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Robotics/IoT Lab Access Training

ABB YuMi®

Equipment colour: blue

YuMi® is the world’s first truly collaborative robot, able to work side-by-side on the same tasks as humans while still ensuring the safety of those around it.

At the Robotics/IoT Lab, we have an ABB YuMi® robot waiting for you. You can learn how to control and program it by following the learning path we have designed for you.

Kinova Gen3

Equipment colour: blue

Kinova Gen 3 is a pioneering industrial robot created for research by the Canadian technology company, Kinova. It is capable of bringing ideas, such as dynamic grasping, mobile manipulation, vision-based manipulation, and many more, to life. Its innovative software framework provides the user with different options to control the robot, these include, the Xbox gamepad, Kortex web app, or through programming languages, such as Python and C++. It is also possible to control the robot through platforms like ROS (robot operating system) and MATLAB.

We have available multiple learning resources to teach you how to control and program our Kinova Gen 3 arm!

EZ-Robots

Equipment colour: green

EZ Robots are clip and play robots. No prior knowledge required!

All our EZ-Robots include programming software that provides the robots with vision capabilities, speech recognition, animations, and Artificial Intelligence. The robots can be programmed using a block-based interface for beginners and script-based interface for advanced users.

Spheros

Equipment colour: green

Sphero robots are small spheres capable of rolling around under the control of a smartphone or tablet. In our Robotics/IoT Lab, we have many Sphero BOLT robots waiting for you. If you have never programmed a robot before, Spheros can be an excellent choice to get you started.

BOLT is Sphero's most advanced app-enabled robotic ball to date, providing multiple ways to express your creative ideas and experience the power of programming. BOLT's 8x8 LED light matrix allows the user to program their robot to display characters, vector graphics, sensor data, or play games on the matrix itself.

VEX Robotics kits and parts

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You do not need any prior knowledge in robotics to start building your first robot using a VEX Robotics kit. You can easily build your robot and start coding it using VEXcode IQ Blocks, C++, or Python. This kit can be used by both novice users who want to learn about robotics and experienced users who want to grow and learn new skills.

Turtle Bot

Equipment colour: yellow

TurtleBot kit is designed to be easy to build. With TurtleBot, you can build a robot, drive it, and use it to map the environment. TurtleBot can also be used to do real-time obstacle avoidance as well as autonomous navigation.

Elev-8 Quadcopter

Equipment colour: yellow

Build and fly your robot using the Elev-8 Quadcopter kit. This kit provides a flying robotic platform, it has four fixed rotors that lift and propel the Quadcopter. Note: This kit is not designed for beginners. It is mainly for intermediate-level users who have a moderate understanding of mechanical systems.

 

Robotis OpenManipulator

Equipment colour: yellow

Robotis OpenManipulator is based on ROS. This OpenSource robot arm can be programmed using many programming languages such as C++, Java, LabVIEW and C#. The features of this robot make it a great system for learning and applying theoretical concepts of kinematics and dynamics of industrial robots.

NAO robot

Equipment colour: yellow

NAO is a small humanoid robot that can interact with people, walk, dance, speak, and recognize faces and objects. This robot is fully programmable and it can be programmed using different programming languages such as C++, MATLAB, JAVA, LabVIEW and Python.