Grants and Contributions
About this information
In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$60,378.00
Jan 18, 2021
For-profit organization
Natural Language Comprehension Assistant
965537
This project aims to develop a bot platform to automate the analysis of complex documents.
$639,112.50
Jun 30, 2020
For-profit organization
Autonomy-Enabling Technology for future Space Robotics
20STDPK22
(20STDPK22) The ability for robots to autonomously make their decisions with minimal supervisions by human users and, in some cases, no supervision at all, is critical to the success of future deep space exploration robotics, and to the Deep Space Gataway mission in particular. Indeed, it will not be possible to operate future deep space exploration robots from Earth due to the distance. On the other hand, the presence of onboard crewmembers will be limited, requiring the robots to be autonomous for maintenance of the space station without presence of humans.
Menya Solutions is developing an AI technology, called HybridLogic, which will enable space robots to plan and execute autonomously goal-driven complex sequences of actions, while handling new situations and new mission objectives. Robots using HybridLogic algorithms will be able to explain the rationale behind their decisions and behaviours, and interact with space crewmembers safely and naturally.
HybridLogic is currently at the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4. It was validated in a low-fidelity simulated space environment and controlled real-world robotics environment on Earth. The objective of this project is to further develop HypridLogic for space robotics operations and bring its maturity to TRL 5, including validation in higher-fidelity space simulations and a terrestrial robot manipulator that emulates the Canadarm on the ISS, as an intermediate step towards the next generation of robot arm for deep space exploration. This is an important step along the path to commercializing the technology for space applications. While the research and development activities of this project are focused on space robot arms, the results will also be leveraged for terrestrial applications.
$532,500.00
Apr 28, 2016
The last 10 years or so have seen the rise of novel generation small robot platforms, with unprecedented dexterity and maneuverability, with many potential of applications in many domains, ranging from space and military industries to smart homes and automotive industries. These robots require an algorithmic technology enabling them to reason about their environment, anticipate events, plan and execute complex behaviors autonomously, i.e. to make autonomous decision making. Menya Solutions has been developing such a technology in collaboration with world leaders in those markets. This project aims at further maturing the technology, paving the way to its commercialization.