Avidbots Corp.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Kitchener|Kitchener, ON · grants and contributions register · Kingston and the Islands

Avidbots Corp.: federal grants and contributions: 10 agreements; $8.7M value; 2 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-1X8ZE4S1VV · Cite as: Assay Systems, “Avidbots Corp.: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/avidbots-corp/

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10agreements
$8.7Mvalue
2departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Next-Generation Autonomous Robotic Cleaning Systems Platform$6.0Mvalue2023start2024end

Avidbots has ambitious growth goals in 2024 and we plan to run a series of R&D and Business Innovation projects to accomplish them. Both the technical and business innovations in this project will help get Canadian technology into global markets faster, at higher volumes, which will result in benefits to Canada in 2024. IRAP support will help us create a new generation of hardware and software technology platforms which can be applied to an autonomous multi-robot fleet as independent modules. These modules will enhance R&D timelines for future robotic devices and open our products to more ma

5205220201110$1.0Mvalue2020start2021end

RRRF funding will be used to support Recipients to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Business Innovation - Sales and Marketing Process Innovation$500Kvalue2023start2023end

Avidbots is targeting ~$60M CAD in 2023 bookings. We are running innovating experiments to improve sales productivity. We will be conducting experiments in 2023 to improve sales productivity in 4 areas, listed below: 1. Improve outbound pipeline generation 2. Accelerate marketing inbound pipeline generation 3. Expand existing strategic accounts 4. Penetrate new strategic accounts

Business Innovation - Business Process Engineering$500Kvalue2024start2025end

This is an R&D project to test hypotheses and experiment with new mechanisms to design a repeatable and scalable business process and to develop IP in business methods.

Autonomous navigation & coverage for complex organic layouts in dynamic retail environments$376Kvalue2021start2022end

In order for robots to autonomously navigate commercial retail environments in a safe and efficient manner, there is a need to develop algorithms that can reason effectively in highly confined areas, cluttered with constantly changing obstacles, in organic layouts. Safety is paramount in these environments to avoid human injury and property damage. Advanced state-of-the-art software algorithms are required to be developed to achieve this goal.

Autonomous navigation for robotic floor cleaners in commercial retail environments$150Kvalue2019start2019end

Avidbots designs, manufactures, and markets autonomous robotic floor cleaning equipment for a variety of industries including commercial, government, hospital, education and retail customers. The current product, NEO, primarily operates in large facilities such as airports, malls, factories, and institutional buildings. This Project is to develop new and improved autonomous navigation software suitable for smaller, more complex environments such as Big Box retail and grocery stores with narrower physical locations subject to tighter turning radius and frequently changing route layouts/obstac

Youth - Software Developer - Coverage Planning$40.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Hire new graduate to help develop new and improve software features for the coverage planning team.

YOUTH - Software Developer$40.0Kvalue2021start2022end

Hire new graduate to help develop new and improve software features for the systems team.

YEP - Software Developer$30.0Kvalue2024start2025end

KAS After-Care Project designed to provide improvements to recently released robots. This includes a minor software release with reliability improvements, new features that did not make it into general availability as well as improvements to production and manufacturing.

YEP - Accounting$30.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Avidbots intends to utilize the Youth Employment Program (YEP) to hire a recent post-secondary graduate specializing in Finance and Accounting as an Accounting Associate, reporting to Avidbots' Finance Manager.

Departments

National Research Council Canada9agreements$7.7Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario1agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Years

20243agreements$560Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20232agreements$6.5Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20213agreements$456Kvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20201agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct
20191agreements$150Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.