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Robotics Design Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryRobots
Founded1997
FounderCharles Khairallah
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec,
Canada
ProductsMobile robots
Industrial robots
Modular robots
Hyper-redundant robots Ergonomic arms
Websitewww.roboticsdesign.qc.ca

Robotics Design Inc. is a company that designs and builds modular robots, founded and incorporated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1997. The company produces mobile robots, robotic manipulators and manual arms as well as custom solutions using modular robotic technology. The company developed the BIXI bike dock, a public bike system, and the ADC (Automatic Deployable Container), a deployable structure container for quick deployment of housing, hospitals and other buildings.

Technology

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This allows any robot to be formed from connected identical modules, reducing the cost of manufacturing these products and increasing their work efficiency. It has led to the creation of several families of modular robots which have been used primarily for industrial purposes.[1][2] ANAT technology was recognized as a nominee for the 2010 Manning Innovation Awards.

Mobile Robots

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The ANATROLLER series of robots are a family of mobile robots based on modular ANAT technology. The first was the ANATROLLER ARI-100 which was launched in 2003 in North America. In 2010 the Kel'air duct cleaning company, a French company based in Bordeaux, acquired one of these, the first in the European market.[3] The ANATROLLER ARI-100 is an industrial robot used primarily for duct cleaning.[4][5]

Manual Arms

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The Anatergoarm AEA-15, winner of the gold medal at the 31st international Geneva Exhibition[6] and a finalist in IDM,[7] is a manual arm Designed in collaboration with Michel Dallaire Design Industrielle. It mimics the bio-mechanical movement of the human body which allows workers performing repetitive tasks to simplify their work, especially when using heavy tools.[8] It incorporates an automatic safety brake system which allows the arm to remain stationary at will.

A portable Anatergoarm model, the TMA-500 is an assisted manipulator for maintenance and handling in of hydro-electric turbines. The first TMA-500 arm was deployed in 2010 at Hydro Quebec's Robert-Bourassa generating station for breaking unit repairs.[9] It won the IRSST's 2011 "Work health and safety innovation" award at the 21st edition of the innovation awards organized by ADRIQ and its partners.[10]

Special Projects

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BIXI

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Main article: PBSC Urban Solutions

Named the 19th best invention of 2008 by Time magazine,[11] BIXI Montréal utilizes Robotics Design Inc.’s modular docking station.[12] The BIXI-branded system, created by the Public Bike System Company, is solar powered and can be removed and replaced quickly allowing entire stations to be deployed or removed in minutes. The BIXI system was first developed for the Montreal public bike system but is now utilized internationally, from New York City to Melbourne.[13]

ADC

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ADC (Automated Deployable Container) is an invention that allows the transportation and deployment of habitable units. ADC helps humanitarian aid workers easily install housing, hospitals, and schools, making it possible to construct a temporary city in less than a week. The container is deployed automatically with a button control, and can change shape from a standard container compartment to a three compartment unit including kitchens and sanitary rooms. It is equipped with heating and air conditioning systems.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Susan (January 2013). "Robotics Design Builds Nontraditional Robots One Module at a Time Imagination Drives Design". FMA Communications, Inc. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Scanlan, Steve, Robotics Design Inc., Montreal (November 2009). "Modular Robotics". Rogers Publishing. Retrieved November 9, 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sud Ouest, Magazine (December 6, 2010). "Climatisations et locaux confinées : de l'air pour nos intérieurs". sudouest.fr/ (in French). sudouest.fr. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "L'ANATROLLER fait le ménage". Construire Magazine (in French). www.acq.org. March–April 2007.
  5. ^ Plumbing and HVAC, Magazine (April 2010). "Duct cleaning robots" (PDF). plumbingandhvac.ca/. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  6. ^ "Des designers québécois remportent des Prix à Genève" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  7. ^ "Prix de l'IDM 2003 Finalistes". Infodesigncanada.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  8. ^ Montreal, Robotics Design Inc. (November 2009). "Flexible Robot Eases Mould Changes" (PDF). Rogers Publishing. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  9. ^ Montreal, Robotics Design Inc. (May 26, 2011). "Arm Allows Brake Unit Repair at Hydro-Quebec Facility". PennWell Publishing. Archived from the original on January 3, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "The Prix Innovation SST Awarded to Robotics Design" (PDF). www.adriq.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  11. ^ "19. Montreal's Public Bike System – TIME's Best Inventions of 2008". TIME. October 29, 2008. Archived from the original on December 14, 2008. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  12. ^ Lamoureux, Sébastien (November 2009). "Robotics Design à l'origine d'innovations audacieuses du Bixi" (in French). ÉTS. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
  13. ^ "How America's biggest bike share will turn NYC into a cycling city". GIZMODO. May 29, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  14. ^ "ADC » Robotics Design Inc". Archived from the original on November 30, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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