Waterloo RoboHub helps Avidbots advance robotics innovation

April 14, 2022 Avidbots partners with the University to improve the efficiency of their autonomous floor cleaning robot, Neo By Stephanie Longeway University Relations When Pablo Molina (BASc '11), chairman, CTO, VP of Product and co-founder of Avidbots , went searching for additional talent to improve his company's flagship autonomous floor-scrubbing robot, he turned to his former University of Waterloo professor and mentor, William Melek, for help. "When I attended Waterloo, I co-founded a robotics team and Professor Melek was instrumental in helping us all the way through," Molina says. "We now have a global company and have to solve really hard problems. I reached out and asked if we could collaborate on research because Waterloo talent is truly among the brightest in the country." Avidbots designs, manufactures, sells, services, and supports a fully autonomous floor scrubbing robot called Neo. Its autonomy, called "Avidbots Autonomy", makes Neo unique in the global marketplace and enables it to clean dynamic indoor commercial spaces like warehouses, box stores, malls, airports, hospitals, and schools without human intervention. Cleaning can be a dirty and dangerous task, and especially in the wake of the pandemic, it's more important than ever. Watch the collaboration with Avidbots in action Tapping into research for a competitive advantage The University of Waterloo has the largest and most active robotics and automation research group in Canada, and Waterloo RoboHub brings together all the related technical, educational, research, and service support into one central group.