Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Two À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ engineering students have completed an Enterprise Co-op term by creating the first autonomous vehicle to drive on a Canadian road.
Michael Skupien and Alex Rodrigues, founders of Varden Labs, developed the autonomous shuttle during an e-co-op term, a signature program run through À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre. In e-co-op, students launch businesses while earning a co-operative education credit. Both Skupien and Rodrigues are second-year students in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Mechanical and Mechatronics EngineeringÌý±è°ù´Ç²µ°ù²¹³¾.