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Mitacs Globalink research intern Houssem Zouaghi helped to develop the simulator this summer with Professor Andrew Park of Thompson Rivers University. Byline: Chad Klassen

Ludwig the robot will help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The research received support from Mitacs Globalink.

Ludwig the robot will help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The research received support from Mitacs Globalink intern Chen Ying from China. Video is provided in Mandarin.

The London-based National Women’s Rowing Team has added an important tool to their training arsenal ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games in Brazil: afternoon naps. Rowing Canada trainers concerned with the sleeping habits of their Olympians have reached out for help from the Centre for Sleep and Human Performance in Calgary, a private clinic that […]

Brenda Horenfeldt was wowed Tuesday by a talking, walking robot — a new tool his creators feel could be the future of treatment for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. Developed by a research team at the University of Toronto with the support of Mitacs, a national non-profit organization, Ludwig was unveiled at One Kenton Place, a retirement home in North York that cares for people with Alzheimer’s […]

A retirement home in north Toronto is preparing to welcome an unusual resident: Ludwig, an artificially intelligent robot. Adorned with spiky mauve-coloured hair, green-tinged eyes and a few quirky facial expressions to mimic a range of emotions, the two-foot-tall robot is made to look and act like a little boy. But his job is far […]

Ludwig the Robot may soon be entering seniors’ centres around the world to help patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Pauline Chan reports. 

Dr. Frank Rudzicz built a robot five years ago. It was five feet tall, and it had a bulky white case, like an early iPod. It followed Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients around their home, and instructed them to do basic tasks. But it couldn’t listen to them. Fixing that limitation was the idea behind […]

Amy Bender discusses her research with Canada’s women’s eight Olympic rowing team at the University of Calgary’s Centre for Sleep and Human Performance, funded by Mitacs and Own the Podium.

Amy Bender, a University of Calgary postdoctoral fellow, discusses her research with Canada’s women’s eight Olympic rowing team funded by Mitacs and Own the Podium.  

Not many people get excited about sound quite like Pranav Venuprasad does. The 21-year-old is currently working on a unique project at the University of Victoria to develop an audio system that creates a concert hall experience through headphones. “The thing about audio projects is finally you get a working product that you can showcase. […]

Amy Bender, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary’s Centre for Sleep and Human Performance, describes her research with Canada’s Women’s Olympic Rowing Team. The research is supported by Own the Podium and Mitacs, a national, non-profit research and training organization.