Serpentine AI

Applied AI at TU/e

Serpentine AI is TU/e’s AI association and student team for applied projects, events, and industry collaboration.

About

A practical playground for students working with AI.

Serpentine AI is a non-profit AI association and formal Student Team at Eindhoven University of Technology.

We connect students with research, industry, technical projects, committees, publications, and shared learning.

Members build systems, contribute to ongoing work, and take responsibility inside a student-led organization.

Recent activity

Learning, building, and meeting through technology.

Serpentine AI team at JunctionX Delft hackathon

Hackathon · Award

Award-winning hackathon project by Serpentine AI.

Serpentine members placed 2nd overall and reached the TU Delft challenge Top 10 with a multi-agent audio moderation project.

Students attending a Serpentine AI lunch lecture with Nebius

Collaborator lecture

Nebius session with a full lecture hall.

A lunch lecture with a collaborator on distributed filesystem architecture and infrastructure, connecting students with real engineering topics.

Serpentine AI members gathered around a table during a community evening

Community evening

Students meeting beyond project work.

The association is also a place for discussion, ownership, and shared time between members.

Collaborators

Technical lectures, project support, and challenges with research and industry.

Projects

Projects that turn learning into working systems.

Two robotic arms being tested on a worktable for the Embodia project

Ongoing since September 2025

Embodia

VLA models for embodied AI

AI can generate text and images, yet reliable interaction with the physical world remains a major challenge. Embodia tackles this 'last mile' of embodied AI by building a text interface for controlling a robotic arm. The model translates natural-language commands into robot movements. We're starting with chess, then expanding to other board games and eventually any task for which we can collect suitable training data.

FAQ

Questions before you join.

Who can join Serpentine?

Any student in Eindhoven. You do not need to study computer science or have AI experience; members come from different programs and learn by working on projects and in committees.

How does joining work?

Sign up for the team interest list. Once per quartile we invite everyone on the list to Meet Serpentine, where we introduce our projects and committees. After that you can apply, and we invite applicants for a short interview.

How much time does it take?

Team members spend around 8 hours per week on their project or committee. That time is what lets projects get finished and events happen.

Can I follow along without joining the team?

Yes. Request access to our WhatsApp community for project, lecture, and event updates. No commitment needed.

Can my company or research group collaborate with Serpentine?

Yes. We work with collaborators through lectures, project support, and challenges. Send us a message with the Collaboration topic and we will get back to you.

Meet Serpentine

Interested in joining or following along?

Want to join the Serpentine team? Use the team interest list. For project, lecture, and event updates, request access to our separate WhatsApp community.

Contact

Questions, collaborations, or community access.

We usually reply within a few days.

Visiting address

E.S.A.I.V. Serpentine
Neuron
De Zaale 32,
5612AJ Eindhoven, Netherlands

Postal address

E.S.A.I.V. Serpentine
Atlas
Het Eeuwsel 53,
5612AZ Eindhoven, Netherlands

Association details

KvK
74579096
IBAN
NL78 RABO 0341 1552 17
Account holder
E.S.A.I.V. Serpentine