A local mining technology company called Symbioticware has partnered with Collège Boréal to test its SymBot monitoring system.
SymBot enables remote monitoring of various applications for which continuously updated information is crucial to informed decision-making (equipment, production, maintenance, environment, etc.).
The applied research performed at Collège Boréal will include testing, quality assurance process documentation and refinement that will, at a later date, enable manufacturing to be automated.
Symbioticware has also partnered with the Centre for Excllence in Mining Innovation, Laurentian University and Gareth Kennedy at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom to develop the technology.
“Symboticware is a company built on excellence and innovation, and we wanted to grow a relationship with a college institution that is both recognized by our high-tech mining partners and peers and shares these values,” Kirk Petroski, Symboticware president and CEO, said in a press release.
“We visited the Collège Boréal campus, saw its ultramodern equipment and were extremely impressed by the expertise of the professors with whom we met. After visiting with the Boréal team, it reinforced the need to have them as an important partner.”
Collège Boréal president Denis Hubert said Ontario colleges have a growing role in the field of applied research:.
“With their hands-on approach, postsecondary college-level studies are a natural fit for applied research initiatives that are aimed at resolving well-defined technical challenges encountered by small and medium-sized companies,” he said.
“This new partnership with Symboticware reinforces the positioning of Collège Boréal as a leading and innovative institution that is capable of responding to the present and future needs of industry.”
