After my education in Industrial Engineering and Management I ended up in installation technology. In 2005 we started installing heat pumps and solar panels. That was very progressive at the time, but it is now indispensable.
In 2008 the banking crisis was at its peak. For us, that meant that installation work fell, but demand for installation material skyrocketed. Reason for us to launch the CVtotaal webshop. Due to its enormous success, we decided to divest the installation company in 2012, so that we could fully focus on CVtotaal.
With the webshop we were very progressive and constantly improving. In this way we tried to stay ahead of our competitors. Thanks to our inventiveness and hard work, we stood out in the industry and sold our company in 2018.
A new phase started. I found and still find advanced techniques very interesting, but how and what? Mowing robots caught my attention and that is why we founded Ergon robots in 2018. Again a webshop, but now with the sale and rental of mowing robots that are suitable for larger work, such as sports fields and golf courses.
As a result of these projects, I was asked whether the robots could also be used in a solar park. A solar park was too ambitious with the robots we had at the time. But the question was worth exploring whether mowing robots could be made suitable for such large projects. During the process I met my current partner Jan-Dirk, who had been working with RC-controlled mowers on solar parks for some time. The idea of developing an autonomous mowing robot was quickly born.
The Vector WD2.0 is now out of the prototype phase and the first machines are being delivered to the customers. The unique thing about our mowing robot is that in addition to navigating on GPS RTK, it can also navigate on lidar so that it can also operate under solar panels, between mature trees or in greenhouses.
