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Robotics Adoption

Bringing Canada into the automation race

“The most urgent need is to incentivize robot adoption among SMEs.” Canadian Robotics Council, Sep 2026

“The release of Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) is a pragmatic pivot toward national self-reliance. By elevating Uncrewed and Autonomous Systems as a Tier 1 Sovereign Capability, and specifically identifying Uncrewed Systems (UxS) as a primary mission area for the new BOREALIS Defence Innovation Secure Hubs (DISH), the government has signaled that robotics is no longer a peripheral technology, but a foundational pillar of national industrial sovereignty.”
DIS: What’s in it for robotics? (CRC)

Strategic Recommendations:

1. Designate Robotics as a National Strategic Priorityod.
2. Designate Commercial Robotics as a Sovereign Capability.
3. Form a Partnership to Map Canada’s Robotics Capabilities
4. Establish a Cross-Departmental Office for Robotics Adoption (CORA)
5. Ringfence a portion of the 85% R&D Boost toward “Physical AI” and Hardware Integration.
6. Secure Sovereign Capital for Hardware Scaling and Domestic Adoption