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A trans-disciplinary team from the McEwen School of Architecture, the Bharti School of Engineering and the behavioural neuroscience department have successfully applied for a grant to make their work a reality.
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The principal investigator, Prof. Steven Beites, alongside co-applicants Marc Arsenault, Blake Dotta and Reza Foruzanmehr, have received $250,000 from the New Frontiers in Research fund, an initiative of the Canada Research Co-ordinating Committee.
The team’s proposal, entitled Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration as a Catalyst for Creative Economy, Community Outreach and Emerging Design-Build Solutions in Ontario’s North, aims to harness advanced technologies as a way to strengthen northern economies and communities.