by Meghan Hennessey | Nov 21, 2014 | In the News |
It started with a singular goal: to prove that robots weren’t evil. It was 2008; Clearpath Robotics CEO, Matt Rendall, and his co-founders Ryan Gariepy, Patrick Martinson and Bryan Webb, were students at the University of Waterloo. At the time, armed conflicts in Iraq...
by Meghan Hennessey | Oct 28, 2014 | In the News |
Cars are already close to driving themselves down the highway. How far are we then from military weapons systems that decide on their own when and where to fire? “You want the scary answer?” asks Clearpath Robotics co-founder and CTO Ryan Gariepy. “We can do it right...
by Meghan Hennessey | Oct 23, 2014 | In the News |
Robotics scientists nationwide are pondering an intriguing possibility: Might robotic technologies deployed in rescue and disaster situations be quickly repurposed to help contain the Ebola epidemic? Read...
by Meghan Hennessey | Aug 15, 2014 | In the News |
I was very pleased to hear from Clearpath Robotics that, through their own soul-searching research of this issue, they have decided to sign on with the campaign, pledging not to make autonomous killer robots. Read...
by Meghan Hennessey | Aug 15, 2014 | In the News |
Waterloo-based robotic vehicle manufacturer Clearpath Robotics is the first robotics company to sign on with the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. “We’re choosing to value our ethics over potential future revenue.” Read...
by Meghan Hennessey | Jun 20, 2014 | In the News |
Ryan Gariepy, a St. Peter’s Catholic Secondary School grad, is co-founder of a multi-million-dollar robotic company recently named one of Canada’s leading contributors to robotics. Read...
