Welcome

25/03/2020

Jan De Coster makes robots, interactive installations and prototypes, for advertising, art and scientific research.
jan@jandecoster.com
+32/486.139.161

Tour 2024

22/02/2024

De Peuken Robot

20/10/2021

A robot that would love to have your cigarette buds.

Bye Bye Kunstmaan

26/04/2022

Sending Kunstmaan back to space

Trends Manager of the Year 2021

16/03/2022

Steve took up his old job, as a reporter, to interview the attendants of the annual Manager of the Year election by Trends, for Accenture Interactive.

Walt for Audi

14/09/2016

This is Walt. Walt wants to take your job. With a smile on his face.

Max the spot micro reindeer

24/12/2021

Max goes on a journey to find the holiday spirit.

FarmerMind

26/09/2021

Agrotopia: Themepark for plants

Cows with Drones

26/09/2021

Agroptopia: Themepark for plants

Max the robot dog

11/01/2021

Max is based on the Spot Micro project.

VR Interface for Toyota

12/11/2021

Collaboration with REALITYMATTERS 

Een Beetje Overdreven

04/03/2021

“Een Beetje Overdreven” is a Slightly Overdone channel for the younger and dutch speaking audience.

Sportimonium Olympic Installations

26/03/2020

Two physical interactive installations for Sportimonium

Damage Control System for Belgian Navy

25/07/2001

In 2000 and 2001 I created and installed a new Damage Control System on board of 2 Belgian Frigates. The system was used to access information about the condition of all the compartments of the ship, in case of an emergency.

Robotegem Finale

08/07/2021

Interview with Dempsey Hendrickx

KDG Dream Machine

26/02/2019

A custom giant gumball machine for KDG University College.

LEO’s headphones

07/06/2020

LEO’s is upgrading

Reservoir Bots

03/02/2020

Reservoir Bots are bunch of educational robots that I use during colleges and workshops.

Nerland Makertalk

12/02/2020

Maarten Weyn and Kurt Beheydt visited my studio to record an episode of Makertalk.

Giant functional Sony Dualshock

08/06/2018

Fully functional proof of concept of a 3 meter wide Sony Dualshock.

LEO

30/09/2017

LEO is a 2m tall mechsuit.

‘VERn

27/05/2017

‘VERn is an emergency response drone.

“Wie we zijn” with Fien Leysen

30/09/2019

Rachel on tour with Fien Leysen in the play “Wie we zijn”.

Mike

31/03/2018

Mike is spreading robot-wisdom.

BRCLY

27/07/2017

Agent BRCLY of WR8 is a security android.

Synthwave shortfilm with Dance With The Dead and Porsche

25/03/2018

The story of the collaboration with Porsche and Dance With The Dead for the synthwave shortfilm “Synthride”

De Kraakvogels

20/04/2020

I made a short video with rebellious squatter-birds, for an awareness campaign for an endangered forest in my neighborhood.

And& Festival

15/05/2018

For the And& Festival in Leuven, I brought LEO the robot, to challenge children in their first experience controlling a robot.

Skoda Kamiq Tour Experience

16/01/2020

For the presentation of the new Kamiq on the Brussels Car Show 2020, Skoda and Lotto-Soudal wanted to highlight this partnership by preparing a surprise for the visitors entering the Kamiq

Steve with Brightfish

26/06/2014

Steve is a stage presenter and event host.

Beyond Tellerrand

08/05/2018

Watch my Beyond Tellerrand 2018 talk

Boeva & the games

30/08/2017

William Boeva and Ketnet invited me to talk robots.

Rachel

18/03/2014

Rachel’s special ability is melting Robot hearts, and possibly even some human hearts too.

Mini Fan The Flame

10/01/2012

My first Arduino project immediately caught fire.

Gazer

25/03/2019

Gazer is a master in many different Martial Arts. His special power is called “The Gaze”, a very dense and focused beam of attention towards his opponent or any other object he wishes to intimidate.

Yummy

10/06/2012

The Yummy machine on the left is a robot that was created for Boondoggle and their client Delhaize.

Rise of the Robots – film

30/11/2015

Rise of the Robots is a short story about a group of abandoned robots.

Robotopia

17/06/2017

In June 2017 I made a popup exhibition in a shopping center in Aalst.

Remy

16/06/2015

Lemmy

20/05/2014

Lemmy is a tribute-robot for the late Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead.

Big Santa

12/12/2016

Giant Santa gets moving robot-eyes

Henk Rijckaert – Koterij #98

10/12/2018

Watch episode #98 of “De Koterij”, when Henk visits my studio.

“Mijn Robot en Ik” with DS Magazine

16/02/2019

Interview in De Standaard Magazine

Robin

26/03/2015

Robin is the music lover in our robot family.

De Krook in Ghent

11/03/2017

When the new library “De Krook” opened in Ghent, i made an exhibition with my best-of robots.

VOKA New Year Reception

17/01/2017

Steve the robot welcomes everybody at the VOKA New Year reception in Bozar Brussels.

Grijparmen en wenkbrauwen – EOS Magazine

30/05/2017

Interview in EOS Magazine

MOCO Moments interview

10/11/2017

Interview with MOCO Moments.

Bear Protest

20/01/2017

Bears had to teach drivers a lesson.

gEOF

25/03/2015

gEOF is a robot-camera that takes away the responsibility and social pressure when you take photo’s in public. gEOF takes the photo’s for you.

Dodge Dare Days

30/07/2007

A Dodge Viper on a bungee-cord

Pine Cap

02/03/2013

The PINECAP, displays porcupine spikes through the top of a cap. These spikes rise or drop depending on the mood of the wearer.

KBC Brick Laser Robot

13/09/2013

Writing online messages in a brick with a laser-robot-arm.

Tom Boonen Juice Bike for LIDL

25/02/2016

Tom set a challenge for anybody who is up to it, by riding 1 kilometer on the machine and producing as much juice as he/she can.

Panel Discussion MAK Vienna

11/10/2017

Panel Discussion during “Hello Robot” at Vienna Bienale in MAK Museum.

Bladerunner 2047 launch interview

03/10/2017

Robotbouwer: “Weldra leven we met robots samen, maar we zullen hen duidelijk herkennen”

Scheire en de Schepping

10/02/2014

The Pinecap and me, at Lieven Scheire’s TV-show “Scheire en de Schepping”

“Zo werk ik” in ZO Magazine

01/06/2019

Interview in magazine for independent entrepreneurs

»Hello, Robot.« interview by Vitra Design Museum

10/04/2017

Watch the interview by Vitra Design Museum

Sony Infamous Second Son

26/03/2014

A shocking experience for Sony

Book Collaboration Steven Van Belleghem

28/01/2015

For his book “When Digital becomes human” from 2015, Steven proposed a collaboration.

Pictoplasma 2016

29/03/2020

Pictoplasma 2016 talk

“De Makers” by Unizo

20/03/2016

Interview for “De Makers” by Unizo

Sparkle Magazine

30/03/2014

Interview in Sparkle Magazine

Tasniem Festival Qatar

14/03/2015

During the Tasmeem festival in 2015 I went to Qatar, together with a bunch of other creative people to do robot-workshops.

Technopolis Robot Expo

04/04/2018

During the Easter-break 2018 I had an exhibition in Technopolis.

OFFF Mexico 2015

29/09/2015

OFFF Mexico 2015 talk

Creative Mornings Brussels

24/06/2015

My Creative Mornings Brussels talk

Nor Bert

08/08/2015

Study 3D printed robot head

Bal Robotov Moscow

05/05/2015

Rachel and Robin were invited for the Bal Robotov exhibition in Moscow that ran for 7 months.

Herb

25/03/2013

Hipster-robot

OFFF Barcelona

29/05/2018

I have had the pleasure and honor to speak on the OFFF BCN stage in 2015 and 2018. I gave a robot-workshop in 2015.

Moscow Roboforum 2015

19/05/2015

Panel discussion “Hidden” Enigineers: Children today, the future of big innovations tomorrow

FITC Amsterdam

27/02/2018

I gave a talk at FITC in Amsterdam in 2014 and 2018: https://fitc.ca/presentation/on-the-brink-of-consciousness/

TEDx Kaffee door GVA

24/11/2016

Jan De Coster doet relatie tussen robot en mens uit de doeken.

“Hello Robot” with Vitra

13/02/2017

Robin goes on a 5 year trip with Vitra.

New Realities in Lima

29/03/2016

gEOF was invited to take part of the New Realities Exhibition in Peru.

The worlds first interactive trampoline

12/01/2013

For an New Year reception for freelancers, I created this interactive trampoline to jump into the new year.

Interview Adobe Education Summit 2013

13/10/2013

Watch the interview here

Stephan Vanfleteren interview

01/01/2011

For the magazine “Weliswaar” photographer Stephan Vanfleteren came over for a photoshoot.

Goedele Liekens interview for Prevention 2.0

27/10/2010

I was invited to explain the project on Goedele’s talk-show to talk about Prevention 2.0