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CityStudio Ottawa is a partnership between the City of Ottawa, Algonquin College, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. It aims to explore municipal challenges from different perspectives by bringing together students, faculty and city employees.

On Thursday, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and city employees welcomed students and faculty to City Hall for CityStudio’s 2024 HUBBUB. Held at the end of each academic year, HUBBUB is a networking event and exhibit showcasing a curated selection of student projects from each of the participating institutions.

Congratulations to Algonquin College students Andres Alvear, Luke He, Nungshi Singh, Panthi Chavda and Yash Gokhale for their winning project, titled “Plugging into the Future.” Continue reading →

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 →