About us

Europe’s trusted partner in palletizing, depalletizing & item picking

Smarter automation starts here.

The Smart Robotics team

Built around our customers

“Since 2015, we’ve built our solutions around customer needs, not the other way around.”

With more than 130 systems deployed across Europe and operations in over 15 countries, we deliver flexible, reliable systems: from palletizing and depalletizing in production facilities to item picking and packing in logistics hubs, driven by AI.

Mission

To create a workplace where people do what they are valued for, through collaboration with smarter robots.

Vision

A world where smart robots seamlessly automate pick & place tasks in logistics.

years on the market
10+
employees
35+
countries
15+
systems deployed
130+

Our story

  1. 2015

    The story begins

    Mark Menting and Heico Sandee founded Smart Robotics on 1 May 2015. They saw that traditional robot applications needed custom programming, which made them expensive, inflexible and limited. Logistics and production companies needed more flexible, innovative pick & place automation.

  2. Today

    The pick & place solution

    Smart Robotics offers unique, reliable pick & place robots that improve operational efficiency and keep fulfilment processes running.

  3. Today

    All over the world

    We started at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven and are now headquartered in Best, in the Brainport high-tech region. Our robots are deployed worldwide, with a strong network of European partners.

Our guiding principles

The people behind the robots

Smart Robotics is growing, professionalising and commercialising: from a start-up to a scale-up. Time to put Smart Robotics in a new jacket and position us as a world-leading brand.
Heico SandeeFounder & CEO
My colleagues are open, friendly and welcoming. They expect clear goals and good planning, yet are ready to work together and make progress through uncertainty while learning, adjusting and improving. I have been, and continue to be, Smartified.
Andrew KirtlandR&D Director
Smart Robotics tackles progressive challenges and creates innovative solutions. The fun thing is that we all work together to help our customers with a suitable solution. We are service-oriented to both our customers and our colleagues.
Koen CoppelmansRobotics Engineer
There is a fun job culture with a positive and open atmosphere. I work with a great team that is always ready to help and in which you can be yourself. My job gives me energy, and I have the freedom to make my role my own.
Suzan VerheijenOffice Manager
The Smart Robotics team, about thirty people, posing and waving in front of a stone building.

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No two days are the same in our rapidly changing environment. Together we are working on the future: innovation never stops, and neither do you.

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