Vision and Robotics solutions to inspect and handle natural objects such as fruit, vegetables and flowers. I currently work on grading of roses (note the special movies at www.iriss.nl), potato and other natural objects.

With this start-up company I aim to develop imaging and robotic systems to inspect and handle natural objects such as fruit, vegetables and flowers. Examples of projects include the development of an imaging system for rose grading and the development of a tomato harvesting robot.

Participated in the European "Clever Robots for crOPS" (CROPS) project (www.crops-robots.eu). This project involved the development of a harvesting robot for sweet-pepper. I focussed on image processing to distinguish plant parts, and motion planning to guide the robot arm to the sweet-pepper, while avoiding collisions with leaves or stems. Lastly, I have tested and evaluated the harvesting robot in a commercial greenhouse in the Netherlands, to determine the performance. Results are expected to be published in 2015. These topics are described in a thesis entitled 'Improving obstacle awareness for robotic harvesting of sweet pepper (=paprika)'. The public defense took place on 9 January 2015, in Wageningen.

Took courses in artificial intelligence and had a lot of fun in exploring Israel.

Worked on the control of the robot arm within the chairgroup of Applied Mechanics.

Designed a model and a controller for a fogging system to cool greenhouses in a semi-arid climate.

Completed a master thesis entitled: development of a laser-based guidance system for indoor robots.

Investigated energy savings by Excel data analysis for closed greenhouses at two companies in the Netherlands.

As one of the first employees in a young company, researched and developed Modified Atmosphere Packages for roses and tulips an lilies. The result of this research led to the start-up of a new web-shop in 2006: www.stuurbloemen.nl. The web-shop sells roses and tulips, sent through mail.