Mecademic Industrial Robotics Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-22 - Demonstration - RoboDK demonstrates CAD-to-robot machining workflow at Automate 2026 - The live setup used a Mecademic robot to execute CAD-to-robot machining toolpaths. A second task showed automatic collision-free motion planning for constrained pick-and-place. The demo supported the RoboDK CAM launch but was a staged workflow demonstration… - source: automateshow.com
• 2026-02-18 - Funding - Mecademic raises $21 million CAD for global expansion - • Mecademic Inc. raised $21 million CAD (approximately $15.3 million USD) in funding led by Investissement Québec, with participation from ... • The company announced plans to establish a new headquarters. • Mecademic appointed Dominique Jodoin as Chairman… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2023-10-05 - Product Launch - Mecademic launches MicroDASH MCS500 micro-SCARA robot - The MicroDASH series began with first shipments of the MCS500 SCARA. MCS500 targets small-component design, inspection, and assembly applications. The robot offers 4-axis motion and 0.005 mm repeatability. - source: automate.org
• 2020-07-23 - Research Publication - Real-time collision-detection paper evaluates self-collision checking on Meca500 - The paper presents a high-precision real-time collision-detection system for robotics using URDF models and an extended Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi approach. The evaluation checks self-collision performance on the Mecademic Meca500 and KUKA LBR iiwa 7 R800 robots. - source: arxiv.org