A key player in innovation in Quebec for over 40 years, the Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles (CRVI) is a non-profit organisation affiliated with Cégep de Lévis and the partner of choice for companies seeking to develop concrete technological solutions in robotics and intelligent automation.
Thanks to a multidisciplinary team of engineers and state-of-the-art equipment, we validate and design innovative technological solutions in robotics to meet the greatest challenges in automation.
From the initial idea to laboratory testing and factory deployment, our team specialising in vision, robotics, software, AI, web interfaces and digital twins works with you to co-create projects tailored to your production reality.
We are the only college-level technology transfer centre for advanced robotics in Quebec, and our ambition is to make advanced robotics, vision and AI accessible and useful where they can make a real difference for your business.
Since 2003, we have supported nearly 1,400 clients and 700 innovative projects that automate, improve product quality and secure operations in the defence, naval, agri-food, agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare and many other sectors.
Give businesses a competitive edge by leveraging applied artificial intelligence in robotics and computer vision
Be the authority on developing innovative technology for businesses
Passion – Innovation – Inclusion – Collaboration
At the Quebec City Economic Summit, the government launches the creation of the first specialised centres to stimulate innovation and make CEGEPs the driving force behind regional development.
The Specialised Robotics Centre is created at Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon. Its mission: to support economic recovery through the integration of robotic technologies.
The specialised centres join forces to ensure their sustainability and strengthen collaboration by forming the Regroupement des centres spécialisés du Québec (Quebec Specialised Centres Group).
The specialised centres group officially becomes the Réseau des centres collégiaux de transfert technologique (CCTT) (College Technology Transfer Network), marking a new stage in technology transfer in Quebec.
The CCTT at Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon is restructured and becomes the Centre de Robotique industrielle inc. (CRI), with its own resources, equipment and laboratories.
Expansion of expertise: integration of digital vision and the first artificial intelligence applications. The centre adopts its current name: Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles inc. (CRVI).
Deployment of advanced AI technologies, including deep learning, for industrial applications.
Réseau Trans-tech, the network of College Centres for Technology Transfer (CCTT), unveils its new identity, Synchronex: the CCTT Network (link to the Synchronex website).
Addition of collaborative, mobile and advanced robotics to meet the needs of businesses for flexible automation.
Opening of a laboratory dedicated to collaborative, mobile and advanced robotics, offering a unique environment for testing and validating solutions.
Official recognition as a Technology Access Centre (TAC) by NSERC, confirming our strategic role in Canada’s innovation ecosystem.