Robotics Design Inc.

{{Infobox company

| name = Robotics Design Inc.

| logo = LogoRoboticsDesign.svg

| type = Private

| foundation = 1997

| founder = Charles Khairallah

| location = Montreal, Quebec

| location_country = Canada

| industry = Robots

| products = Mobile robots
Industrial robots
Modular robots
Hyper-redundant robots Ergonomic arms

| homepage = [http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/ www.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

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.cimindustry.com/article/automation/robotics-design-builds-nontraditional-robots-one-module-at-a-time|title=Robotics Design Builds Nontraditional Robots One Module at a Time Imagination Drives Design|last=Roberts|first=Susan|publisher=FMA Communications, Inc.|date=January 2013|accessdate=January 17, 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.design-engineering.com/modular-robotics-10379/|title=Modular Robotics|last=Scanlan|first=Steve, Robotics Design Inc., Montreal|publisher=Rogers Publishing|date=November 2009|accessdate=November 9, 2009}} ANAT technology was recognized as a nominee for the 2010 Manning Innovation Awards.

Mobile Robots

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.{{cite news|last=Sud Ouest|first=Magazine|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/12/06/de-l-air-pour-nos-interieurs-259170-3220.php|title=Climatisations et locaux confinées : de l'air pour nos intérieurs|date=December 6, 2010|work=sudouest.fr/|accessdate=February 4, 2011|publisher=sudouest.fr|language=fr}} The ANATROLLER ARI-100 is an industrial robot used primarily for duct cleaning.{{cite journal |journal=Construire Magazine |title=L'ANATROLLER fait le ménage|date=March–April 2007 |publisher=www.acq.org|language=fr}}{{cite news|last=Plumbing and HVAC|first=Magazine|url=http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/assets/Uploads/PDF-content/InThePress/HVAC/Pluming+HVACmagazineapril2010.pdf|title=Duct cleaning robots|date=April 2010|accessdate=April 29, 2010|publisher=plumbingandhvac.ca/}}

Manual Arms

The Anatergoarm AEA-15, winner of the gold medal at the 31st international Geneva Exhibition{{cite press release|url=http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/assets/NewsEvents/geneve2003.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091638/https://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/assets/NewsEvents/geneve2003.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-24|title=Des designers québécois remportent des Prix à Genève |accessdate=December 20, 2009}} and a finalist in IDM,{{cite web |url=http://www.infodesigncanada.com/infodesign/fr/institut/prix/2003/finalistes/8_ana.html |title=Prix de l'IDM 2003 Finalistes |publisher=Infodesigncanada.com |accessdate=October 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713031344/http://www.infodesigncanada.com/infodesign/fr/institut/prix/2003/finalistes/8_ana.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/assets/Uploads/PDF-content/InThePress/PlasticsinCanadaMag.pdf|title=Flexible Robot Eases Mould Changes|last=Montreal|first=Robotics Design Inc.|publisher=Rogers Publishing|date=November 2009|accessdate=December 23, 2009}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/hr/print/volume-30/issue-4/departments/sticky-wickets-arm-allows-brake-unit-repair-at-hydro-quebec-facility.html|title=Arm Allows Brake Unit Repair at Hydro-Quebec Facility|last=Montreal|first=Robotics Design Inc.|publisher=PennWell Publishing|date=May 26, 2011|accessdate=Dec 7, 2016|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103213234/http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/hr/print/volume-30/issue-4/departments/sticky-wickets-arm-allows-brake-unit-repair-at-hydro-quebec-facility.html|archive-date=January 3, 2013|df=mdy-all}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/assets/NewsEvents/press-release-the-prix-innovation-sst-awarded-to-robotics-design-2011-11-23.pdf|title=The Prix Innovation SST Awarded to Robotics Design|publisher=www.adriq.com|accessdate=September 7, 2012|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184707/http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/assets/NewsEvents/press-release-the-prix-innovation-sst-awarded-to-robotics-design-2011-11-23.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Special Projects

=BIXI=

Named the 19th best invention of 2008 by Time magazine,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1852747_1854195_1854146,00.html |title=19. Montreal's Public Bike System – TIME's Best Inventions of 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214005647/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1852747_1854195_1854146,00.html |archive-date=2008-12-14|magazine=TIME |accessdate=October 16, 2009 | date=October 29, 2008}} BIXI Montréal utilizes Robotics Design Inc.’s modular docking station.{{cite news|url=http://www.uquebec.ca/webuq/actualites/nouvelle.php?newsid=8571|title=Robotics Design à l'origine d'innovations audacieuses du Bixi|last=Lamoureux|first=Sébastien|date=November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704132649/http://www.uquebec.ca/webuq/actualites/nouvelle.php?newsid=8571|archive-date=2012-07-04|publisher=ÉTS|language=fr|accessdate=November 6, 2009}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/how-americas-biggest-bike-share-will-turn-nyc-into-a-cycling-city/|title=How America's biggest bike share will turn NYC into a cycling city.|work=GIZMODO|accessdate=June 12, 2013 | date=May 29, 2013}}

= ADC =

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.roboticsdesign.qc.ca/special-projects/adc/ |title=ADC » Robotics Design Inc |access-date=November 11, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130033221/http://roboticsdesign.qc.ca/special-projects/adc/ |url-status=dead }}