Gijs den Butter

Training the Workforce of Tomorrow – Empowering Humans and Robots with Haptics and XR

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

I’m passionate about human computer interaction. Not because I like how we are currently staring at our 2D screens swiping and clicking until we have RSI. But I truly believe we can do better. Building lifelike, and intuitive interactions with the digital environment is what drives my entrepreneurial spirit. I’m good at turning vision in to execution. I’m a designer by training and an entrepreneur by experience. I started my first business right after acquiring my master’s degree in design engineering. I learned every aspect of entrepreneurship in the tech scene: From product management to financial controlling to a bit of sales.

Experience

  • SenseGlove (Full-time · 9 yrs)
    • CEO
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    • Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder
      Nov 2021 - Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    • CEO & Co-Founder
      Jul 2017 - Nov 2021 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      At SenseGlove we are the experts of touch in XR. Touch lets you experience digital worlds through intuitive real-world behaviours. Bridging the digital to the real world facilitates more effective virtual training, design review, rehabilitation, tele-robotics, and more! I founded SenseGlove together with Johannes Luijten.

  • Co-Founder at AdjuvoMotion
    Sep 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 10 mos

    Adjuvo Motion is the holding of SenseGlove B.V. and specializes in the development of robotic products that enable natural interactions within the digital domain. Adjuvo Motion has developed a robotic exo-skeleton for rehabilitation purposes in 2015. After the pivoting to the XR market in 2017. The developed haptic technology is used by SenseGlove B.V.

  • Co-founder at Haptics Club
    Feb 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Open community talking about haptics in any form. We host an hour-long event every two weeks with speakers from industry and academia. Follow us @hapticsclub and look for past episodes on Spotify and Apple Podcast.

  • Global K50 Fellow at Sigma Squared Society
    May 2015 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs

  • Director - Delft at De Kleine Consultant
    Apr 2012 - Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo