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The robots run on people

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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Slide 1: A man kneels on a low plywood platform on wheels in a maker space, holding a radio remote, beside workbenches and a 3D printerPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2: Iskander Smit of Cities of Things stands at left as the group gathers round a blue bag and a box of parts for the robotsPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 3: A hand rests on a black box beside a plywood deck on a patterned carpet, next to a blue bag and an open cardboard boxPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4: Two hands hold a white twin-stick radio transmitter at the right, while a gray-haired man in a black sweater stands behind among workbenchesPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 5: A rider sits on a low plywood platform on a brick square, while a man in a striped shirt at the left holds the radio remote beside an orange carPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 6: A man in a striped shirt holds a white radio remote and presses a button beside the blue doors of a freight liftPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame: Blue pedal car, museum Terug in de Tijd, HornFrame: Alf van Beem, CC0, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video: RN's camera footage behind this post, including Iskander Smit's words at the workshopRN's own footage, 19 Oct 2026, Stadslab Eindhoven and the NRE site, Eindhoven

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