External - A bright future for robotics

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

The University of Waterloo's faith in the future of robotics is best demonstrated by its plans for a new engineering building that will be home to the RoboHub. The RoboHub will be the first centre in the world to combine aerial, ground, maglev (magnetic levitation) and humanoid robotics development under a single roof.

It will also serve as a collaboration resource for North American, EU, Asian and Australian experts, according to William W. Melek, director of Mechatronics Engineering:

This unique and revolutionary facility will open new avenues of multidisciplinary research to explore the potential of these combined robot technologies. This is the way of the future for robotics. It will place Canada at the forefront of this strategically important emerging field.

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