Automating large operations in not new, but Laurentian University is hoping to develop robotic technology to enhance such operations in the North.
According to the release, a team of Sudbury researchers is planning to develop a robot that could help automate the fabrication and assembly of large-scale projects in Northern Ontario.
The team received $250,000 from the New Frontiers in Research Fund, an initiative of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee.
The project would involve the development of a portable, cable-driven parallel robot used in large-scale fabrication and assembly, as well as a user-friendly, custom-built interface for its operation.
By using a system of cables and pulleys, these robots are programmed to build various structures based on a pre-determined blueprint, almost like a 3-D printer, but on a much bigger scale.