Safe telepresence for robots for the manufacturing industry

Uniro

Robot that Cleans Clothes Dryer Exhaust Duct

Oxebo

Inspecting and cleaning of the dryer exhaust pipe is a complicated task due to their small diameter, their tight and multiple elbows, their length and the vertical positioning of some joints. The use of brushes is inefficient for cleaning the pipe, hence the interest in using a mobile robot that ...

Development of a movement library for specific tasks in long term care facilities

Sycodal

This research project originated during the last crisis. This crisis has shown many issues in several countries, Quebec was no exception. One major issue was the lack of nursing staff in CHSLD. Nursing staff had to take care about patients while carrying out all the measures against COVID. It is ...

Analysis, synthesis, design and prototyping of a redundant parallel robot with (4 + 1) degrees of freedom for collaboration

Develop control laws for a concept of motorized collaborative lift

Arjo

The objective of this project is to develop control laws for a concept of motorized collaborative lift. The goal is to assist nursing assistants in transferring injured or disabled patients. With the average weight of the population increasing, the risk of injury for nursing staff becomes more and more important ...

Soft Gripper based on Magneto rheological clutches

Exonetik

In many industries such as aerospace or construction, workers may have to lift or handle heavy parts or tools in non-ergonomic positions. The use of a supernumerary limb attached to the worker’s body may drastically improve efficiency and safety. This internship project focuses on the design of an end ...

Automatic visual inspection of aeronautic parts

Pratt & Whitney Canada

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Voice assistant for industrial environments

Agilean

Agilean offers an operations management and optimisation SaaS web app (ALIX - Smart Assistant) as well as digital transformation and operational efficiency consulting services and training. ALIX - Smart Assistant monitors and optimizes resources, equipment (IIoT) and stock (raw materials, Work In Process (WIP) and finished goods) in real time as well ...

High admittance mecanism for insertion tasks

Robotiq

Insertion tasks in the robotic industry are more common today, especially in collaborative robots. These insertions are often slow and require the movement of the entire robot to achieve the insertion and the movement of a gripper over small distances. This system will accelerate the insertion tasks and possibly be ...