Robotics Lab

The Robotics Laboratory is a teaching lab for the topics of Introductory Robotics, Advanced Robotics, Mechatronics, and Computer Vision. The lab houses a variety of robots including two 6-DoF PUMA robots modified with Mark V Automation retrofit kits for PC –based control and two IBM 7535 robots for AML programming. There are also two custom-built Stewart-Gough Platforms, one with pneumatic actuation and the other with DC motor actuation. The electric platform is capable of accelerating a 180-pound student to 2Gs and is suitable for “personal flight simulator” projects. Matlab/Simulink with Real-Time Workshop is used to control the PUMAs via either QNX or RTlinux. There is also a two-fingered dextrous hand.