TRAC

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Ontario Mineral Industry Cluster Council (OMICC)

• TRAC
• Telerobotics and Automation Research Centre
• Laurentian University

Dr. Greg Baiden Dir. School of Engineering
Laurentian University
February 10-11, 2005 Sudbury, Ontario
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TRAC - Telerobotics and Automation Research
Centre

• Vision
• Key Research Direction
• Lead Organizations
• Collaborators
• Resources Required
• Benefits

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TRAC

• Vision
• To be Canadas foremost institute for robotics
  and automation systems research in mining which
  undertakes and promotes research and development
  in support of the Canadian mineral community in
  matters affecting the design, manufacture,
  performance, use, safety and commercialization of
  tele-robotic and automation systems.

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TRAC

• Key Research Direction
• Focus on research that has commercial application
• Themes
• Mobile machine positioning
• Mobile machine sensing and actuation
• Machine task planning systems
• Machine power plant systems
• Mobile machine electronic systems
• Virtual Machine Control Systems
• Machine and Robots

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TRAC

• Lead Organization
• An initiative of Laurentian University led by
  Canada Research Chair in Robotics and Mine
  Automation within Laurentians School of
  Engineering supported by the Laurentian
  University Mining Leadership Team

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TRAC

• Collaborators
• Rio Tinto, Kinross, Inco Limited, Penguin ASI,
  Applied Minds
• Mining Technologies International
• Greater City of Sudbury
• UBC, Cambrian College
• Wabi Iron and Steel
• Rainbow Concrete Industries
• Ontario Power Generation
• Ontario Centres of Excellence
• MMO, CITO, Crestech, Photonics Research,
  Microelectronics
• National Research Council Institutes
• Aerospace Research
• Information Technology
• Industrial Materials
• Canadian Space Agency

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Schedule and Resources
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Officially Establish TRAC
Locate Interim Facility
Acquire Key Labs
Assemble Key Staff
Build Key Robotic Systems
Establish Long Term Plan
Establish Pre-UG Lab
Build Phase 1 UG TRAC Lab
Fit Phase 1 Lab
Project work
Project Completions
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TRAC

• Resources Required
• New Research and Technical Staff 13M (4 years)
• Laboratory and workshop equipment 6.4M
• Facilities 4.7M
• leased 30,000 sq feet
• office equipment
• Consumables
• Occupancy cost
• Repairs and replacement
• Year 2 3 A staging facility for TRAC (Butler
  building at rear of campus) 1.5M
• 4 Year PROJECT COSTS 25.6M
• Long term plans involve creating an underground
  research facility with staffing on Laurentian
  campus

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TRAC

• Benefits
• Building knowledge, teaching and research
  capabilities, personnel and infrastructure
• Providing opportunities for high school,
  undergraduate, graduate, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral
  Fellows
• Technology transfer to private sector in
  products, processes and expertise
• Improving the international competitiveness of
  our mining, manufacturing and consulting
  industries
• Engaging our specialists and assisting in
  building capability
• Opening new market opportunities
• Industrial
• Commercial
• Underwater
• Space
• Military
• Enhance the reputation of members of the Cluster
  and Laurentian University