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A neighborhood robot on a plywood cart

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workCities of Things workshop "Designing with immersive AI" with the Wijkbot kit (Hoodbot), at Stadslab Eindhoven (G1), NRE site, part of Common Ground, powered by CLICKNL. Results session moderated by Monique van Dusseldorp. Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl

Research cited

  1. European Heritage Hub, A new boost of energy for the old NRE site (PDF) europeanheritagehub.eu
  2. Cities of Things Manifest 2026 introductie NL rf (citiesofthings.nl) citiesofthings.nl
  3. Boekje ESC DEF versie web2 (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net

Other sources

  1. Cities of Things, website citiesofthings.nl
  2. Cities of Things newsletter citiesofthings.substack.com
  3. Wijkbot (Hoodbot), website hoodbot.net
  4. Dutch Design Week programme: Eindhoven van de Toekomst: Upside Park ddw.nl
  5. Dutch Design Week venue: Stadslab Eindhoven ddw.nl
  6. Wijkbot (Hoodbot), make your own Wijkbot (in Dutch) hoodbot.net
  7. Cities of Things, the Wijkbot kit citiesofthings.nl
  8. GitHub, EFeru/hoverboard-firmware-hack-FOC (open-source hoverboard firmware) github.com
  9. Het Eindhoven van de toekomst, website (in Dutch) toekomst040.nl
  10. Luma event page: Workshop Designing with immersive AI, speculative design meets civic prototyping luma.com
  11. Cities of Things, about citiesofthings.nl
  12. Cities of Things, manifesto citiesofthings.nl
  13. Cities of Things newsletter, archive citiesofthings.substack.com
  14. This is Eindhoven, Stadslab Eindhoven thisiseindhoven.com
  15. Creative Industries Immersive Impact Coalition (CIIIC), website ciiic.nl
  16. Cities of things (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
  17. Designing with immersive ai (citiesofthings.nl) citiesofthings.nl
  18. toekomst040.nl/stadsdoelen/groen toekomst040.nl
  19. Maak kennis met wijkbot (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  20. Over de inzamelbot (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  21. Dutch design week (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  22. Wijkbot bij dutch design week (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  23. Wijkbot bij dutch design week 2 (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  24. Wijkbotkit modulair (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  25. Wijkbot op makerfaire eindhoven (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A gray-haired man sits on a red chair on a plywood robot platform with a cardboard box marked Give and Take; a second plywood cart with heather and boxes waits behind, near a parked carPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
A person sits on a red chair on a small plywood platform with a cardboard box marked Give & Take, beside two jars and a pot of heatherPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 3
Hands holding a white radio transmitter over a taped cardboard box on a wooden wheeled basePhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4
A man kneels on a plywood deck on castor wheels, holding a white radio transmitter, with a heather plant in pink paper and open toolboxes around himPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 5
A person rides a low wooden platform through a corridor, seen from behind, past a sign reading Riding the immersive wavePhoto: RN Collins
Slide 6
On a wide brick square, a man rides a small plywood robot platform toward the camera past rows of parked bikes, a pale brick house behind; the corner of a second cart with heather shows at the lower leftPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 7
A group stands on a brick square by parked cars while a platform with a red seat waits on the pavingPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 8
Two wooden platforms with crates and a red seat parked inside a doorwayPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
Diesel locomotive Loc 362K (blue and yellow, with crane arm), Nederlands SpoorwegmuseumFrame: Alf van Beem, CC0, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video
RN's phone photos and video behind this postRN's own footage, 19 Oct 2026, Stadslab Eindhoven and the NRE site, Eindhoven

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