Our Applied Research Office helps local industry thrive. We could be working on your project next!
Your Company Can Benefit From Working With Our Team
- Improve productivity, employee satisfaction, and job-site safety with factory automation solutions
- Develop and test without disturbing your normal production environment
- Collaborate with highly trained ÑÕÉäÍ̾« students and graduates beginning their professional careers
- Benefit by retaining all Intellectual Property that is developed
- Develop solutions to specific, local industrial problems
- Get proof of concept results to inform business planning decisions
- Access ÑÕÉäÍ̾«'s world-class robotics and automation labs, faculty, and students
Your company may qualify for industrial research and development funding assistance for your business ideas. Contact us to learn more.
Past Local Applied Research Projects
- Conceptualized and built an automated system to sort logs on a moving sawmill conveyor according to size, length, and shape for industrial partner Boniferro Mill Works in Sault Ste. Marie.
- Used a cyclops robot to untangle heavy steel machine parts in partnership with Rector Machine Works in Sault Ste. Marie. Like the mythical giant with a single round eye, the robot gripper was guided by a one-camera system.
- Created a flexible packaging system with a custom touch-panel interface for a complete line of products in collaboration with Pollard Bank Note in Sault Ste. Marie.
- Used a robot to pick lumber components from an automated saw in a prescribed order onto skids to improve the workflow in a truss plant for industrial partner Soo Mill in Sault Ste. Marie.
- Demonstrated an assembly line inspection robot with machine vision that positioned delicate solar panel components and made corrections when needed in partnership with Heliene in Sault Ste. Marie.
- Tested automation sensors that helped applied research partner Ellsin Environmental in their microwave-based tire recycling operation.