Sending robots where humans fear to tread
Download MP3Karen Unland and Faaiza Ramji take a look at industrial innovation, starting with an interview with award-winning entrepreneur Nicolas Olmedo of Copperstone Technologies, which offers "robots as a service" to help companies monitor hazardous sites. Plus, some other innovators in the industrial realm who will be making a pitch for investment in June.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
- Copperstone Technologies and its HELIX robots
- Co-founders Nicolas Olmedo, Stephen Dwyer, and Jamie Yuen
- Olmedo received a Mitacs Award for Entrepreneur of the Year
- Mitacs
- Engineering professor Mike Lipsett
- Copperstone CEO Craig Milne
- WomenHack - Edmonton Employer Event is on June 29
- Startup TNT's Investment Summit V finale is on June 23
- The six Edmonton companies pitching for investment include Zero Point Cryogenics, Element 4, and Correct-AI.
- Quantum City announcement
Many thanks to our title sponsor, Innovate Edmonton, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.
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