Collaborative Robots
Compared to traditional industrial robots, collaborative robotic manipulators, also known as cobots, are ideal to work with human. The term collaborative means collaboration between human the robot. Our lab has a six degree-of-freedom cobot manipulator. The cobot comes with versatile programmability. Students have been using MATLAB, Python, and C++ to program the robot.
Ongoing topics
- Path Panning – Develop forward and inverse kinematics algorithms for complex trajectories.
- Sensor Integration – Sensory is the key factor to have the robot being “smart”.
- Human-Robot Collaboration – Instead of enclosed behind a safety fence, we want to robot to sit directly beside a person, and work together for various tasks.
- Software Development – We are working closely with partners from industry to develop custom software packages.
Prospective Students
Students in Nameless Lab in general have remarkable characters such as:
- Good communication skills in both orally and writing;
- Willing to help & open-minded;
- Have solid background of linear algebra (We like matrices!);
- Not afraid of programming.
Motivated undergraduate students who want to work on the robot are welcomed contact Dr. Wu.