{"id":90190,"date":"2025-01-10T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/olivabot\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:11:25","slug":"olivabot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivabot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;116376&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;912362&#8243;]<strong>About Olivabot<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Olivabot<\/strong> is an innovative agri-tech company revolutionizing traditional olive farming through Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS). We develop and deploy advanced agricultural robots tailored for small-scale and organic olive groves, enhancing productivity, sustainability, and profitability. By combining cutting-edge technology with deep respect for Mediterranean farming traditions, Olivabot empowers farmers to produce premium extra virgin olive oil while reducing labor costs and environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the VU StartHub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re building cool monkey bars in front of it to workout. It&#8217;s close to DLab for quick access to the lab, it has relatively cheap prices and a cool community to network and grow.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio-inspired robots for smart and effective olive harvesting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":90185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[109,106],"class_list":["post-90190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-startup-en","tag-startup-en","tag-vu-starthub-en"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Hans Drenth","author_link":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/author\/hans\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Olivabot - VU StartHub member<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"olivabot: Bio-inspired robots for olive harvesting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olivabot - VU StartHub member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"olivabot: Bio-inspired robots for olive harvesting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VU Ondernemend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-10T09:00:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-09T13:11:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hans Drenth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hans Drenth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hans Drenth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fbba0de3e6f74bb4cca422c2444fc3c\"},\"headline\":\"Olivabot\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-10T09:00:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T13:11:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":144,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png\",\"keywords\":[\"startup EN\",\"VU StartHub EN\"],\"articleSection\":[\"startup\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/\",\"name\":\"Olivabot - VU StartHub member\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-10T09:00:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-09T13:11:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"olivabot: Bio-inspired robots for olive harvesting.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/olivabot\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olivabot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"VU Ondernemend\",\"description\":\"Ondernemende inspiratie van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"VU Ondernemend\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/VUlogo_NL_Wit_klein.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/VUlogo_NL_Wit_klein.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":60,\"caption\":\"VU Ondernemend\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fbba0de3e6f74bb4cca422c2444fc3c\",\"name\":\"Hans Drenth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adba11c0996bef3cde12a11a21e9edf17b4bf10aefc5219b62cd5227564cfe15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adba11c0996bef3cde12a11a21e9edf17b4bf10aefc5219b62cd5227564cfe15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/adba11c0996bef3cde12a11a21e9edf17b4bf10aefc5219b62cd5227564cfe15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hans Drenth\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vu-ondernemend.nl\\\/en\\\/author\\\/hans\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Olivabot - VU StartHub member","description":"olivabot: Bio-inspired robots for olive harvesting.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Olivabot - VU StartHub member","og_description":"olivabot: Bio-inspired robots for olive harvesting.","og_url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/","og_site_name":"VU Ondernemend","article_published_time":"2025-01-10T09:00:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-09T13:11:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Hans Drenth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hans Drenth","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/"},"author":{"name":"Hans Drenth","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3fbba0de3e6f74bb4cca422c2444fc3c"},"headline":"Olivabot","datePublished":"2025-01-10T09:00:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T13:11:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/"},"wordCount":144,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png","keywords":["startup EN","VU StartHub EN"],"articleSection":["startup"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/","url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/","name":"Olivabot - VU StartHub member","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png","datePublished":"2025-01-10T09:00:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-09T13:11:25+00:00","description":"olivabot: Bio-inspired robots for olive harvesting.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OlivaBot-Logo-_20240616_195342_0000.png","width":500,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/olivabot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Olivabot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/","name":"VU Ondernemend","description":"Ondernemende inspiratie van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#organization","name":"VU Ondernemend","url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VUlogo_NL_Wit_klein.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VUlogo_NL_Wit_klein.png","width":200,"height":60,"caption":"VU Ondernemend"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3fbba0de3e6f74bb4cca422c2444fc3c","name":"Hans Drenth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adba11c0996bef3cde12a11a21e9edf17b4bf10aefc5219b62cd5227564cfe15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adba11c0996bef3cde12a11a21e9edf17b4bf10aefc5219b62cd5227564cfe15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/adba11c0996bef3cde12a11a21e9edf17b4bf10aefc5219b62cd5227564cfe15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hans Drenth"},"url":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/author\/hans\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90190"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90318,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90190\/revisions\/90318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vu-ondernemend.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}