Conception d’un système d’acquisition de données spatiales pour drone d’inspection de lignes à haute tension

Centre de recherche d'Hydro-Québec (IREQ)

Enhanced Awareness for Mobile Cobots in Manufacturing Assembly

Kinova

Human Aware Multi-Robot Perception and Distributed Control in an Industrial Setup

Kinova

This project aims to develop a perception-based module for robots to understand and perform spatiotemporal analysis between humans and objects within the environment, and predict the intent of the human operator. Secondly, a vision-based controller is proposed to leverage the intent awareness module for optimizing robot trajectories. Lastly, the project ...

Design of multifunctional lifting equipment

Arjo

The project involves designing an assistance algorithm for a mobile robot to optimize the effectiveness of sit-to-stand and walking training in the context of early mobilization. The mobile robot is composed of a platform containing a robotic arm, which can deploy forces directly to the user's body through the ...

Adaptive Robot Control for Learning and Reproduction of Artwork

Acrylic robotics

The present era witnesses an upsurge in the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics within the realm of art, with a particular emphasis on enhancing the quality of artwork, notably in the domain of painting. This project encompasses two primary objectives: firstly, acquiring proficiency in learning and replicating an ...

Collaborative robot tasked with sanding gypsum walls

RCM

Nowadays, many building contractors use modular construction, where various parts of a building are partially or completely built on an assembly line and then put together on the delivery site. Building interior modules often involve building and finishing plasterboard walls, including closing joints between panels and hiding fasteners or defects ...

Combination of an optical encoder and an external sensor to estimate cable length and tension

RBot9

RBot9 has developed the RoCap, a cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR) for aircraft inspection, maintenance and manufacturing applications. In order to facilitate the collaboration between the RoCap and its operator, we would like to improve two aspects of this robot: (1) we would like to facilitate the redeployment of the robot ...

Improving robotic manipulation through intelligent multimodal perception

Robotiq

Robotic systems have challenges to grasp and manipulate objects. The grasping process could be described in three main stages: Detection, planning and Execution. The foundation to complete a task is to have Generalizing methods for the new objects, environment and tasks which could be quite difficult due to uncertainty and ...

Sim-to-Real using reinforcement learning applied to collaborative robots

Thales-cortAIx

My research project is taking place in the 3IT of the University of Sherbrooke under the supervision of Pr Wael Suleiman. The main objective of my research will be to reduce the gap between simulation learning and real learning in the field of collaborative robot control. To achieve this, I ...

Decision architecture for mobile robot autonomy

Sycodal

The research project proposed here therefore consists of exploiting a decision-making architecture to program a mobile manipulator robot to perform machine cleaning and maintenance tasks in industrial environments, such as vacuuming and taking vibration measurements on machines. This robot must operate in shared autonomy, that is to say that the ...

Impedance drive for hybrid force-position control of a manipulator robot

Kinova

Safety of use is one of the most important characteristics of collaborative manipulator robots. A lot of research in recent years is working to make these robots safer in different ways. Force control, although well known, is not easy to implement in a secure way. Indeed, most solutions for this ...

Teleoperation of a mobile robotic manipulator by virtual reality for the maintenance and task learning

Sycodal

Currently, in the world of robotics, learning tasks for robots is mainly done through the teach and repeat paradigm. This approach mainly consists of programming the robot with a teach pendant or with “offline programming”, which means programming with an external computer. In both cases, this takes a considerable amount ...

Robot cable for radiation mapping

Medscint

This project consists in building a cable-driven parallel robot capable of moving a dosimeter in a liquid (water tank) with a high accuracy for radiotherapy applications. A cable robot architecture is preferred in order to minimize the liquid perturbations caused by the robot motion. Moreover, this architecture allows the dosimeter ...

Audio-visual recognition for mobile robot in manufacturing environments

Vallons maraîchers

Security is a crucial issue in collaborative robotics. A robot must perceive its environment with precision to maximize its productivity without compromising the safety of the workers around it. Visual recognition is a popular modality, but it is often limited to a small field and involves a high computational load ...

Development of a weight lifting device with multiple degrees of freedom

Arjo

Development of a weight lifting device with multiple degrees of freedom to bring the best force vector to a patient, either for patient transfer or for patient rehabilitation. The user is directly in contact with the robot. This device should be able to lift up to 600 lbs by hands ...

Compact gripper for limited space

Robotiq

The use of robot grippers in industrial applications can be difficult when space becomes a limiting factor. Although many robot gripper models are commercially available, they usually require a significant amount of space around to object to grab to properly operate. This is largely due to the approach angle of ...

Robotic system for automation of generic devices used in synthetic biology

Tatum bioscience

Design of variable transmission actuators for wearable robotics

Arjo

People suffering of muscle degeneration or physical impairment could benefit from exoskeletons and supernumerary robotic limbs to assist them daily. Portable robots could also increase the functional capabilities and safety of workers. However, designing lightweight, compact and useful portable robots is still a major challenge. Indeed, current actuators are too ...

Development of a robot for realistic execution of hockey slap shots

Bauer

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Robotiq

In the sports industry, more and more equipment manufacturers are getting equipped with robots that simulate the movement of athletes to validate and test their products. When it comes to hockey, given the complexity of the movement to replicate, no existing robot can faithfully reproduce the impacts occurring when the ...

Human presence detection integrated with a manipulator robot

Kinova

The project consists in developing a system that will allow collaborative robots to sense human presence in their workspace and modulate their operating speed according to the proximity in order to satisfy safety requirements at all times. To do that, the sensors and technologies on the market and in academia ...

Development of control strategies for collaborative handling of deformable translucent parts

Exo-S

The project consists of the conception of a robotic cell in which humans and a collaborative robot will work together to inspect complex plastic parts. More precisely, the project is to allow the safe grabbing of translucent deformable parts for packaging. This automation project aims to improve robots adaptive capacities ...

Hubbart project

À la recherche d'un partenaire

Designing a framework that will allow the cross-compilation on different target (CPU, GPU, FPGA, neuromorphic processors, simulator), or a heterogeneous  combination of these, reproducing the different concepts of the architecture of HBBA robotic control such as, but not limited to:     *   motivations;     *   intentions;     *   beliefs;     *   strategies;     *   behaviours;     *   perceptions;     *   actions. This framework is ...

Design and experimental characterization of a 3D metal printed miniaturized magnetorheological fluid clutch

Exonetik

When robots are likely to collaborate with humans, it is essential for them to be as transparent as possible to enhance human-robot interactions and reduce risks of injuries. Therefore, it is crucial to have even more responsive actuators. In those types of robots, often magnetorheological fluid (MRF) clutches are used ...

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 ...