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It’s not only engineers who work in robotics
Hallie Siegel
12 Oct 2016
Robotics has always been an interdisciplinary field - one that integrates knowledge from computer science, mechanical, electrical, controls, and other areas of engineering. But as robots move out of f...
The future of robot off-line programming
Albert Nubiola
28 Dec 2015
If you drive a car, it makes little difference what brand it is: all cars are driven in essentially the same way. The same applies to computers. If you have a Windows PC, the user interfaces won’t b...
Talking Machines: Treating cancer clusters, with Quaid Morris
Talking Machines
09 Oct 2015
In episode twenty one we talk with Quaid Morris of the University of Toronto, who is using machine learning to find a better way to treat cancers. ...
Coming of age: Clearpath’s Ryan Gariepy on growing a robotics startup
Hallie Siegel
01 Sep 2015
Launched in 2009 by a group of Waterloo engineering students, Clearpath's unmistakeable bright yellow and black robots have become synonymous with unmanned vehicle research in university research ...
Robots in the rough: Demo day at FSR Toronto
François Pomerleau
07 Jul 2015
Nothing proves a robot's mettle like a live demonstration in front of a discerning crowd. Check out these photos and videos from Demo Day at the recent Field and Service Robotics conference (FSR) ...
Jade Robot: Hands on STEM for kids and classrooms
Myke Predko
18 Jun 2015
The Jade Robot is a fully-developed educational robot designed to engage and excite the next generation of scientists and engineers. It has just completed six months of in-classroom testing with st...
Field and service robotics: The rubber meets the road at FSR in Toronto this June
Tim Barfoot
03 Jun 2015
While there has been a lot of recent attention in the media surrounding self-driving cars and drones, the field and service robotics community has been quietly toiling away for much longer. Later this...
Transport Canada proposes amendments to sUAV regulations
Diana Marina Cooper
01 Jun 2015
On May 28th, Transport Canada released a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) outlining proposed changes to the regulatory framework governing small UAVs. If adopted, the changes would take effect in 20...
Does your drone have a ‘remote’? Canada’s definition of autonomous operations is a scene out of Chappie
Diana Marina Cooper
16 Mar 2015
Chappie, the new robo-film on the block, takes place in Johannesburg, where the police force is made up of robots. In one of the early scenes, the main characters, Die Antwoord’s Ninja and Yolandi t...
Canada’s approach to risk management for nighttime drone flights
Diana Marina Cooper
03 Mar 2015
The FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) limits SUAS operations to daylight hours. The FAA concedes that the restriction on nighttime flights may neg...
How Canada handles beyond visual line-of-sight drone operations
Diana Marina Cooper
02 Mar 2015
The FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) proposes to restrict operations that are completed beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS). However, the FAA has...
Transport Canada’s position on indoor and tethered drone operations
Diana Marina Cooper
19 Jan 2015
In November, Transport Canada issued Staff Instruction 623-001, which provides guidance on the review and processing of Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) applications. Among the issues addr...
Canada’s regulations for foreign commercial UAV operators
Diana Marina Cooper
12 Jan 2015
Canada’s relatively favorable framework for commercial UAV operations is attracting interest among foreign operators who are frustrated with restrictions in their home jurisdictions. The following p...
Transport Canada releases new framework for governing UAV operations
Diana Marina Cooper
28 Nov 2014
Earlier this month, Transport Canada announced that commercial operators will soon be able to benefit from two exemptions from the general Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) requirement. Tod...
Transport Canada relaxes commercial drone regulations, increases focus on academic use
Diana Marina Cooper
10 Nov 2014
Last week, Transport Canada announced upcoming changes to the regulatory framework surrounding drones. Transport Canada’s exemption notification simultaneously signals a relaxation of commercial dro...
Commercial drone regulations: Canada vs. US
Diana Marina Cooper
29 Sep 2014
When Canadians attempt to characterize aspects of Canadian culture, it’s not uncommon to draw comparisons with the US. I recently noticed that as I respond to questions about the Canadian regulation...
Grizzly on the Mars Emulation Terrain at NCFRN
Clearpath Robotics
09 Jul 2014
by Ryan Gariepy
I recently spent over a week in Montreal talking with – and learning from – the Canadian field robotics community, first at the Computer and Robot Vision (CRV) conference and t...
Drone journalism: Is Canada ready? | CBC’s The Current
Hallie Siegel
25 Feb 2014
Drones are going from making the news for deadly aerial bombings to gathering the news - aerial vehicles equipped with cameras have flown over disasters - in the pursuit of a story. Today, we hear fro...
