On March 18, 2019, Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands and Princess Mabel of The Netherlands presented the fifth edition of the Prince Friso Engineers Awards at the ASML Building in Veldhoven. The winner of this year was Maja Rudinac. Maja Rudinac from Robot Care Systems developed a robot to enable the elderly to be more independent at a later age. Royal Engineering Institute (KIVI) awards are given to engineers who make contribution to innovations, entrepreneurship and social fields. Prince Friso was a mechanic and space engineer and a member of KIVI. |