Centre de Robotique et de Vision Industrielles

Name

Centre de Robotique et de Vision Industrielles

Legal name

Centre de robotique et de vision industrielles inc.

Website

https://crvi.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Robotics and Vision Engineering Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK)

Keywords

• Industrial robotics services
• Machine vision systems
• Applied AI manufacturing
• Technology transfer services
• Collaborative robotics integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Lévis

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Applied Research Services: CRVI provides applied research and technology transfer services to manufacturing companies seeking to enhance productivity and competitiveness through innovation. Services span from feasibility studies to laboratory testing and factory deployment. As a CCTT, revenue is generated through client-funded R&D projects, government grants, and collaborative research agreements with industry partners.
2. Government Funding and Grants: CRVI receives significant government funding to support its research programs. Major grants include $2M from NSERC (2021-2026 research program), $368,860 from Canada Economic Development (2021), $450,000+ equipment grant from CED (2021), and $26.2M from the Quebec government for the new Excellence Centre pavilion. Funding also comes from CRSNG, FCI, MEI, and Ville de Lévis.
3. SAMI 4.0 Agricultural Robotics Collaboration: CRVI collaborates on multi-partner R&D projects such as the SAMI 4.0 smart agricultural system, developing robotic harvesting solutions with advanced vision and AI. Revenue in these partnerships comes through collaborative research funding and technology development contracts.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CRVI integrates and validates robotic systems (mobile, collaborative, and industrial) combined with vision systems (infrared, 2D, 3D, laser, lidar, and cameras) and AI software tailored to client production environments. It provides end-to-end applied research, technology transfer, feasibility studies, laboratory testing and validation, and factory deployment support to Quebec manufacturing companies. Core AI capabilities include deep learning, reinforcement learning, Few-Shot Learning, Vision-Language-Action models, digital twins, and Sim2Real simulation.

Product overview

CRVI (Centre de Robotique et de Vision Industrielles) is a non-profit college technology transfer centre (CCTT) affiliated with Cégep de Lévis, operating since 1984. It does not sell packaged software or hardware products. Instead, CRVI offers applied research, technology integration, and validation services — acting as a technology partner that helps manufacturing companies design, test, and deploy solutions in advanced robotics, collaborative robotics, industrial robotics, digital vision, and artificial intelligence. Services span feasibility studies, laboratory testing, and factory deployment, with clients retaining ownership of resulting R&D. CRVI's expertise is delivered through multidisciplinary project teams and its three specialized laboratories (collaborative/mobile/advanced robotics, industrial robotics, digital vision and AI).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Applied Research and Technology Transfer Services
• Laboratory Testing and Validation Services
• Industrial Robotics Integration and Programming
• Industrial Vision and Quality Inspection Systems
• AI-Based Defect Detection and Quality Analytics
• Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Robotics Solutions
• Hyperspectral Imaging Solutions
• High-Precision 3D Measurement and Digitization
• Digital Transformation Advisory and Subsidy Facilitation

Quantifiable outcome

• 15-40% reduction in conversion costs (direct labor + overhead) for SME clients adopting advanced robotics solutions
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chantier DaviecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Chantier Davie, Canada's largest shipyard, is contributing up to $3M to CRVI's new Excellence Centre in Naval Construction and Advanced Robotics. Davie views CRVI as central to positioning Lévis as a world-class naval construction hub, supporting automation and robotics R&D for shipbuilding applications.
• Université Laval — Next-Generation Collaborative RobotscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2025Université Laval presented at CRVI's 2025 symposium on the development of next-generation collaborative robots, representing an ongoing academic collaboration in advanced robotics research.
• Université de Sherbrooke — Professor Wael SuleimanminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2025Professor Wael Suleiman from Université de Sherbrooke presented on robust autonomous navigation at CRVI's 2025 symposium, representing academic collaboration in robotics research.
• Tessallate — Autonomous NavigationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2025Tessallate presented at CRVI's 2025 symposium on robust autonomous navigation: scientific advances applied to Canadian industries.
• Exonetik — Magnetorheological ActuatorsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2025Exonetik presented at CRVI's 2025 symposium on bridging the gap between magnetorheological haptics and collaborative robots using magnetorheological actuators.
• Fanuc — Robotics MarketcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2025Fanuc presented at CRVI's 2025 symposium on current market portrait and future perspectives of robotics. CRVI maintains Fanuc equipment in its laboratories including CR 35, CRX 10iA/L, CRX 25iA/L robots and Fanuc 3DA/3DV cameras.
• INO (Institut National de l'Optique)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2021INO collaborated with CRVI on the SAMI 4.0 agricultural robotics project, contributing optics and photonics expertise to the smart multifunctional agricultural system for automated harvesting.
• LEM TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2021Partner in the SAMI 4.0 project alongside CRVI and INO, developing the smart multifunctional agricultural system for automated fruit and vegetable harvesting using robotics and AI.
• CentrisminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2021Partner in the SAMI 4.0 agricultural robotics project, contributing expertise to the automated harvesting system development.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 8 July 2021NVIDIA is a key technology partner and collaborator in CRVI's advanced robotics program, contributing GPU computing expertise and technology for AI development. CRVI has a DGX A100 server (320GB) for compute-intensive AI workloads.
• Smart Mill Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Listed as an industrial partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application. Collaboration relates to manufacturing and metal processing automation projects.
• Boa-FrancminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Industrial partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application. Collaboration involves advanced manufacturing and robotics integration.
• RobotiQminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Industrial partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application. RobotiQ specializes in collaborative robot grippers and accessories, aligning with CRVI's collaborative robotics expertise.
• IRSST (Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Listed as a partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application. IRSST focuses on occupational health and safety research, relevant to CRVI's work on collaborative robotics and worker safety.
• Université LavalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Academic partner collaborating with CRVI on advanced robotics research, including the development of next-generation collaborative robots. Professor Wael Suleiman from Université de Sherbrooke also presented at CRVI's 2025 symposium.
• Cégep de LéviscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021CRVI is a CCTT affiliated with Cégep de Lévis. The cégep provides academic oversight, professor involvement (6 teachers released one day per week), student internships, and physical infrastructure including the new 3,200 m² Excellence Centre pavilion. The cégep's director general sits on CRVI's board.
• Québec InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Economic development organization listed as a partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application, facilitating connections with regional industry.
• Productique QuébecminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Manufacturing competitiveness organization listed as a partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application.
• CDRIN (Centre de Développement et de Recherche en Imagerie Numérique)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Digital imaging research center listed as a partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application.
• CIMEQminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Listed as a partner supporting CRVI's NSERC funding application.
• Synchronex (Réseau CCTT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Synchronex is the Quebec network of College Technology Transfer Centers (CCTT). CRVI is an active member and participates in the Synchronex Digital Squad (Escouade numérique) for Quebec's digital transformation offensive (Mon succès numérique). CRVI's 2025 Advanced Robotics and AI Colloquium was supported by Synchronex.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• TransBIOTech: Sister CCTT located at Cégep de Lévis, also reported under the same Cégep's research income metrics. Like CRVI, it operates as a college technology transfer center delivering applied research services to industry, but focused on biotechnology and agri-food rather than advanced robotics/vision.
• Centre de métallurgie du Québec (CMQ): Synchronex CCTT member based at Cégep de Trois-Rivières providing applied research in metallurgy and advanced materials. Closely comparable in operating model (CCTT, applied research for industry, government-funded) with partial overlap on metal-processing use cases served by CRVI.

Broad incumbents

• NRC IRAP: The National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program is Canada's largest federal applied-research support program for SMEs, broadly comparable in mission (helping Canadian firms adopt advanced technologies) but operating at national scale with a much broader technology portfolio than CRVI's robotics/vision/AI focus.
• ATS Automation: A publicly-traded Canadian industrial automation integrator delivering custom factory automation systems across multiple industries. ATS overlaps with CRVI on robotics and vision integration for manufacturers but operates at much greater scale with a commercial rather than non-profit applied-research model.

Emerging players

• Prompt Innov: Quebec research consortium (formerly Prompt-Québec) advancing AI, digital, and software-intensive technologies through industry-academic collaboration. Partial overlap with CRVI on AI-driven industrial applications but broader software/IT focus rather than robotics and vision specialization.
• 3IT (Institut interdisciplinaire d'innovation technologique): Université de Sherbrooke's strategic research cluster on micro/nanotechnologies and applied innovation, with growing activity in collaborative and rehabilitation robotics. Comparable as a Quebec applied-research organization partnering with industry, though with a more academic and micro-tech emphasis.

Others

• Quanser: Canadian provider of advanced control and robotics platforms for academic and industrial research, headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area. Thematically adjacent as a robotics/control vendor rather than a direct competitor in applied research services for manufacturers.
• Mila: Quebec-based AI research institute (co-founded by Yoshua Bengio) collaborating with industry on applied AI projects. Adjacent ecosystem participant in Quebec's AI community rather than a robotics/vision specialist, but a potential collaboration and talent source for CRVI's AI initiatives.
• École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS): Montreal-based engineering school with active applied research labs in robotics, manufacturing, and industrial vision. Comparable as a Quebec academic institution conducting industry-funded applied robotics research, but as a degree-granting institution rather than a dedicated technology transfer center.
• Kinova Robotics: Boisbriand-based robotics manufacturer of collaborative and assistive robotic arms. Listed as an industrial partner in CRVI's NSERC program and supplier of Gen 3 robots to CRVI's laboratories — an adjacent ecosystem player that supplies CRVI rather than competes directly with its applied-research service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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