Supported by Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Belgium's First Open
Robotics & AI Lab

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What we’re up to.

Robot arm learning table air hockey A family of 3D-printed polar bears Working session around the robot cart

A forever hackathon.

The Vessel is the first open AI and robotics lab in Belgium, hosted in the Antwerp port area. It runs continuously: projects rotate, people come and go, the knowledge compounds.

Loodglansstraat 5,
2030 Antwerpen.

To enter, please join our Discord and ping us there. Open Lab runs Thursdays and Saturdays — come build with us.

TrainAntwerpen-Centraal → Antwerpen-Luchtbal (NMBS, ~10 min, every 20 min).
Tram 6From Diamant → Kinepolis terminus, ~30 min.
Tram 1From Opera, runs to Luchtbal.
Bike~20 min from Antwerp centre via Italiëlei. Covered racks at the door.
Car~10 min from centre. Free parking on-site at Loodglansstraat 5.

A vessel has a destination.
This is the start of our journey.

We want Belgium to be a place where ambitious people building in AI and robotics have somewhere real to land. Hardware in front of them, context around them, and other builders within arm’s reach.

Five years from now, we want to look back at this room and recognise the people who shaped what came next.

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Polaris the polar bear chilling on the beach