From SIRT’s immersive virtual reality demo to CAMDT’s resident YuMi robot exhibit, Sheridan had a strong presence at OCE Discovery 2016, held May 9 and 10 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
Applied Research and Innovation supported research teams from across the institution in demonstrating the leadership for which Sheridan has become world-renowned through the following interactive project exhibits:
Centre for Elder Research
- Working with students from Sheridan’s Bachelor of Game Design program, the Centre for Elder Research has developed a tablet-based game that can encourage social interaction between older adults, and between people of any age.
- With industry partners iCare Home Health and Pharmaceutical Innovations, the Centre has supported the design and development of a mobile health app that can help individuals manage their health care and their medications more independently.
- Student researchers and professors from Sheridan’s School of Applied Computing and a team from the Sheridan Centre for Elder Research collaborated with industry partner Chumbuggy.com to create and launch a social platform geared to middle and later-aged adults.
FAST Chemical Engineering Laboratory
- Sheridan’s School of Applied Chemical and Environmental Sciences is very involved in an area of research known as carbon sequestration through mineral carbonation. On display was the lab’s FTIR spectrophotometer, which showcased just a sliver of the research capabilities of Sheridan’s Chemical and Environmental Labs.
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT)
- CAMDT demonstrated Canada’s first ABB YuMi – the world’s first truly collaborative robot that utilizes human intelligence. Working closely with ABB, students will interact with YuMi at CAMDT as part of their research and capstone projects with industry partners.
- A second CAMDT team had a crowd-pleasing aerial inspection drone demonstration that showcased an applied research project that investigated the viability of an airborne alternative to the current ground method of inspecting powerlines.
Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT)
- The SIRT Centre demonstrated their Virtual and Augmented Reality Unit. By combining SIRT’s Optitrack motion capture system with the Oculus Rift and Unity game engine, a user is able to physically move around within a defined space and experience a virtual world complete with positional and full rotational (360 degree) tracking.
For more information about these projects, please visit The Innovator.