You don't always know your destination when you start a journey. However, if you hear from Simon Vinkel, this can be a good thing. While studying robotics engineering in Denmark he applied for the SICK Solution Hackathon 2022. He just expected to meet people from other countries, nerd out with them and learn from them.
But he never would have guessed where his journey would lead him in the end.
The first stop was naturally Waldkirch, Germany, where the Hackathon was taking place. Simon still has many fond memories of the event: “My favorite part of last year’s Hackathon was the possibility of simulating a true R&D environment, to play around with equipment that you normally would not get your hands on and let your creativity flow.”
But he never would have guessed where his journey would lead him in the end.
The first stop was naturally Waldkirch, Germany, where the Hackathon was taking place. Simon still has many fond memories of the event: “My favorite part of last year’s Hackathon was the possibility of simulating a true R&D environment, to play around with equipment that you normally would not get your hands on and let your creativity flow.”
But like we said, this was only the beginning. Months later, impressed by his skills and knowledge, SICK offered Simon an internship at one of their internal start-ups. “The cool thing about my internship in this start-up environment is, that we have the same free and creative spirit as the Hackathon,” explains Simon. The internship not only brought Simon to the SICK subsidiary in Denmark but to the headquarters in Germany as well. He had the chance to work on his own project related to the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. “It was an exciting project as I had to find stickers on laptops and got deep into the technology and could even develop my own app”, says Simon reflecting his last six months at SICK.
And, who knows where his journey will take him after the internship? “I have not made any fixed plans. First, I have to finish my courses and get my degree and then we will see,” he smiles. We wish you all the best, Simon.
And, who knows where his journey will take him after the internship? “I have not made any fixed plans. First, I have to finish my courses and get my degree and then we will see,” he smiles. We wish you all the best, Simon.
