio Bernardi
Robotics Engineer
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Johan van Stuyvesant Meijen
Associate Research Engineer
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Kasahun Asfew
Researcher Automated Fibre Placement
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Kate Twiss
Robotics Software Engineer
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Martin Kampinga
Program manager
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Meldon Clark
Mechatronics Engineer
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Menno Verkade
Education and Research Technician
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Nadia Haïfi
Communications advisor
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Nithish Kumar
Robotics Software Engineer
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Sungi Han
Additive Manufacturing Engineer
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Syrine Zbidi
Software Automation Engineer
Interns & student assistants
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Ali Khairalla
Intern Thermoplastics Orthogrid Pick-and-place System
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Chirag Asnani
MSc Thesis Student Ultrasonic Welding
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Danning Zhao
Assistant Robotics & Software
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Gustavo Asai
Intern Thermal Monitoring for Additive Manufacturing
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Joris Koopman
Assistant Communication
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Mikhail Maximchuk
Assistant Robotics & Software
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Mink Verschure
Intern Software Automation
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Nigel van Nierop
MSc Thesis Student Ultrasonic Welding
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Pleun de Goede
Assistant Communication
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Timo Westerveld
MSc Thesis Student Ultrasonic Welding
Board
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Rinze Benedictus
Board Chairman
Chair Department SI&C TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
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Gijs van der Hoorn
Board Secretary
Researcher at the Delft Robotics Institute and the Delft BioRobotics Laboratory
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Jos van den Boom
Board Treasurer
Business Developer TU Delft Innovation and Impact Centre
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Anton Bakker
Board Member
Head of Capabilities Technology Assembly & Metals GTC-NL (GKN Aerospace)
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Maarten Labordus
Board Member
R&D Manager KVE Composites Group/Daher
TU Delft experts
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Nathan Eskue
AI for Manufacturing Certification
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Clemens Dransfeld
Professor of Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
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Daniël Peeters
Assistant professor in aerospace structures & materials
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Roger Groves
Associate Professor in Aerospace NDT/SHM
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Martijn Wisse
Director of TU Delft Robotics Institute
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Irene Fernandez Villegas
TU Delft thermoplastic composite welding expert
Our participants
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Technology partners
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Supporters & network
SAM XL is the outcome of the Composite Automation Development Program (CADC), which was funded via the European Fund of Regional Development (EFRD): a programme to build, use and grow a fieldlab for smart composite manufacturing technologies. The CADC consortium comprises of TU Delft, Fokker-GKN, Airborne, Airbus Defence & Space Netherlands, Suzlon, TNO, GTM Advanced Materials and KVE.
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