About Us

We now offer the fourth generation of the floor marking robot system that have been in successful operation for more than 20 years. It all started as a doctorate project at the Royal Institute of Technology 25 years ago and have thereafter been refined into an industrial product.

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Intelligent Machines’ History

In the early 2000s, we, a few people from academia and industry with great interest in robotics felt that the time was right to start a technology firm specializing in service robotics and intelligent machines. As a result of this, Intelligent Machines was founded in Stockholm the year 2004. We all have both broad and deep knowledge in the technical fields that are relevant when it comes to robotics and intelligent machines, making us particularly suitable and adept to develop robotic system solutions.

Throughout the years, we have helped several large and small industrial companies in Sweden and Europe to automate their products. Already at the beginning of the business we came across the application automatic floor marking of exhibition/event layouts and from 2017 it has become our main business.

Our Team

Per Ljunggren

CEO and Sales Manager

Per has a master’s degree in science specializing in machine design from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He has 18 years of experience in product development from Electrolux where Per, among other things was responsible for the development of the Electrolux Trilobite robot vacuum cleaner. In 1999 Per joined e2 Home AB which was a joint venture between Electrolux and Ericsson to develop and sell products and services for smart and connected homes. At e2 Home Per was the technical director and then CEO. 2004 Per took the initiative to start Intelligent Machines.

Thomas Ahlstrand

CTO

Thomas has 35 years of experience in electronics and software for mechatronic design in robotics, automotive and medicine technical industry. Thomas has been involved in starting and running several consulting companies in the technical field, such as Sigma Design & Development, today a part of Prevas and Elektronen AB, which today is part of Tritech.

Henrik Djurestål

Implementation and Technical Support

Henrik has a master’s in engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm specializing in mechatronics and robotics. He has previous experience in research and development at Scania and Saab. He has since a young age been interested in technology and if time permits likes working on his own projects. In Intelligent Machines, he works with product development in mechanics and software.

Patric Jensfelt

Robotic and Navigation Expert

Patric is professor of computer science with a specialization in robotics at the Center for Autonomous Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He has a degree in engineering physics and has a PhD in control engineering. Patric has more than 25 years of experience in robotics at research level and industrial applied mobile robotics. Patric is the creator of the original concept of the floor marking robot which now has evolved into Intelligent Machin's current product.

FAQs

How many robots do one need?

It largely depends on how tight planning you work with. As a guideline, we recommend 1 robot per 50,000 sqm of exhibition space.

How much does a robot cost?

It depends on which business model you want. The most economically model is to purchase the robots. Experience from our customers shows that the depreciation period is normally under 2 years. For more information on prices, contact us for a quote.

Is it possible to test the robot in our own exhibition halls?

Demonstration can be arranged in two ways. Either by customer coming to Stockholm and we do a demonstration at Stockholmsmässan or we visiting the customer and make a demonstration at customer selected site. A demonstration at customer site requires preparation, transport and travels so for that we have to charge the customer some costs.

Where can the ink be purchased?

The ink can be purchased from us or directly from our supplier. We recommend that you use this ink as we have long experience that it works well. It is also possible to use other suppliers of industrial jet dot ink based on water/alcohol as solvent, but then we do not guarantee the function.

Can the robot make markings while other work is going on in the hall?

Absolutely, the robot is safe to work with people around it. In the user interface, there are functions that easily enable parts of the floor surface to be temporally excluded from the job. Later, when these surfaces are again free of work and equipment, they can be activated again for marking.

Can you use several robots at the same time?

You can use several robots simultaneously in the same hall and/or in several halls.

How to remove the markings?

The markings can be washed away with an ordinary scrubber machine using detergents with a pH value of over 12, making it possible to control if markers should be kept or not while conducting normal floor cleaning. By using different colors, multiple event layouts can be marked at the same marking occasion.

Reach Out Today

Feel free to reach out to learn more about how our robot can seamlessly integrate with your process. We’re here to provide any additional details you need.