Equipment in UCY Robotics Lab comprises robotic manipulators and mobile robots. Some are commercial systems and others are prototypes developed within the lab. Some or our experimental systems are introduced here.

Mobile Robotic System

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Robotnik’s XL-GEN is a mobile robot for R&D and is ROS programmable. A 6-DOF arm is available in the lab (Kinova Gen2), which can be readily installed on the system. There exist two possible kinematic configurations: omnidirectional (with mecanum wheels), or skid steering (with conventional wheels). The robot is equipped with various sensors (lidar, RGBD camera, etc.).

SCARA Robot

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Industrial Epson SCARA robot suitable for the examination of assembly and other applications. Equipped with a vision system. A conveyor belt is integrated with the system.

Telerobotic Ultrasound System

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AdEchoTech’s Melody telerobotic system for ultrasound. Is controlled in a master/ slave mode and consists of three main parts: the expert system (master station), the patient system (slave station), and the communication link to enable data exchange between the two stations.

Pygmalion*

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A general-purpose mobile robot developed in our lab. It is reconfigurable and expandable. It provides a platform for various research projects. It can be used with standard fixed wheels, mecanum wheels, and as a differential drive robot with a castor rear wheel.

6-DOF Lightweight Manipulator

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A Kinova Gen2 lightweight 6-DOF manipulator compatible with ROS. It is safe to use in proximity to people. A 2-finger gripper is used as end-effector. The arm can be readily integrated onto the Robotnik XL-Gen robot for research in mobile manipulation.

Serial 6-DOF Robot Arm

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Industrial Motoman 6-DOF arm for welding and other applications. Equipped with mechanical gripper and teach pendant for programming.

Telepresence Robot

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PadBot P2 telepresence robot with onboard tablet on a tilting base. Remotely controlled through a mobile app. Supports video chat as required for remote presence in nursing and elderly care applications. Docking allows automatic battery charging.

The CyBOT Family

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A family of small-size robots developed in our lab. It consists of wheeled (standard, mecanum, omni) and threated robots. Communications between them allows research in swarm robotics.

Cylindrical Coordinates Arm

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A 3-DOF cylindrical coordinates robot developed in our lab. It is a general-purpose system with a gripper at the tip. It can be used standalone or it can be installed/ integrated on “Pygmalion” to examine mobile manipulation applications.

Car-Go Mobile Robotic Systems

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Two Car-Go mobile robots from Helikas Robotics are available. These differencial steering compact-shape robots are research platforms suitable to work in a standard office environment but also in the factory. They are equipped with various sensors including optical encoders on wheel motors, lidar, ultrasonic sensors and camera.

Drone (Quadcopter)

DJI Mavic Drone
A DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drone is "our eye in the sky". A highly versatile drone with high-resolution thermal and visual cameras. It is also equipped with the RTK (Real-time-kinematics) module for accurate positioning.

* A name with a story to tell. Pygmalion is a mythological figure of Cyprus who became widely known from Ovid's narrative poem “Metamorphoses”. Pygmalion was a sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory and then fell in love with his creation. On Aphrodite's festival day Pygmalion visited the altar of Aphrodite and asked the Goddess for “the living likeness” of his statue, which then came to life to become known as “Galatea”. The “awakening'” of Galatea has been the theme of notable paintings and sculptures by renowned artists. The story of Pygmalion and Galatea has also inspired many works of literature. This story is often mentioned in introduction to Robotics chapters, as an example of people’s desire to create something that resembles a human. Galatea is a next robot to build in our Lab.