For Immediate Release
November 4, 2025

Guelph, Ontario – Connect Tech is proud to unveil a bold new venture: CTai LABS, Your Physical AI Integration Partner.

CTai LABS is Connect Tech’s dedicated full-stack AI engineering team created to help robotics, vision, and embedded-systems companies accelerate time-to-market by simplifying the deployment and operation of physical AI on Connect Tech’s proven edge-compute platforms.

As an NVIDIA Elite Partner, Connect Tech brings deep experience in rugged Edge AI hardware design and advanced software integration. With CTai LABS, that foundation extends beyond hardware unifying system design, sensor integration, AI model development, and accelerated Edge performance through NVIDIA’s production-grade technologies, including Jetson Thor and IGX Thor.

CTai LABS takes NVIDIA’s most advanced tools and frameworks and brings them into real-world deployment:

  • NVIDIA Isaac ROS leverages accelerated ROS 2 packages for perception, navigation, sensor fusion, and hardware abstraction across Jetson and IGX platforms.
  • NVIDIA Isaac Sim uses NVIDIA Omniverse to generate synthetic data, validate perception pipelines, and refine robot behavior before deployment.
  • NVIDIA Metropolis enables scalable video analytics, real-time monitoring, and multi-camera AI applications at the edge and across distributed networks.
  • NVIDIA Jetson Thor and NVIDIA IGX Thor are the new generation of AI compute designed for robotics, healthcare, industrial, and safety-critical systems. Connect Tech’s hardware portfolio is optimized for these platforms, supporting deployment-ready AI integration with full-stack support from CTai LABS.

Built around Connect Tech hardware, CTai LABS delivers an end-to-end service model that combines AI integration, embedded systems engineering, firmware development, model optimization, and edge deployment all under one roof. Acting as an extension of the client’s engineering team, CTai LABS transforms NVIDIA’s developer ecosystem into production-ready, field-validated solutions.

In short: CTai LABS turns NVIDIA’s robotics and edge-AI technology into rapid deployable reality; enabling customers to move from prototype to production faster, smarter, and with greater reliability.

“I’m frequently asked, after just celebrating our 40th anniversary, why create CTai LABS now?” said Patrick Dietrich, President, Connect Tech. “The answer is simple: Edge computing is moving rapidly, and our hardware expertise allows us to solve real customer problems from the use case, not just deliver product. We truly believe with CTai LABS, we can help customers move from concept to production faster, offering ISV-level support and immediate deployment on qualified hardware.”

The effectiveness of CTai LABS is demonstrated through D.A.V.E., Connect Tech’s autonomous mobile robot. D.A.V.E. integrates advanced perception, compute, and control systems, highlighting CTai LABS’ expertise in AI model deployment, sensor integration, and embedded software optimization across Connect Tech’s Edge hardware.

 

CTai LABS is Ideal For:​

  • AI-Robotics OEMs and startups scaling physical AI products​
  • Engineering or orchestration teams deploying sensor-rich edge devices​
  • Fleet provisioning and AI deployment platform requirements​
  • Partners building rugged or regulated AI platforms​
  • Program managers under time or budget pressure (make vs. buy)​
  • Migration from x86 to NVIDIA Jetson

 

Why CTai LABS?

Your Physical AI Integration Partner
CTai LABS Simplifies Physical AI So You Can Build Smarter, Faster

  • End-to-End Solutions – State-of-the-art AI and robotics workflows integrated with proven reference designs leveraging full NVIDIA acceleration.
  • Fast Adoption – Access the latest NVIDIA libraries, SDKs, frameworks, and blueprints—rigorously tested on CTI Edge AI Systems to reduce development time.
  • Expertise & Support – Backed by Connect Tech’s world-class BSP and software teams, CTai LABS provides production-ready AI deployments and professional support from concept to scale.
  • Purpose-Driven Innovation – We care deeply about advancing robotics and AI technologies that move the world forward. CTai LABS exists to empower our customers to deliver safer, smarter, and more capable systems that make a real impact in their industries and communities.

Visit ctailabs.ai to learn more and follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram as we gear up to help you build smarter, faster.

About CTai LABS

CTai LABS is Connect Tech’s full-stack AI engineering team, built to accelerate the deployment of physical AI on Edge platforms. Backed by Connect Tech’s proven expertise in embedded computing and NVIDIA ecosystem integration, CTai LABS delivers end-to-end engineering for robotics, vision, and AI-driven systems from concept to deployment. For more information, visit ctailabs.ai.

 

About Connect Tech

Connect Tech is a global leader in embedded computing and edge AI solutions for a wide range of industries, including robotics and logistics, public sector, smart cities, construction and mining, agriculture, and more. With a strong focus on innovation and customer satisfaction, Connect Tech offers a diverse portfolio of products designed to meet the demands of the most challenging embedded applications. Follow Connect Tech on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.