| 1973 | RBR founded Frank Johnson receives PhD in neurophysiology Greg Johnson born |
| 1976 | Kara Johnson (Golota) born |
| 1973- 1985 | Frank works with medical engineering in hospitals, medical schools and private industry in the UK |
| 1986 | Frank joins RBR and develops first range of oceanographic instruments; the TL-100 and XL series of data loggers dates from this era |
| 1989 | Frank re-establishes connection to medical engineering at the Ottawa Heart Institute and meets Zbiginiew Szurmak, John Miller and Jerry Molnar |
| 1989 | Mohinder Singh Gida joins RBR |
| 1990 | Gabrielle Pell leaves RBR to study industrial design |
| 1991 | Ottawa Instrumentation Limited (OIL) founded with Zbigniew Szurmak and David Gibbons as partners |
| 1998 | OIL takes over RBR. Frank, Zbigniew and David produce second generation of oceanographic instruments |
| 2000 | Bart Geleynse joins RBR as Marketing Director. |
| 2003 | Robert Brehm joins RBR as Managing Director of RBR Europe GmbH |
| 2004 | Sumatra-Andaman earthquake tsunami hits the coast of Tamil-Nadu |
| 2005 | Support offered to fishing village in Chinnakuppam, 100km south of Chennai where RBR representatives Electrotek and Results Marine have offices |
| 2007 | Irene’s Pub bought by RBR and developed as a focus for live music |
| 2008 | Greg joins RBR full time SpectraSense formed with Bart Geleynse, Robert Brehm and Mohinder Singh Phil Gibbs joins RBR as Managing Director of RBR Europe (UK) |
| 2010 | Workshop moved to new premises Kara and Alex Golota take over Irene’s Pub |
| 2011 | Kara starts OrganisedSavvy.ca RBR moves to Hines Road Frank invited to join the board of CMCT in Chennai, the NGO that assisted the Chinnakuppam fishing village |
| 2012 | Oxford Blue Systems started in England under the umbrella of RBR Europe |