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JDQ Systems, the Developmental Disabilities Association, and a UBC postdoc have partnered to develop an assistive robot for group homes.

A Mitacs Globalink intern is spending her summer at the University of Manitoba developing a basketball-playing robot. Mitacs Globalink is funded by the Government of Canada and Research Manitoba in the province of Manitoba.  

Aether enters the living room and seems to greet the two people sitting there, spinning several times before gliding toward the kitchen in search of a doughnut. The robot, which is being tested at several Lower Mainland group homes for people with developmental disabilities, is a hit with both residents and staff, and could eventually […]

International talent is helping stack the odds for the University of Manitoba’s Autonomous Agents Laboratory in advance of the HuroCup Games. The team of researchers and programmers in the U of M’s computer sciences department have recruited 21-year-old Qiuting Gong to whip the lab’s humanoid robot, Jennifer, into shape. Jennifer, the same robot that made […]

Her name is Jennifer. She’s about a foot-and-a-half tall with glowing blue eyes, and she’s capable of throwing a ping-pong ball through a hoop about 15 centimetres away. It might not seem an impressive task for a human, but Jennifer is a humanoid robot programmed by the University of Manitoba’s Autonomous Agents Laboratory, and she’s […]

Qiuting Gong is toiling away on a robot at the University of Manitoba. The ‘bot can kick, throw a ping-pong ball, and wave, but she hopes one day to add rescuing to its repertoire. Gong, 21, is an undergraduate student at Harbin Engineering University in China, who came to Manitoba through summer internship program Mitacs […]

A Mitacs Globalink intern is contributing to the research this summer at the University of Manitoba. Mitacs Globalink is funded by the Government of Canada and Research Manitoba in the province of Manitoba.    

A Mitacs Globalink intern is contributing to the research this summer at the University of Manitoba. Mitacs Globalink is funded by the Government of Canada and Research Manitoba in the province of Manitoba.    

Although Nahed Belhadj is from Tunisia, she may know more about the historical landmarks and tourist attractions of Saint John, N.B. than some locals. Belhadj, 23, spent three months in the Maritimes working on an Internet of Things (IoT) project. She built a mobile app that offers visitors information and recommendations about nearby points of […]

Edmonton, AB — Project teams at Ledcor Group — one of Canada’s largest multi-discipline construction companies — are taking a reality check. Thanks to the ingenuity of Mitacs researchers at the University of Alberta, they are successfully blending the virtual world of 3D models with real world imagery, giving them a hands-on way to manage large […]

Vancouver, BC — Canadian companies will have the opportunity to recruit new talent by connecting with post-secondary students looking to start their careers through a pilot initiative called Mitacs Career Connect. The initiative helps companies gain highly qualified talent to grow their business while providing work experience for recent graduates. Interns must be under 30 years […]

If you knew a flood was coming — and you could predict the water level and damages — your evacuation and response would be dramatically improved. Such a tool might have helped the Dundas community back in April, when a month’s worth of rain fell in a single day. The flooding at Spencer Creek caused […]