Robotics

• Alberta-based robotics team hopes to qualify for world championships

  If they're successful in Vancouver next weekend, the team hopes to qualify for the world championships taking place in Houston in April.

  Tech

  Feb 22
  
• Students from across North America compete in ‘Mecha Mayhem’

  In just four weeks more than 250 teams from across North America designed, programed and built robots in order to compete in a robotics competition in Calgary called Mecha Mayhem.

  Tech

  Feb 10
  
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• High-tech excitement as ‘Robot Rodeo’ debuts at Calgary Stampede

  Members of the Calgary-based Western Mechatronics Robotics Club are hosting the Stampede's first-ever Robot Rodeo. 

  Features

  Jul 4, 2024
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• How robotics is helping kids with disabilities in Manitoba learn to walk

  A Winnipeg occupational therapist is looking to make life easier for her clients, by using robots to help them move.

  Tech

  May 18, 2024
• Boys and Girls Club South East preparing for in-house robotics workshop

  After securing grants from the federal and provincial governments the Boys and Girls Club South East is preparing to add a robotics workshop to its Bath Road facility.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2024
• West Kelowna robotics team qualifies for world championships

  A West Kelowna high school robotics team will represent Western Canada at the First Robotics Competition in Houston, Texas next month. They're seeking help to get there.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 13, 2024
• BCIT hosts annual high school robotics competition to help build ‘diverse workforce’

  The students are battling, in teams, in BCIT’s annual VEX Robotics Competition’s Mainland Championship for the chance to head to the world championships in Houston, Texas.

  Education

  Mar 2, 2024
• Calgary doctor awarded $3.5M to expand national stroke recovery program

  A Calgary-led national platform, CanStroke Recovery Trials, has received $3.6 million over three years to expand.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2023
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• Calgary-based robotics firm Attabotics sues Canadian Tire alleging damages after fire

  Attabotics is suing Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. for damages, claiming a fire at the retail chain's Toronto-area distribution centre was caused by "wrongful conduct."

  Canada

  May 15, 2023
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• Fleet of robots assisting workers at Montreal medical supply plant

  Cardinal Health's facility in Dorval, Que., has become the first of multiple locations across Canada to implement a fleet of 27 robots assisting employees.  

  Tech

  May 10, 2023