Robots

 

Name Baxter
Manufacturer Rethink Robotics
Applications Baxter is a proven solution for a wide range of tasks – from line loading and machine tending, to packaging and material handling.  If you walk the floor of your facility and see lightweight parts being handled near people, you’ve likely just found a great job for Baxter.  This smart, collaborative robot is ready to get to work.
Link

www.rethinkrobotics.com/baxter

 

Name Husky A200
Manufacturer Clearpath Robotics
Applications Husky is a medium sized robotic development platform. Its large payload capacity and power systems accommodate an extensive variety of payloads, customized to meet research needs. Stereo cameras, LIDAR, GPS, IMUs, manipulators and more can be added. The Husky’s rugged construction and high-torque drivetrain can take your research where no other robot can go. Husky is fully supported in ROS with community driven Open Source code and examples.
Link www.clearpathrobotics.com/husky-unmanned-ground-vehicle-robot

Name Guardian witha Powerball robot arm
Manufacturer Robotniq and Schunk
Applications

Robotnik’s GUARDIAN robot is a modular robot with high mobility.

This mobile robot extends the range of missions in which the robotic technology is used in several ways:

  • Teleoperation capabilities allow to remotely performing any mission thus enhancing the security of the operator
  • The robot is small enough to be transported in a conventional car boot and light enough to introduce it in a lift
Link www.robotnik.eu/mobile-robots/guardian

Name Pioneer 3DX
Manufacturer Mobile Robots
Applications The Pioneer is the world's most popular research mobile robot. The Pioneer’s versatility, reliability and durability have made it the reference platform for robotics research. The Pioneer includes a dedicated motion controller with encoder feedback and is fully programmable.  It is perfect for mapping / localization experiments.
Link mobilerobots.com/ResearchRobots/PioneerP3DX

Name Omnidirectional platform
Manufacturer AndyMark
Applications This omnidirectional platform achieves flexibility and maneuverability by combining the Lunch-Box Modulox Gearbox's interchangeable gear system with the 6" HD Mecanum Wheels for an omni-directional drive system.
Link andymark.com/Custom-Builds-s

Name Powerball Lightweight Arm LWA 4P
Manufacturer Schunk
Applications The most compact, powerful lightweight arm in the world with three highly-integrated Powerball modules offers 6 degrees of freedom. Integrated intelligence makes powerful, mobile handling possible as never before.
Link http://mobile.schunk-microsite.com/en/produkte/products/powerball-lightweight-arm-lwa-4p.html

Name

JACO² 6 DOF
Manufacturer Kinova Robotics
Applications Kinova’s robot arms are the perfect solution for integrating a manipulation dimension to mobile platforms. They are the ideal partners to assist or replace technicians and professionals for inspection or manipulation in harsh, confined, hazardous or manufacturing environments. Light and compact, the arm can be integrated with the majority of existing mobile platform models. Moreover, due to its low power consumption, the robot arm will not significantly reduce the autonomy of the platform.
Link http://www.kinovarobotics.com/service-robotics/products/robot-arms/

 


Sensors

Name

HDL-32E
Manufacturer Velodyne LiDAR
Applications The HDL-32E LiDAR sensor is small, lightweight, ruggedly built and features up to 32 lasers across a 40° vertical field of view. The HDL-32E measures only 5.7" high x 3.4" in diameter, weighs less than two kilograms and was designed to exceed the demands of the most challenging real-world autonomous navigation, 3D mobile mapping and other LiDAR applications.
Link

http://velodynelidar.com/hdl-32e.html

Name

PUCK VLP-16
Manufacturer Velodyne LiDAR
Applications Velodyne's new PUCK™ (VLP-16) sensor is the smallest, newest, and most advanced product in Velodyne's 3D LiDAR product range. Vastly more cost-effective than similarly priced sensors, and developed with mass production in mind, it retains the key features of Velodyne's breakthroughs in LiDAR: Real-time, 360°, 3D distance and calibrated reflectivity measurements.
Link

http://velodynelidar.com/vlp-16.html

     

Name

SP1: Real-Time Stereo Vision Through FPGA-Technolog
Manufacturer Nerian Vision Technologies
Applications The SP1 stereo vision system allows you to perform stereo matching on real-time camera imagery, which facilitates depth perception and 3D-reconstruction. Unlike most other approaches to depth sensing, such as structured light or time-of-flight measurements, stereo vision is a purely passive technology which also works in bright daylight.
Link

http://nerian.com/products/sp1-stereo-vision/

Name

A320 (30Hz) Tempscreen Thermal Imaging Camera
Manufacturer FLIR
Applications The FLIR A320 (30Hz) Tempscreen thermal imaging camera offers an affordable and accurate temperature measurement for a variety of applications where network capabilities and compliance with network protocols are of importance. The FLIR A320 (30Hz) Tempscreenthermal imaging camera comes with a 18mm standard lens providing a 25°×18.8° field of view and 320×240 resolution.
Link

http://www.flircameras.com/flir_a-series_a320.htm

    

Name

Motion capture system
Manufacturer Optitrack
Applications

OptiTrack real time tracking systems are the world’s choice for low latency, precision 6DoF tracking for ground and aerial robotics (UAV’s). Indoor and outdoor positioning systems for input into all the major control systems.
Link

http://optitrack.com/motion-capture-robotics/

 

Name

NumaTac Customizable Sensors
Manufacturer Syntouch
Applications

The NumaTac™ distills the features BioTac sensor that are most useful for robotic dexterity into a new class of sensors. This patent pending technology consists of a spongy core surrounded by an elastic skin. Its sensitivity to contact events and highly compliant surface make it ideal for fingertips that handle delicate objects.

NumaTac technology can be easily designed and inexpensively manufactured to cover large and complex areas such as hands, feet, limbs or trunk. It eliminates insensitive dead spots and vulnerable edges. It absorbs the energy of collisions, providing valuable time for evasive maneuvers to spare the robot (and the world!) from serious damage.
Link http://www.syntouchllc.com/Products/NumaTac/

Name

Ladybug2 1394b
Manufacturer POINTGREY
Applications

Ladybug®2 spherical digital video camera system has six 0.8 MP cameras that enable the system to collect video from more than 75% of the full sphere, and an IEEE-1394b (FireWire 800) interface that allows streaming to disk at 30 FPS. The Ladybug2 is an excellent choice where smaller size, lower cost, or the ability to have the camera run over long distances via optical cable is required.
Link

https://www.ptgrey.com/ladybug2-360-degree-firewire-spherical-camera-systems