Rigid Robotics Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Burnaby|Burnaby, BC · grants and contributions register · Burnaby North–Seymour

Rigid Robotics Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 15 agreements; $5.3M value; 3 departments; 7 programs.

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15agreements
$5.3Mvalue
3departments
7programs

Largest agreements

Load & Haul Optimization and Decarbonization ​for open-pit mining$2.8Mvalue2025start2027end

RIGID ROBOTICS revolutionizes the mining industry by connecting mining equipment and frontline workers to real-time precision data and insights to make better decisions. Since 2012, the company has been focused on the development of innovative solutions for smarter and greener mining, enabled by partnerships that include Canada’s largest diversified mining company. The company’s core patented technology, RIGIDprecision™, is a scalable and unified PLATFORM + APP solution that enables mining operations to mine with significantly higher precision than before. Enabling such "Precision-Mining" enha

23616$975Kvalue2024start2025end

Increase sales by deploying new sensors and upgrading the companys smart cloud platform

RIGIDprecision 3.0 application platform$447Kvalue2022start2023end

Development of mining’s first scalable cloud-based application platform for precision-mining solutions.

Agreement$194Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$190Kvalue2016start–end
Agreement$154Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$119Kvalue2013start–end
Fast Pilot - Precision Dig-to-Limit$77.0Kvalue2020start2021end

A pilot setup at a mine site will validate a machine positioning technology to be used to ensure real-time compliance with mine plan.

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Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2$73.1Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Innovation Assistance Program$61.0Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided from the IAP program to assist innovative, early-stage, small-and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVIE-19 business support.

ICAP 2024 – International Co-Innovation Action Plan$50.0Kvalue2024start2025end

Identification of co-innovation partners in Chile's open-pit mining sector looking to optimize drilling, blasting, and shovel operations.

Rigid Robotics Inc.-2024-2025-1018640$40.0Kvalue2024start2025end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Innovation Assistance Program – Round 2.5$32.5Kvalue2020start2021end

The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.

Agreement$30.1Kvalue2013start–end
Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream$14.9Kvalue2024start–end

Develop digital adoption plan

Departments

National Research Council Canada13agreements$4.3Mvalue5programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • CanExport SME

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Pacific Economic Development Canada1agreements$975Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Pacific Economic Development Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$14.9Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream

All grants from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Years

20251agreements$2.8Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology
20244agreements$1.1Mvalue4programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SME
  • Canadian Digital Adoption Program Boost your Business Technology Stream
20221agreements$447Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20204agreements$244Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Innovation Assistance Program
20161agreements$190Kvalue0programs
    20152agreements$348Kvalue0programs
      20132agreements$149Kvalue0programs

        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.