- WHO WE ARE
The Autonomous Manufacturing Company
Solving the skilled labor shortage with affordable, advanced machines that anyone can use
Rooting Robots in Autonomy
Our team has a long history in this space. Omnirobotic’s co-founder, Francois Simard, started out by building an autonomous robot for his university’s team in the International Autonomous Walking Machine Decathlon. By the year 2000, he founded Orus Integration, a company specialized in 3D Vision for Automatic Machine Control.
Our Leadership
Francois Simard, B. Ing.
Founder & CEO
Over 25 years of experience in the field of machine vision and robotic integration.
Laurier Roy, B. Ing.
Founder & CTO
More than 15 years of experience in the design and structuring of complex software products including early use of AI
Pierre Ravary, BAA. CPA-CA
CFO
Extensive experience in start-up consulting. Over 10 years as CFO of Toon Boom Animation, a major Emmy award-winning studio software.
“We're not about delivering systems, we're focused on building products that helps manufacturers – and society – grow.”
- Francois Simard, B. Ing. Founder & CEO Omnirobotic
A Track Record of Robotics Innovation
In 2005, self-programming equipment designed by Francois’ team won United Technologies “Most Innovative Project” Award. Within a few years, Orus Integration had sold multiple self-programming systems using 3D robot guidance. Orus was acquired by a robotic welding company in 2010 to build self-programming structural steel welding equipment.
Delivering Systems That Transform Output
In 2015 Laurier Roy and Francois Simard delivered an autonomous paint robot to Decoustic, a subsidiary of French multinational Saint-Gobain. All this laid the early groundwork for a new category that some of the world’s best manufacturers now need to get their jobs done: Autonomous Manufacturing, one to which Laurier and Francois sought to bring to bear their decades of experience delivering dozens of unique deployments and visiting hundreds of factory floors in making the most versatile robotics platform ever.
New Possibilities for Industrial Robots
In 2016, Francois and Laurier joined forces to found Omnirobotic. By 2018, they launched their first product: the OmniPainter. In 2019, Shape-to-Motion Technology. And with systems in production but so many more waiting in the wings, Omnirobotic launched AutonomyStudio™, enabling manufacturers and integrators to build their own autonomous systems with AutonomyOS™ – unleashing the power of robotics across vast new industries.