Introduction
Philips Drachten has been the development and production center for Philips advanced electronic shavers since 1950, being one of the largest of such sites in Europe. Philips Drachten has 2,000 employees, including 600 developers drawn from among 35 nationalities. Recently, the Drachten site has been expanded to include an R&D department for Philips Oral Healthcare. This department works closely on oral healthcare innovations with the Philips Oral Healthcare R&D headquarters located in Bothell, USA.
Problem description.
Many of the Philips Personal Health products rely on moving components for proper functioning and delivering the claimed personal health benefits. Examples are moving blades in a trimmer and vibrating brush-head of an electric toothbrush. The design of such systems is very often guided by the use of mathematical models that describe the motion dynamics of interest. These models are based on physical principles, like force-balance in the case of mechanics. Such models are important to have quick iterations in the design phase and keep development costs down. However, products/systems are also becoming more complex due to technological advances and strong competitors. The increased complexity also increases the complexity of modeling the motion dynamics of such systems.
Relevance
To keep development costs down and have fast iterations while product complexity increases, it is of interest for Philips Personal Health to use AI to help in the process of deriving models that describe motion dynamics. If successful, such an approach can (partly) automatize the modeling process, in order to reduce the time and complexity necessary for this.
Aimed output
- Create and train an AI agent to model motion dynamics of lumped parameter systems
- Test the AI agent with a set of selected examples
- Have the AI agent also create the scripts/functions (Python and/or Matlab) for simulation and analysis
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Dirksz
0031(0)624151619
This is an internship for around 10 weeks. Which also means it is only open for students studying at a Dutch educational institute.
Publication date January 20th, 2026