Robotics for the
real world.
Autonomous machines engineered for harsh environments. Canadian-built. Nordic-inspired. Built where humans can't go.
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Autonomous machines engineered for harsh environments. Canadian-built. Nordic-inspired. Built where humans can't go.
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A decade of humanoid robotics — from Hong Kong to Canada.
Vinlandic Systems isn't starting from zero. Our founder has been working with humanoid robots since 2013 — supporting Chinese trade shows, 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 Chinese trade shows. 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 Chinese robotics trade show circuit — Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong. Hands-on work with early humanoid platforms, android torsos, and expressive AI heads. Learning what breaks when you put robots in front of crowds, what works in demos, and what doesn't translate to the real world.
Working with Guahua's next-generation humanoid platforms — dual-arm gantry systems, four-armed mobile humanoids, and full-size bipedal robots in test rigs. Evaluating hardware for Canadian distribution and joint product development.
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 in Hong Kong now builds machines for Canadian winters, Arctic operations, and industrial hazard zones.
Four categories. One engineering standard.
Reliable assistive robots for daily living — mobility support, monitoring, and companionship. Built to coexist with people, not replace them. Featuring biomimetic platforms like the DroidUp Moya.
Autonomous platforms for retail, logistics, and service environments. Inventory, delivery, inspection — machines that handle the repetitive work so people don't have to.
Mining, construction, manufacturing. Rugged machines that operate in hazardous zones — gas detection, confined spaces, extreme temperatures. Where the work is too dangerous for people.
Forestry, agriculture, Arctic operations, search and rescue. Machines built for Canadian winters, mountain terrain, and everything the North Atlantic throws at them. When the weather turns, Vinlandic keeps working.
Concept renders — our heavy-duty platform in the environments it's built for.
@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 @C°C. Whiteout conditions.
Tool integration, hazardous zones, confined spaces.
Concept renders. Hardware in development.
Vinlandic Systems is a Canadian robotics company building autonomous machines for the world's harshest environments. Founded on the principle that the North demands more from its technology, we engineer robots that work through cold, wet, dark, and danger — the conditions that define the geography we come from.
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. Not a friendly home helper. A machine that earns its place in the world by doing work that matters, in places that don't forgive.
Canadian-engineered. Nordic-inspired. Built for the real world.
Thirteen years in humanoid robotics — from Hong Kong trade shows in 2013 to Canadian defense partnerships. Systems engineering, company direction, and the standard that runs through everything we build.
Canadian government contracts, public-sector partnerships, regulatory affairs.
Engineering, operations, and field roles. Reach out if you build things that work.
We work with government agencies, defense primes, industrial operators, and research institutions building the next generation of autonomous systems.
Guahua is a primary hardware partner for Vinlandic Systems. Their next-generation humanoid platforms — dual-arm gantry systems, four-armed mobile humanoids, and full-size bipedal robots — form the mechanical foundation for several Vinlandic product lines. Joint development and Canadian distribution in progress.
DroidUp (Shanghai) builds Moya, the world's first fully biomimetic humanoid — warm silicone skin, 25 facial degrees of freedom, 92% human-like gait, and embodied AI for perception and interaction. Vinlandic is in talks to bring Moya and future DroidUp platforms to the Canadian market across healthcare, eldercare, hospitality, and research.
For partnership inquiries: info@vinlandic.ca
We're heads-down building. When we have something worth saying, it'll be here.
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For partnerships, press, procurement, or careers:
info@vinlandic.caDirect: sheldon@vinlandic.ca
Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal procurement. Defense and public-sector partnerships. RFP responses and capability briefings.
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