CBC Early Edition: Group home robot lends a helping hand

JDQ Systems, the Developmental Disabilities Association, and a UBC postdoc have partnered to develop an assistive robot for group homes.

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.    

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.    

A Mitacs Accelerate postdoc is developing the robot this summer in collaboration with the Developmental Disabilities Association and JDQ Systems. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by the Government of British Columbia and the Government of Canada in the province of British Columbia.    

A Mitacs Globalink intern is spending her summer at the University of Manitoba developing a basketball-playing robot. Mitacs Globalink is funded by the Government of Canada and Research Manitoba in the province of Manitoba.  

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 […]

Aether enters the living room and seems to greet the two people sitting there, spinning several times before gliding toward the kitchen in search of a doughnut. The robot, which is being tested at several Lower Mainland group homes for people with developmental disabilities, is a hit with both residents and staff, and could eventually […]

Qiuting Gong is toiling away on a robot at the University of Manitoba. The ‘bot can kick, throw a ping-pong ball, and wave, but she hopes one day to add rescuing to its repertoire. Gong, 21, is an undergraduate student at Harbin Engineering University in China, who came to Manitoba through summer internship program Mitacs […]

Her name is Jennifer. She’s about a foot-and-a-half tall with glowing blue eyes, and she’s capable of throwing a ping-pong ball through a hoop about 15 centimetres away. It might not seem an impressive task for a human, but Jennifer is a humanoid robot programmed by the University of Manitoba’s Autonomous Agents Laboratory, and she’s […]

A Mitacs Globalink intern is contributing to the research this summer at the University of Manitoba. Mitacs Globalink is funded by the Government of Canada and Research Manitoba in the province of Manitoba.    

A Mitacs Globalink intern is contributing to the research this summer at the University of Manitoba. Mitacs Globalink is funded by the Government of Canada and Research Manitoba in the province of Manitoba.    

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 […]