RoboHub Manager Brandon DeHart was recently interviewed by Canadian Affairs journalist Alexandra Keeler about whether or not robots should look like humans.
Prof. George Shaker, a RoboHub Research Team member, is an IEEE Sensors Council Distinguished Lecturer for the 2025-2027 program.
Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn, a member of the RoboHub Research Team, has been awarded $1.4 million as the new Tier 1 NSERC Canadian Research Chair in Socially Intelligent Robotics.
Our very own Brandon DeHart, RoboHub Manager and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been invited to give a talk as part of a workshop at the IEEE Humanoids Conference in Seoul, South Korea.
Building on his work with the IEEE Humanoids Study Group to pull together the report on the state of standards and safety for humanoid robots, titled "A Pathway Study for Future Humanoids Standards" and available via https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27892.21122, Brandon was invited to give a talk as part of a workshop on the topic at the IEEE Humanoids Conference this year.
Today, CENGN announced a Living Lab partnership with the University of Waterloo and Rogers Communications to advance Canadian innovation. Through the partnership, the CENGN Living Lab Initiative will now include co-funded access to the Robotic Connectivity Living Lab, powered by the University of Waterloo’s RoboHub and Rogers. The Living Lab will enable Canadian startups and scaleups to test and validate their cutting-edge products and services in critical sectors like defence, robotics, and applied artificial intelligence, accelerating their path to market readiness.
Waterloo researchers have found that hackers can identify a robot’s action with a 97 per cent accuracy rate. A new study from the University of Waterloo has unveiled major privacy weaknesses in collaborative robots — calling for stronger defenses.
Real Life Robotics, a pioneering robotics and automation company at Velocity, University of Waterloo’s startup incubator, today announces a first-of-its-kind robot-powered delivery partnership with Skip, Canada’s homegrown delivery network.
Through an initial three-month deployment in Markham, Ont., the initiative will pave the way for enhanced innovation within the Canadian delivery ecosystem with the potential to expand across additional Canadian cities.
Every week, elementary school children visit the RoboHub to learn about robots and related technology as part of the "Kids on Campus" program run by Engineering Outreach.
RoboHub Partner Avidbots and its founders, Pablo Molina (BASc '11) and Faizan Sheikh (BASc '11), featured in a University of Waterloo article about some of the fastest-growing companies in the country, all started by UW alumni.
Cobionix’s collaborative robot Codi automates routine tasks, empowering professionals to focus on critical patient care