What do trainees want in their robotics education? More hands on projects in the class room, more internships and real world experience.

Paul Mitten from ⁦@CompusultLtd⁩ on training robotics talent: more training in ROS, more interdisciplinary collaboration, more training opportunities in outdoor environments, since so many of our applications in Canada are outdoors

Are their jobs for robotics graduates in Canada? Audrey Boucher-Genesse from ⁦Université de Sherbrooke⁩ tells us that the question most asked by industry partners is: "how soon are your students graduating?!"

The Economist ranks Canada as 5th in Automation Readiness but a adoption could be higher. Pablo Molina Avidbots Christy Michalak NGen Canada Veronique Proulx CME-MEC and Charles Deguire Kinova at the 2023 Canadian Robotics Symposium panel on Canada's opportunity

SMEs - cash strapped by raw material inflation - will adopt tech when they feel they don't have a choice : Veronique Proulx CME-MEC provides data and insights on the challenges Canadian manufacturers face in the competitive marketplace

robotics startups can play in multiple application areas before they find their core market. From assistive to medical to agri to industrial Charles Deguire Kinova shares his story about the importance of robot adoption and the key role early adopters like unis play

Robot adoption in Canada used to be dominated by auto manufacturing but that is changing

Demographics is a key driver of robot adoption. Countries with aging populations have little choice but to adopt, and high adopters like Japan and Korea are leaders for this reason. Looking at population data, Canada, US and EU will soon have little choice either.

Why is it easier for Canadian robotics OEMs to export than to sell at home? 1) You don't have to convince them of the value of robotics - they already know it. 2) cash subsidies and high labour costs create demand among foreign end users - they are looking to Canada for solutions

Veronique Proulx: ⁦CME-MEC⁩ uses a multi stakeholder process to find consensus on the policy recommendations needed to responsibly advance tech adoption.

Thank you to our headline sponsors Kinova and MDA Space for supporting the 2023 Canadian Robotics Council Symposium!

Thank you to our gold sponsors OTTO by Rockwell Automation, NGen Canada, Avidbots and University of Toronto Robotics Institute for supporting the 2023 Canadian Robotics Council Symposium!

Thank you to our silver sponsors Cellula Robotics, @IndustryUAVs, @CompusultLtd and Mecademic for supporting the 2023 Canadian Robotics Council Symposium!

Thank you to our bronze sponsors Ingenuity Labs and NRC Canada for supporting the 2023 Canadian Robotics Council Symposium!

This week, CRC co-chair Hallie Siegel moderated the Toronto Region Board of Trade Future of Manufacturing Symposium panel on innovation & IP w/ industry leaders Joris Myny, John Laughlin & Amber Batool. A great conversation on opportunities for tech transfer across the manufacturing sector.

Going to #IROS2023? Save the date! 🍻 What: Gathering of Canadian roboticists, sponsored by Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation! 🍁 Who: Canadians and friends who love robots! 🕰 When: Monday, Oct. 2 at 18:30 🧭 Where: Checker Bar, Detroit @ieeeIROS #canadianrobotics #robotics 🦾 🤖 🇨🇦

📌 Save the date: We’re hosting the third annual Canadian Robotics Council Symposium on June 14 in Toronto, Canada! Stay tuned for exciting announcements on speakers, sponsorship opportunities, programming, and more, by signing up for our newsletter: share.hsforms.com/1odvKJOLvTuWVK…

Nous organisons le 3ième symposium annuel du Conseil canadien de la robotique le 14 juin à Toronto, au Canada ! Restez à l'écoute des annonces passionnantes sur les conférenciers, les inscriptions & bien plus encore, en vous inscrivant à notre infolettre : share.hsforms.com/1odvKJOLvTuWVK…

We're excited to announce Søren Elmer Kristensen as the 2024 CRC Symposium keynote speaker! Søren will share how early partnerships w/ academia, industry, local government & a trade union have been pivotal to helping grow Denmark’s robotics sector: roboticscouncil.ca/2024-symposium

Nous sommes ravis d'annoncer Søren Elmer Kristensen comme conférencier principal du Symposium CRC 2024 ! Søren expliquera comment le Danemark est devenu un haut lieu mondial de la robotique, le partenariat étant au cœur de son succès. Pour en savoir plus : fr.roboticscouncil.ca/2024-symposium