W.S.G. Isaac Newton

Internship in AZIOBOT B.V.

Optimization of Production Planning and Management Processes for Enhanced Efficiency and Cost-effectiveness

The internship was conducted in the engineering company AZIOBOT B.V., a start-up that makes autonomous cleaning robots. The scope of this internship is to 3D design, 3D prototype, and 3D print parts of the vacuum system and the mopping system of the robot while considering the reduction of waste and the limitation to only using 3D printing as a manufacturing method. Furthermore, the designs and the prototypes had to also be designed in a way that would simulate the way the vacuum systems and the mopping systems work and by also taking into consideration the shape and size of the back of the robot where it will be situated. In addition, it had to be as light weighted as possible and not to be too bulky, for faster 3D printing and for cost-effectiveness reasons since 3D printing is expensive and not to use too much material to not make it heavy and slow the robot down. The mopping system was designed in a way that the user can fill in the correct amount of water and /or liquid, and with the help of sensors, it can detect the maximum acceptable level for the liquid to prevent it from spilling.

My experience during the internship was exciting and full of challenges internship from which I learned a lot. I was also able to work with several different engineers and get feedback from two different design engineers from whom I got different points of view for my assignment and I was able to apply the best of both feedback to the assignment for the best possible outcome. I was working in a building named BIC which hosts a lot of companies and I had the opportunity to meet people from different companies and backgrounds.