2021 – today
Founder of RCAM BV
Freelance
Available for hire on a freelance basis for computer vision, automation, software and web development. Simply get in touch to see if I can help.
robbert.camp/s
Robbert
Camps
Computer scientist with a focus on automation. I bridge the gap between software and hardware in complex projects.
about
Hi, I'm Robbert. I'm a very versatile computer scientist with a Master of Science in Engineering (ir., MScEng). I have a lot of experience making industrial cameras understand what they see. Nowadays I close the gap between software and hardware in industrial automation, having experience in both domains.
Through my company RCAM I'm available as a freelancer for anything on this page. Outside work you'll find me doing improv theatre, making music, or building small games.
work
2021 – 2025
CTO, Head of Software
Heliovision, custom machine vision for industry
- Led all software at a company that builds bespoke machine vision systems: nothing off the shelf, every project tailored, bringing state-of-the-art vision technology straight onto factory floors and work sites, where the real challenges are rarely the expected ones.
- Grew with the company from 3 to 10 people. Ran the day-to-day work of six engineers and carried responsibility for every piece of software we delivered.
- Organized building an internal library of reusable components, so new projects no longer started from scratch: a real architectural challenge when no two projects look alike.
- Hands-on across many sub-fields of computer vision and the hardware that goes with it, for clients such as Colruyt, Katoen Natie, Jan De Nul and Zeeman.
2019 – 2022
Computer Vision Engineer
Aperam, one of the world's largest stainless steel producers
- Built a fully automatic inspection system that detects and classifies defects on moving steel strip.
- Supported innovative automation projects that needed computer vision, from flame and coil detection to verifying crane hooks.
- Designed intuitive interfaces that combine data from the whole production process.
- Helped speed up the move to Industry 4.0.
education
2016 – 2018
Master of Engineering: Computer Science
KU Leuven · Human-Machine Interaction
Thesis: an augmented reality web app that recognises physical 3D molecule models through the camera and explains the hybridisation of atoms step by step in 3D.
2013 – 2017
Bachelor of Engineering
KU Leuven · Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Bachelor test team project: autonomous Raspberry Pi and Lego cars that followed line roads with a camera, dodged obstacles and coordinated routes over a network.
skills
Computer visionInspection systemsAutomation PythonOpenCVPyTorchTensorFlowIndustrial camerasLightingLensesJavaScriptPHPSQLHTML & CSSJavaGoC/C++ (Arduino)Intuitive user interfacesIndustry 4.0Problem solvingGetting things doneDutchEnglishSome French
playground
Things I've built in my spare time, from games to web platforms. Most of my experiments live on rc5.be.
HexaJam
My puzzle game for Android: drop jelly hexes into the jar, pop groups of four and set off huge chains.
Google Play
Rummage
A pantry of 11 small puzzle games. Pick a box, choose a difficulty, play. Offline, no ads.
Google Play
Interactive Rainbow
A live wallpaper for Android that changes depending on where you touch it.
17,000+ total installs.
GratisPoll
A free platform for creating online polls, running since 2012 with over 10,000 visitors a month at its peak.
gratispoll.beBalijn
A drawing physics platformer with a level editor, where players build and publish their own levels.
labo.rc5.be/balijnLabo
My virtual laboratory: experiments with physics, 3D, image processing, sensors and randomness. A lot of these will be broken by now because of code rot.
labo.rc5.becontact
Have a process that should run itself, or a business idea and looking for skilled help? Let's talk.