Our Laboratory Equipment

Parrot AR. Drone 2.0

A quadcopter equipped with a HD camera (720p, 30fps), powered by four brushless motors (14.5 W, 28500 RMP), and controlled by a 1 GHz, 32 bit, ARM Cortex A8 processor. It includes, among other sensors, a 3 axis gyroscope, a 3 axis accelerometer, a 3 axis magnetometer, and ultrasound sensors.

LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0

Two sets of LEGO bricks to create and program robots with an icon-based programming interface. Each set includes a programmable brick that controls the robot, building bricks, motors, and several sensors.

Novint Falcon Haptic Device

A haptic robotic mechanism that allows the user to feel forces in a virtual environment. Equipped with three DC motors, exhibits forces up to 8.5 N, in a workspace of about 10 cm ´ 10 cm ´ 10 cm, with a position resolution of 400 dpi.

AmigoBot

Six small, differential-drive robots. Equipped with wheel encoders, piezo buzzer, omnidirectional SONAR array, microcontroller with AmigoOS firmware, and Pioneer SDK mobile robotics software development package. Each robot can be operated from any PC or laptop via a tether or wirelessly.

Pioneer P3-DX

Two differential drive mobile robots with front SONAR, wheel encoders, a microcontroller (32 digital inputs, 8 digital outputs, 7 analog inputs, and 3 serial expansion ports), and the Pioneer SDK mobile robotics software development package. Additionally, each robot comes with a color camera, and a Laser Mapping & Navigation accessory package.

PeopleBot

A differential-drive robotic platform designed for service and human-interface projects. It comes with bumper elements, lower and upper SONAR arrays, and IR break beams to detect objects between the platform and the robot. With the Laser Mapping & Navigation System and the appropriate software, PeopleBot can map buildings and localize while traveling within mapped areas.