Robotics for the
real world.
Heavy-duty outdoor and industrial robots, engineered for extreme conditions — Arctic cold, hazardous zones, the work too dangerous for people.
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Heavy-duty outdoor and industrial robots, engineered for extreme conditions — Arctic cold, hazardous zones, the work too dangerous for people.
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Vinlandic Systems is a Canadian robotics company building machines for the places where work actually happens — industrial floors, northern forests, city streets, and everywhere the conditions turn. We engineer platforms that earn their place by doing work that matters, wherever the frontier leads.
Our name comes from Vinland — the Norse name for the North American coast, the farthest reach of Viking exploration. Like those first explorers, we build machines that go beyond the map. Heavy-duty outdoor and industrial platforms engineered for extreme conditions — from Arctic cold to industrial hazard zones — one engineering standard through everything we make.
Built for the real world. Tested at ACE — proven in Canadian conditions.
Three categories. One focus: conditions where the work is too hard for people.
Forestry, agriculture, Arctic operations, search and rescue, municipal winter operations. Machines built for Canadian winters, mountain terrain, and everything the North Atlantic throws at them. When the weather turns, Vinlandic keeps working.
Mining, construction, manufacturing. Rugged machines that operate in hazardous zones — gas detection, confined spaces, extreme temperatures. Where the work is too dangerous for people.
Autonomous platforms for retail, logistics, and service environments. Inventory, delivery, inspection — machines that handle the repetitive work so people don't have to.
Concept renders — our heavy-duty platform in the environments it's built for.
-40°C to +45°C operating range. Snow, ice, freeze-thaw cycles.
Forestry, slopes to 25°, rocky and uneven ground.
IP66/IP67 sealed. Cold-start to -40°C. Whiteout conditions.
Tool integration, hazardous zones, confined spaces.
Concept renders. Hardware in development.
Two decades of robotics milestones — the field that Vinlandic builds on, and the trajectory we enter. Hover or tap any point to explore.
Robotics has moved from isolated demonstrations to generalist policies that learn across embodiments, scenes, and tasks. The curve is bending upward. Vinlandic enters this trajectory at the moment it matters most — when the science is ready and the hard problems are deployment, durability, and the environments the rest of the world still calls impossible.
How we build. Vinlandic specifies, qualifies, and integrates. We work with established manufacturing partners who execute to Vinlandic specifications — with progressive IP ownership as platforms mature. Our target model: Vinlandic-specified platforms, adapted for Canadian conditions, owned at home, manufactured globally.
Functional materials, form factors, and behaviour systems specified by Vinlandic. Partners execute to our drawings.
Every platform validated at ACE — -40°C cold-start, blowing snow, wind, vibration.
Designed for Canada and allied markets. Multi-vendor sourcing across East Asia — no single-country dependence.
Federal, provincial, and municipal procurement. Defense and public-sector partnerships. RFP responses and capability briefings.
Mining, construction, manufacturing, logistics. Hazardous-zone deployments where machines replace people in dangerous work.
Search and rescue, disaster response, fire and police support. Platforms that keep working when conditions are at their worst.
Universities, labs, R&D programs. Platforms for robotics research, testing, and prototyping.
Warehousing, inventory, last-mile delivery. Autonomous platforms that handle the repetitive work.
Procurement, partnerships, or sales — start the conversation.
For procurement, partnerships, or sales inquiries: [email protected]
A decade of humanoid robotics — from Asia to Canada.
Our founder has been working with humanoid robots since 2013 — supporting trade shows across Asia, integrating partner hardware, and learning what actually works in the field. This is the foundation we're building on.
Sheldon Hunt began supporting humanoid robot demonstrations at major trade shows across Asia. Working with the Hans and Sophia android platforms — some of the most advanced expressive humanoid robots of the era — he helped run live demos, integrate speech and vision systems, and present the technology to international audiences.
Three years on the Asian robotics trade show circuit — Shanghai, Shenzhen, Seoul. Hands-on work with early humanoid platforms. Learning what breaks in front of crowds, what works in demos, and what doesn't translate to the real world.
Working with leading global robotics manufacturers on next-generation platforms — dual-arm gantry systems, four-armed mobile humanoids, full-size bipeds. Evaluating hardware for Canadian distribution, joint product development, and market integration across industrial and field applications.
Thirteen years of robotics experience, distilled into a company. Vinlandic Systems brings Canadian engineering discipline to the harshest environments on Earth — and beyond. The same standard that ran trade show demos across Asia now builds machines for Canadian winters, Arctic operations, and industrial hazard zones.
Sheldon Hunt is an experienced founder and technologist with over a decade of experience working with government, Canadian corporates, and innovative tech companies. His career spans foreign policy, international trade, emerging technology, and robotics — work that has taken him across Asia and North America, from early humanoid robotics to large-scale commercial partnerships. Vinlandic Systems brings that experience together: a Canadian robotics company built for the real world.
Manages partner relationships and operational coordination on the Asia side. Bilingual and bicultural, she bridges Vinlandic's Canadian operations with East Asian manufacturer and integrator networks.
Specialist in building the governance, compliance, and operational foundations that enable organizations to grow. His experience spans corporate governance, regulatory compliance, internal controls, process design, and applied research across regulated institutional and international business environments, with a focus on translating complex information into practical, scalable frameworks. Based in Durham Region, Ontario, he brings a structured and evidence-based approach to organizational design, decision-making, and process development.
Expert in sales channels and retail distribution with 15+ years sourcing products from Asian factories into North American retailers (Costco, Walmart). Speaks Chinese. Relevant for Vinlandic: distribution, go-to-market strategy, and enterprise relationships.
We're building the team. Engineering, operations, and field roles — reach out.
For partnerships, press, procurement, or careers:
[email protected]Direct: [email protected]
Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal procurement. Defense and public-sector partnerships. RFP responses and capability briefings.
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