About Us
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Welcome to the Industrial Automation Laboratory (IAL) of the Department
of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
This lab was established in 1988, with Prof. Clarence W. de Silva as Director,
primarily to carry out research and development activities related to
the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Research Chair in Industrial Automation. The Senior NSERC-BC Packers
Research Chair position has been held by Prof. de Silva. Funding for the
activities of the laboratory has been provided by many government
and industrial organizations including B.C. Packers, Ltd., NSERC, UBC, B.C. Hydro, Advanced System Institute of B.C., Science Council of B.C., Ministry of Environment of B.C., National Research Council (NRC) of Canada,
the Canadian Network of Centers of Excellence: The Institute for
Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), and Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
We are affiliated with the Institute of Computing, Information,
and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) and are located in ICICS Room 061 and Room 065,
at 2366 Main Mall, UBC Campus, in beautiful Vancouver,
British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. There is extensive international
collaboration with other universities; particularly, the
National University of Singapore (NUS), the Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL),
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Main Goal |
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The main goal of the Industrial Automation Laboratory is the design, development
and application of advanced technologies for industrial automation, with emphasis
on mechatronics, robotics, machine vision, intelligent control, and instrumentation
including sensing and actuation.
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