ADVENTOR is a graduate training program that brings together a collaborative team of researchers, with support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through the Collaborative Research and Training Experience program (CREATE) grant.
Who We Are
The ADVENTOR Program is a multi-disciplinary team made up of researchers from 5 major Canadian Universities: Queen's University, McGill University, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and the University of Ottawa.
ADVENTOR Team
Our research focuses on the interdisciplinary aspects of introducing mobile robots in human-occupied spaces.
Combining engineering, philosophy, ethics, and more, our team of experts strive to provide a highly unique, and experiential training program for the next-generation of roboticists.
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Our goal is to prepare trainees to lead the next generation of robotic technologies towards solving societal problems.
The ADVENTOR Program equips these future leaders with unique, and interdisciplinary skills through active participation in our training elements.
ADVENTOR presents trainees with opportunities to tackle the practical implementation of mobile robots within a variety of human-occupied spaces.
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Beyond Disciplinary Specialization
Explore the interdisciplinary training elements that prepare our students to anticipate and mitigate potential social, and ethical consequences when approaching robotic design and deployment.
Representation in Robotics
We recruit diverse trainees, provide inclusive training environments, and promote representation through the selection of our team members, collaborators, and guest speakers.
Professional Opportunities
Internships, mentorships, and site visits allow trainees to learn alongside experts to solve meaningful challenges and gain valuable professional experience.
ADVENTOR Collaborators
Our incredible collaborators throughout the academic, industrial, and municipal sectors help facilitate the training elements that make ADVENTOR such a unique program. ADVENTOR trainees receive seminars, mentoring, internships, site tours, and more from our industry partners such as: Quanser, Kinova, and Haply Robotics. ADVENTOR also boasts academic collaborators throughout the world from Canada to Brazil, Sweden, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, South Korea, Switzerland, and more!
