Research Funding Awarded

Professor Eric Diller has been awarded an NSERC Engage Plus grant. The project, entitled “High-speed addressable magnetic microfluidic valving,” will be conducted in partnership with Bio-Rad Canada.

First Inter-Lab Curling Game!

The first inter-lab sport game between Microrobotics Lab (Prof. Diller) and Water and Energy Research Lab (Prof. Bilton) was successfully held in the High Park Curling Club. After the exciting game, we had a wonderful dinner together!

Robot Doctors in The Future

Prof. Eric Diller is quoted by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore in the article “How scientists are developing the robot doctors of the future”, published on Gigaom. Article link Video link

Microrobotics Lab receives CFI infrastructure fund

The Microrobotics Lab has received funding for equipment and infrastructure through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund. This funding is from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and will be used to further develop our capabilities for microrobotics research. More...