Labs

Our labs O27/124 and O27/1101 have basic facilities for mechanical and electronic assembly, as well as several PC workplaces for programming and experimenting with the robots.

Robots

Mobile robot: Eve

Eve is a speech/vision-supporting robot platform which has been designed in particular for human robot interaction. It has a base (about 120cm) on wheels, an upper and lower front sonars,  and bump sensing capabilities.

 


Mobile robot Adam
Mobile robot Stan

Adam and Stan are RWI-B21 indoor robots (106 cm height and 52.5 cm diameter). They are equipped with 24 sonar sensors and a laser sensor for obstacle detection. Data measurment and control signals are managed via two internal computers plus a laptop, all integrated via an on-board Ethernet. These robots are suitable for prototyping applications for a home, and also suitable for robot human interaction.

 


E-Puck mobile robots

3 E-Puck mobile robots developed recently at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne for teaching activities. An E-Puck is equiped with 8 infrared proximity sensors placed around the body, a 3D accelerometer, 3 microphones, a speaker, a color CMOS camera, and 2 stepper motors to control the movement of the wheels with a resolution of 1000 steps per wheel revolution.

 


Humanoid robot: H-ulm
Matlab interface controlling H-ulm

Our humanoid robot is an improved version of the robot RB1000 sponsored by Graupner. It is a small humanoid robot (size: 300 x 320 x 95 mm, weight: 1,5 Kg) with 19 degrees of freedom. It is equipped with a Micorcontroller (SSC – 32), a Bluetooth adapter, a Gyroscope sensor, and a wireless camera. Matlab and C++ graphical user interfaces were developped to control the robot.