RESOURCES


Lab Resources

  • SENSOR MODULES
    • Various types of sensors are available with the capabilities to provide information of range, angle, force, moment, and depth.
    Available LiDAR sensors:
    • Livox Horizon (FOV: 81.7° (H) × 25.1° (V); Refresh Rate: 500Hz)
    • Velodyne Puck Hi-Res (FOV: 360° (H) ×20° (V); Refresh Rate: 5-20Hz)
    Available Force/Torque sensors:
    • ATI Mini40 (Fx, Fy: 40N; Fz: 120N; Tx, Ty, Tz: 2Nm)
    • ATI Delta (Fx, Fy: 330N; Fz: 990N; Tx, Ty, Tz: 30Nm)
  • DRONES AND MOBILE ROBOTS WITH DEVELOPMENT KITS
    • Two different types of ground and aerial robotic platforms are available. They are listed as follows:
    • 2 quadrotors – Quanser QDrone (Controller: DJI, Battery Life: 33 min; Sensors: DJI Dual Vision), DJI Mavic Air 2 (Controller: Intel Aero Compute Board, Battery Life: 11 min; Sensors: Intel RealSense R200, OmniVision OV7251).
    • 4 ground robots – 1 Quanser QBot (Controller: Raspberry Pi 3, Battery Life: 3 hrs; Sensors: Kinect RGBD, IR), 1 TurtleBot 3 Waffle Pi (Controller: Raspberry Pi 3, Battery Life: 2 hrs, Sensors: 360° LiDAR, Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2), 1 Husarion ROSbot 2.1 (Controller: CORE2-ROS, Battery Life: 1.5-5 hrs, Sensors: RPLIDAR A2, Orbbec Astra RGB-D camera, TOF distance sensors, 9-DOF IMU) with mecanum omnnidirectional wheels, and 1 Husarion ROSbot 2.1 (Controller: CORE2-ROS, Battery Life: 1.5-5 hrs, Sensors: RPLIDAR A3, Orbbec Astra RGB-D camera, TOF distance sensors, 9-DOF IMU) with mecanum omnnidirectional wheels.
  • HIGH SPECIFICATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS
    • We have three high specification computer systems, and the specifications are as follows:
    • Deep Learning Computer 1 (AMD Threadripper® 2950X / NVIDIA® RTX 2080Ti / 32GB RAM).
    • Deep Learning Computer 2 (AMD Threadripper® 3950XT / NVIDIA® RTX 3080 / 64GB RAM).
    • Robotics Computer (Intel® 9900K / NVIDIA® RTX 3080 / 64GB RAM).
    These computers are be used to support complex problem-solving related to the active research projects and developing modules based on AI techniques.
  • INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM
    • This is a positioning system that is constructed with 12 UWB sensors. The system can simultaneously track the 3D positions of target objects, at a maximum frequency of 10Hz. Using the localization algorithms developed by the lab researchers, this system provides a resolution of <2cm.
  • A 10-CAMERA 3D MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM
    • Vicon 3D motion capture system with 4 Vantage V5 and 6 Vero V2.2 cameras. The system can simultaneously track the 3D position and orientation of the UAVs, UGVs, and other target objects. It offers a Frame Rate of 420Hz at 5 MP resolution. The maximum supported frame rate is 2000Hz. The motion capture system supports tracking throughout our lab space.
  • ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS
    • The lab has multiple types of robotic manipulators available. They are listed as follows:
    • 1 x Mitsubishi Heavy Industries PA-10-7C 7 Degree-of-Freedom Mobile Robot Arm.
    • 1 x Trossen Robotics WidowX 250 6 Degree-of-Freedom Mobile Robot Arm.
    • 2 x Physik Instrumente H-820 6-Axis Hexapod (Stewart Platform).
    • 2 x Trossen Robotics PhantomX Pincher Robot Arm Kit Mark II - Turtlebot Arm.
    The lab also has recently been equipped with a Newport® Integrity 1 VCS™ Optic Table to perform experiments with serial and parallel robotic manipulators. The optic table is 2.4m x 1.2m in size with an 8 inch thickness and has a specified flatness of ±0.15 mm over 600 mm sq. allowing for high precision experimentation of various robotic platforms.
  • MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES
    • In addition, microcontrollers (Eg: Arduino, Raspberry Pi), measurement instruments, programmable power supply, and electromechanical tools as well as various modeling and simulation software are available to support the lab research and student training.
VICON Motion Capture System
Bitcraze Crazyflie 2.0
Parrot Mambo
Ground Robots
Turtlebot 3
Husarion ROSbot 2.1
Husarion ROSbot Pro 2.1
Husarion Mecanum Wheels
PincherX 3DOF Robotic Arms
Decawave DWM1001 UWB Sensors
Physik Instrumente H-820 6-Axis Hexapod
WidowX 6DOF Robotic Arm mounted on a 6-Axis Hexapod
High-specification PC for Simulation Studies
Raspberry Pi 4 and Arduino
Reaction wheel-driven Self-balancing Cube
Triple-programmable DC Power Supply
Weller Soldering Station
Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Function Waveform Generator

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