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Posted by laurentien on June 29, 2006, 4:16 am
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Dear all,
I have just been hired to help start a new robotics lab here at the
University of Central Lancashire. As it is often the case with applied
research, this lab is partly funded by the private sector and not much
by the government. Thus, we have little funding.
I would like to buy good education robots and mobile one as well. The
project shall investigate flexible manufacturing using articulated
robots on mobile platforms. Of course, I cannot buy industrial material
since our local is too small, but I still need to buy serious devices
which can survive a lot of experiments. I have come across a few good
proposal but they do not seem to be too many affordable robots between
the toys and the industrial ones.
What do you suggest I look for ? I would like some poeple to givbe
advice on robots they have used ?
Luc Rolland, PhD
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Posted by on June 29, 2006, 8:19 am
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>Dear all,
>I have just been hired to help start a new robotics lab here at the
>University of Central Lancashire. As it is often the case with applied
>research, this lab is partly funded by the private sector and not much
>by the government. Thus, we have little funding.
>I would like to buy good education robots and mobile one as well. The
>project shall investigate flexible manufacturing using articulated
>robots on mobile platforms. Of course, I cannot buy industrial material
>since our local is too small, but I still need to buy serious devices
>which can survive a lot of experiments. I have come across a few good
>proposal but they do not seem to be too many affordable robots between
>the toys and the industrial ones.
>What do you suggest I look for ? I would like some poeple to givbe
>advice on robots they have used ?
I found this attractive:
http://www.crustcrawler.com/products/arm5.php
SG5-UT Basic Kit 399 USD
Without servos etc.. 279 USD
Could at least serve as inspiration.
Tip?
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mperkows/ML_LAB/RESOURCES/robots-to-purchase.html
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Posted by Gordon McComb on June 29, 2006, 11:43 am
Please log in for more thread options laurentien wrote:
> I have just been hired to help start a new robotics lab here at the
> University of Central Lancashire. As it is often the case with applied
> research, this lab is partly funded by the private sector and not much
> by the government. Thus, we have little funding.
>
> I would like to buy good education robots and mobile one as well. The
> project shall investigate flexible manufacturing using articulated
> robots on mobile platforms. Of course, I cannot buy industrial material
> since our local is too small, but I still need to buy serious devices
> which can survive a lot of experiments. I have come across a few good
> proposal but they do not seem to be too many affordable robots between
> the toys and the industrial ones.
>
> What do you suggest I look for ? I would like some poeple to givbe
> advice on robots they have used ?
The small robots from ActivMedia at http://www.activrobots.com/ are
among the most commonly used for research, when the lab hasn't built
their own. Look especially at the Pioneer base. The base itself is
fairly affordable; start putting SICK lasers on the thing and the
sensors easily outcost the base. So it all depends on what you add to
it.
Don't overloak the hobby bases (not toys, but not research-quality,
either). Most folks can't afford 10 Pioneers to test robot swarming
idea, but they can easily afford 10 Boe-bots.
-- Gordon
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Posted by Padu on June 29, 2006, 1:10 pm
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> The small robots from ActivMedia at http://www.activrobots.com/ are
> among the most commonly used for research, when the lab hasn't built
> their own. Look especially at the Pioneer base. The base itself is
> fairly affordable; start putting SICK lasers on the thing and the
> sensors easily outcost the base. So it all depends on what you add to
> it.
>
> Don't overloak the hobby bases (not toys, but not research-quality,
> either). Most folks can't afford 10 Pioneers to test robot swarming
> idea, but they can easily afford 10 Boe-bots.
>
> -- Gordon
Gordon beat me in this one :-)
In our lab (intelligent machines and systems lab at San Diego State
University), we have 2 pioneers, a DX (two wheels + caster) and the AT (4
wheels). They are nice platforms for indoor activity and some outdoor (not
so rugged terrain). They have easy to use SDK's and they surely save a lot
of time. They are pricey though.
I'm following a different path and I'm building my own platform using RC
cars. Several universities are following this trend lately, mainly because
they are very cheap and parts are readily available. You may want to look
into it.
For manipulators we have one puma and two scaras, old stuff but still works.
Cheers
Padu
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Posted by pogo on June 30, 2006, 11:11 am
Please log in for more thread options > Dear all,
>
> I have just been hired to help start a new robotics lab here at
the
> University of Central Lancashire.
> ...
> ...
> What do you suggest I look for ? I would like some poeple to
givbe
> advice on robots they have used ?
The vision recognition on the Evolution Robotics Scorpion is
unmatched. It is thier high-end version of the ER1 hobbyist kit
(which they no longer sell or support.) You can find ER1 kits on
eBay from time to time, for anywhere from $500 to $1500. Also, they
mention that universities get a 75% discount on the ERSP SDK.
Here's a couple of links to them:
http://www.evolution.com/education/
http://www.evolution.com/education/erspnc30/hardware.masn
http://www.evolution.com/product/oem/software/sdk.masn
Caution: I don't know how much if any they support the ERSP for the
Scorpion. They just soft of unceremoniously deleted their entire
forum for ER1 owners. It's kind of hard to tell if they even offer
the Scorpion from their current website, but I would recommend that
it is at least worth a look.
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