Vention inc.

$7,700,000.00 CAD

≈ 100 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2022-2023
Agreement period
May 1, 2022 – May 31, 2024
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2022-2023-Q4-997979

Published purpose

Build & Operate will create the software necessary to automate production using a number of third-party collaborative robots on manufacturing floors, including those of Fanuc, Doosan, Universal Robots, Kinova & Epson, allowing for a seamless transition of the robot from the simulated environment to the work environment (DEPLOY). It will then provide the software necessary to operate (OPERATE) complex automated programs in this multi-vendor environment and monitor all of them in a unified network, as if they all belong to the same vendor.

In plain English AI-generated

This federal contribution supports Vention Inc. in developing software to automate manufacturing floors using collaborative robots from multiple vendors, enabling seamless integration from simulation to operation and unified monitoring.

Category: Research Primarily funds activity in Canada

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