The
Robots are Coming; Intelligent
Systems are Part of Our Future
with
Dr. Pierre Bélanger
PRECARN Associates Inc.
Come and learn how a nationwide research initiative is making Canada
a leader in the development of systems that can perceive their own environments,
reason, take action and dramatically extend human capabilities for many
specialized tasks. Meet some of the award-winning products of this private-sectorBuniversity
collaboration (including a robot that performs knee surgery and an intelligent
system that can feel and touch!). Demonstrations will run from 7:30 to
9:00 a.m.
Hear Dr. Pierre Bélanger, Vice-Principal of Research at McGill
university present a bilingual overview of the major advances in intelligent
systems research in Canada, and the impact they are already having on
the Canadian economy. An electrical engineer internationally recognized
for his research in the robotics field, Dr. Bélanger is a Director
of PRECARN Associates Inc., a national, industry-led consortium conducting
research in this area, and a founding member of the Institute for Robotics
and Intelligent Systems, a federal Network of Centres of Excellence supported
by NSERC and PRECARN.
DATE: Thursday, December 3, 1998 from 7:30 am - 9:00 am
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