Grants and Contributions

This project has both technical and business objectives that will position the firm for development of their SaaS MVP

The company aims to standardize its operations to optimize the implementation of Conformit software with its new customers. The company will hire a junior resource in IT development to support the innovation effort on the Conformit software. His/her main mandate will be to develop innovative functionalities through adapted technologies.

This project seeks to expand Anubis 3D’s lightweight End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) product line through the development of new capabilities to support the design and development of new configurable off-the-shelf robotic tools and accessories for various industrial applications.

Delegation led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to establish relationships with key customers, end-users, and other international firms, which will help set the stage for potential Canadian projects in the upcoming EUREKA ITEA Cluster call for proposals.

Benjamin Bridge Vineyards seeks to research low productivity in a newer section of its vineyard in comparison to an older, more mature section. Its research team will collect baseline data on the vineyard blocks, assess and test the soil for drainage and nutrient availability and the vines for disease, track yield and quality through the 2022 harvest, collate all the data, and then prepare a report with recommendations on viticultural repair and management.

IRAP Indigenous Pilot Project: An analysis of the existing renewable resources available to the Nahanni Butte Dene Band to supply a district heating system to feed existing commercial and government buildings and new residential and commercial developments.

Borealis Wind (Borealis) has developed a Blade Ice Protection System (IPS) for Wind Turbines, and validated it through installations at wind farms in Canada. To prepare for commercialization Borealis would like to redesign several components of the system to make it more scalable (more robust, decrease cost, reduce customization per turbine model).

We will create a text-to-speech (TTS) synthesizer and verb conjugator for nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree). The development of a software-based verb conjugator for nêhiyawêwin represents an opportunity to develop a resource that encompasses significant role in filling the gap in the availability/accessibility of language resources that are suited to the structure of nêhiyawêwin. The development of a TTS synthesizer will be integrated with the verb conjugator and will similarly fill a gap in the availability/accessibility of resources. TTS synthesis is valuable in this context because it will provide learners access to standard pronunciation of words in environments where immediate access to a fluent speaker may be difficult. Because of the polysynthetic nature of nêhiyawêwin, it is impossible to create separate recordings of every word, whereas appropriately designed TTS can produce audio for any word the verb conjugator can generate.
The development of a software-based verb conjugator for nêhiyawêwin represents an opportunity to develop a resource that encompasses significant role in filling the gap in the availability/accessibility of language resources that are suited to the structure of nêhiyawêwin.
The development of a TTS synthesizer will be integrated with the verb conjugator and will similarly fill a gap in the availability/accessibility of resources. TTS synthesis is valuable in this context because it will provide learners access to standard pronunciation of words in environments where immediate access to a fluent speaker may be difficult. Because of the polysynthetic nature of nêhiyawêwin, it is impossible to create separate recordings of every word, whereas appropriately designed TTS can produce audio for any word the verb conjugator can generate.
We will create a text-to-speech (TTS) synthesizer and verb conjugator for nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree).
The development of a software-based verb conjugator for nêhiyawêwin represents an opportunity to develop a resource that encompasses significant role in filling the gap in the availability/accessibility of language resources that are suited to the structure of nêhiyawêwin.
The development of a TTS synthesizer will be integrated with the verb conjugator and will similarly fill a gap in the availability/accessibility of resources. TTS synthesis is valuable in this context because it will provide learners access to standard pronunciation of words in environments where immediate access to a fluent speaker may be difficult. Because of the polysynthetic nature of nêhiyawêwin, it is impossible to create separate recordings of every word, whereas appropriately designed TTS can produce audio for any word the verb conjugator can generate.

Develop a proof-of concept 3D metal printer add-on utilizing low cost feedstock for use in industrial machine shops.

The Canadian Space Mining Company (CSMC) has developed domain expertise in the field of resource exploration on the lunar surface. As part of that effort CSMC has developed a novel concept for an imaging device that is low power, inexpensive and man-portable with applications ranging from geotechnical use for identification of critical minerals on both Earth and the lunar surface; to 3D tomography of human tissue for in-field medical applications; to defect detection for advanced manufacturing. Through this project CSMC seeks to validate its TIMS concept, thereby advancing the state-of-the-art in mobile 3D imaging and introducing a disruptive technology across sectors that are presently valued at more than USD $79B.