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National Robotics Week is celebrated annually from April 6 to 13. To mark the week, we look inside Algonquin College’s Bachelor of Engineering (Automation and Robotics) degree program.

The days of robots working alongside humans is here and Algonquin College students are ready for the experience.

Autonomous and remotely operated systems are deployed the world over with ever increasing frequency. Such systems are being implemented in many instances to reduce risk to human workers, to achieve higher efficiencies in manufacturing and to improve the quality of lives through robot-assisted rehabilitation and care. Variations of these systems are often in place for reasons of feasibility, efficiency, safety or practicality. Continue reading →

Algonquin College co-ordinator and game development professor Dushan Horvat and two of his former students Antoine Plouffe and Noah Maxwell have gone back in time.

Alongside Algonquin College, the exhibition was produced in collaboration with the Royal Canadian Air Force, CAE and the National Research Council Canada, the three have created part of a new permanent Cold War exhibit that is set to open at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum on April 5.

Horvat and his team re-created a digital kiosk related to a digital early warning (DEW) system in the Yukon. Called the Bar1 Station, these stations were created to detect early land or sea invasion by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

They produced the interactive display using digital creation, animation, 3D modelling, and narration. They were tasked to create a station experience and showcase the facility. Continue reading →

Greetings were given, dignitaries were welcomed, tobacco was offered and with that, four Indigenous street names were publicly celebrated at Algonquin College’s Ottawa Campus today.

The official ceremony included community elders, local, provincial and federal representatives, College leadership, members of the Board of Governors and Indigenous Education Council and guests from Pikwakanagan and Kitigan Zibi.

President and CEO of Algonquin College, Claude Brulé praised the new signage. “I hope that these street signs extend an additional sense of welcoming and inclusivity for our learners and employees. By embracing and recognizing the Anishinabe language, we look to reaffirm our commitment to fostering an environment where every member of our community feels acknowledged, appreciated, and respected. It’s a way of allowing learners to see themselves reflected in the very fabric of our institution.” Continue reading →