Department of Applied Research and Development

Students from Corpus Christi Catholic Middle School and FJ Brennan Catholic High School celebrated the end of a unique 5-week pilot project on Friday, where they teamed up with local organizations like Invest Windsor-Essex, WE-Tech Alliance, and others. The goal was to make science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and robotics more exciting for youth.

St. Clair College student researchers are developing an automated way to package sweet peppers for the greenhouse industry by connecting a people-friendly robot with a sophisticated vision system.

The tricky part is the robot must put two yellow, two red and two orange peppers in each bag destined for a grocery store shelf.