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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), led by Iskander Smit, at Stadslab Eindhoven (G1), NRE site, part of Common Ground. Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl

Research cited

  1. Boekje ESC DEF versie web2 (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net

Other sources

  1. Cities of Things, website citiesofthings.nl
  2. Cities of Things, the Wijkbot kit citiesofthings.nl
  3. Wijkbot (Hoodbot), website hoodbot.net
  4. Wijkbot (Hoodbot), make your own Wijkbot (in Dutch) hoodbot.net
  5. GitHub, EFeru/hoverboard-firmware-hack-FOC (open-source hoverboard firmware) github.com
  6. GitHub, huggingface/lerobot (LeRobot README) github.com
  7. TechEx Europe 2026, Physical AI track agenda (organizer) physicalaiconference.com
  8. AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026, organizer home ai-expo.net
  9. Dutch Design Week venue: Stadslab Eindhoven ddw.nl
  10. Ai leadership (ai-expo.net) ai-expo.net
  11. Techex europe 2026 preview amsterdam (thenextweb.com) thenextweb.com
  12. Physical ai expo europe 2026 (artificialintelligence-news.com) artificialintelligence-news.com
  13. luminik.io luminik.io
  14. Cities of things (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
  15. Maak kennis met wijkbot (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  16. Over de inzamelbot (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  17. Dutch design week (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  18. Wijkbot bij dutch design week (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  19. Wijkbot bij dutch design week 2 (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  20. Wijkbotkit modulair (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net
  21. Wijkbot op makerfaire eindhoven (hoodbot.net) hoodbot.net

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A gray-haired man sits on a red seat on a low plywood platform with a cardboard box marked Give and Take, as it rolls across brick paving past parked carsPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
A gray-haired man kneels on a low plywood platform on wheels in a maker space, holding a white radio remotePhoto: RN Collins
Slide 3
Two hands hold a white twin-stick radio transmitter, thumbs on the sticksPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 4
Diagram in two columnsImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Cities of Things, the Wijkbot kit, (remote-controlled, hacked hoverboard, plywood deck); Physical AI agenda, TechEx Europe 2026, (fleets, orchestration, autonomy at scale), read 24 Oct 2026Museum or journal record
Slide 5
Diagram in two columnsImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against LeRobot README, (open-source library, lower the barrier to entry, Apache 2.0); Cities of Things, the Wijkbot kit, ; hoodbot.netMuseum or journal record
Slide 6
A man reaches down toward a square plywood deck lying on a patterned carpet, next to a blue bag and a cardboard boxPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
Kronerburg hand fire pump (1890), Nationaal Brandweermuseum, HellevoetsluisFrame: Alf van Beem, PD, 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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