Lumen

An applied research initiative in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Brought together in 2026 by six Belgian partners from research, technology, services and finance.

ABOUT LUMEN

Lumen brings academic research, technological expertise and field experience together in one programme, guided by a joint steering committee.

The work of Lumen is at the research stage. There are no commercial applications and no operational deployment.

RESEARCH

Research areas

  • Robotics and autonomous systemsThe capabilities and limitations of the current generation of systems.
  • Safety and standardsValidation, measurement methods and the standards that do not yet exist.
  • Ethics, privacy and regulationAssessment against the GDPR, the European AI Act and the wider European regulatory framework.
PARTNERS
  • TRIXXO GroupInitiating partner
  • Hogeschool PXLApplied research
  • Ghent UniversityAcademic research
  • imecTechnology and validation
  • Cronos GroupTechnology integration
  • Degroof PetercamFinancing
CONTACT

For questions about Lumen, the research programme or collaboration:

info@lumenai.be