{"id":12944,"date":"2026-01-13T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/?page_id=12944"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:17:12","slug":"het-smart-sensor-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/het-smart-sensor-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Sensor Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1b32a859 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jeroen-Hilton-Foods-Holland-10-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is what we do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With smart sensors, microcontrollers and AI algorithms, we enable real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance. We build datasets and train models that help you prevent downtime and failures. And all with an investment that suits SMEs: low-threshold, scalable and immediately applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our lab, you will be detached from everyday practice and work together with people who are facing similar challenges. There is room to experiment, make mistakes, learn, and accelerate. This is the kind of collaboration that you often miss within your own organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a pump that fails on Tuesday afternoon. Production is down, a mechanic drives back and forth, and in retrospect it turns out that the pump had been vibrating for weeks already. With the right sensor you would have known that three weeks earlier. That is the kind of problem you are dealing with here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrange an introductory meeting<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f297f719 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Room to innovate outside your own company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Innovating within your own company is difficult. The machine that has to keep running again this afternoon always comes first. Large companies have separate innovation departments for that. As a small business owner, you do it alongside them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Smart Sensor Lab offers a place outside your own company where you can work on innovation in a relaxed, spacious environment with guidance. That gives you energy and results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/use-cases-fieldlab-edge-ai\/\">view our use cases<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC1671-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1b32a859 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1088\" src=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thumbnail_image006-e1768313182771-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance, training and use cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Smart Sensor Lab, we support you with innovation questions related to AI, data, and sensor technology. We guide the implementation of use cases, on-site or in the lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, you can participate in training sessions, workshops and demonstrations, and share your knowledge with other companies and researchers. This way, you become visible as an innovative company within the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrange an introductory meeting<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f297f719 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Innovating without major investment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are building on the existing infrastructure of Fieldlab Edge AI. As a result, you don't have to make a big investment to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, you benefit from our network: technology partners, educational institutions, and a continuous influx of enthusiastic students and researchers. This way, we work together to create a smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1557\" src=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187-2048x1246.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/techport.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ernst-van-der-Eng-5-scaled-1-2-e1768312820187-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull big-citaat has-primary-alt-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-large);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-large)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">TinyML is democratising AI. Not in theory, but in industrial practice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9 Gerver - Project manager<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What it costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Service<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>What you get<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Introduction of use case (Fieldlab Edge AI)<\/td><td>Assessment and advice<\/td><td>Free of charge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Book the lab itself<\/td><td>Max. 10 people, hands-on testing and prototypes<\/td><td>\u20ac 350 per session<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Workshop team<\/td><td>1-2 professionals, customized program around your use case<\/td><td>\u20ac 2,500 per day (guide price)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lab fee includes all equipment and test materials. The standard price for the workshop team includes space rental; the final price will be determined in a quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All prices are exclusive of VAT.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Are you a partner? Then different rates apply; please contact us.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact<\/a>\u00a0Join us!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not yet a Techport partner?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A partnership is possible starting at \u20ac500 per year, depending on the size of your organization. As a partner, you can participate in workshops, events, networking activities, and innovation projects free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/word-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become a partner<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get started with your own use case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have a machine that keeps shutting down at the same time, or a process that you suspect has more to offer? Bring your use case to us and we\u2019ll work with you to see if sensor technology and Tiny Machine Learning can help you further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the Fieldlab Edge AI for Smart Industry, please contact <a href=\"mailto:A.Gerver@techport.nl\">A.Gerver@techport.nl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9 Gerver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5446dffb wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-secondary-button is-style-secondary-button--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Smart Sensor Lab is a hands-on lab at Techport where SMEs experiment with smart technology, together with students, researchers and technicians.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12915,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12944","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12944"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14248,"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12944\/revisions\/14248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techport.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}