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Global BC: Robots help group home residents

The Developmental Disabilities Association of BC and JDQ Systems have partnered with a UBC postdoc to develop the robot. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by the Government of British Columbia and the Government of Canada in the province of British Columbia.    

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CBC News: Care home droid provides new hope

JDQ Systems has partnered with a UBC postdoc to develop a robot in collaboration with the Developmental Disabilities Association. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by the Government of British Columbia and the Government of Canada in the province of British Columbia.    

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Winnipeg Free Press: U of M’s humanoid lab recruits new talent

International talent is helping stack the odds for the University of Manitoba’s Autonomous Agents Laboratory in advance of the HuroCup Games. The team of researchers and programmers in the U of M’s computer sciences department have recruited 21-year-old Qiuting Gong to whip the lab’s humanoid robot, Jennifer, into shape. Jennifer, the same robot that made […]

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IT Business: Self-driving wheelchair, IoT tourism app tap into foreign research talent with Mitacs program

Although Nahed Belhadj is from Tunisia, she may know more about the historical landmarks and tourist attractions of Saint John, N.B. than some locals. Belhadj, 23, spent three months in the Maritimes working on an Internet of Things (IoT) project. She built a mobile app that offers visitors information and recommendations about nearby points of […]

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