Advanced Robotics and Inspection Cell
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Industry Partnerships • Problem-Driven R&D • Applied Prototyping

Collaborate with the Robotics Institute on Your Next Challenge

Whether you are facing an automation bottleneck in agricultural operations, seeking real-time defect inspection in manufacturing, or exploring assistive biomedical devices, our faculty and researchers work closely with external partners to investigate, design, and validate practical robotic solutions.

How We Can Help
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Targeted Problem Solving
Deep engineering investigation of complex automation and vision challenges that off-the-shelf tools cannot solve.
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Physical Prototyping & Validation
Hands-on testing in our 1,400+ sq. ft. research laboratory, equipped with industrial robot arms, vision tunnels, and mobile platforms.
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Faculty & Student Teams
Work directly with leading PIs, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate engineers with deep ROS2, AI, and hardware expertise.
Technical Expertise

Core Areas of Collaborative Research

We welcome partnerships with growers, manufacturers, healthcare organizations, and technology companies across four primary robotics disciplines.

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AgRobotics & Greenhouse Automation

Autonomous crop harvesting, multi-modal soft grippers, pedicel detection, selective weeding in high-crop canopies, and mobile greenhouse cart platforms.

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Machine Vision & Quality Inspection

High-speed sub-millimetre surface defect inspection, multi-camera photometric stereo, 3D point cloud registration, and real-time conveyor sorting.

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Assistive Devices & Biomechatronics

Wearable upper-limb rehabilitation exoskeletons, clinical spasticity assessment, soft robotic hands, tactile sensing, and assistive feeding robotics.

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Autonomous Systems & Manipulation

ROS2 Humble system architectures, MoveIt trajectory generation, sensor fusion (LiDAR, RGB-D, IMU), bin picking, and physics-based simulation.

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The Process

How We Collaborate

We structure collaborations simply so your team can connect directly with our researchers and begin exploring solutions quickly.

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Submit Your Problem

Fill out the inquiry form below detailing the operational bottleneck, prototype idea, or research domain your team is targeting.

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Technical Discovery

Meet with our Institute faculty and researchers to discuss technical requirements, feasibility, equipment access, and project scope.

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Joint R&D & Validation

We develop, iterate, and benchmark hardware/software prototypes inside our laboratory or in field trials at your site.

Direct Intake

Have a Problem or Research Area in Mind?

Tell us about the challenge your company or organization wants to address. Submissions are reviewed directly by Institute Director Dr. Medhat Moussa, Dr. Hussein Abdullah, and affiliated lab researchers.

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School of Engineering • Lab 3517 Albert A. Thornbrough Building, University of Guelph
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Direct Inquiry Email robotics.institute@uoguelph.ca
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Equipment & Laboratory Access Access to FANUC robots, UR10e cobots, FLIR/Basler vision, and rapid prototyping equipment.
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