Research areas description
The robotics laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal belongs to the mechanical engineering department. It was created in 2006 upon the arrival of Prof. Lionel Birglen and deals with all the aspects of robotics ranging from mechanical design to control. The laboratory was established with a Leaders Opportunity Fund granted by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The main research initiatives are focused on adaptive and compliant mechanical systems with a special emphasis on grasping and manipulation. Several high-level machines are available for this task including workstations, electronic prototyping apparatus, real-time controller, several actuators, force sensors, industrial and collaborative robotic arms, and mobile robots with vision capability.
Research interests
- 2600 ROBOTICS
- 2601 Robotic control and automation
- 2602 Flexible robots
- 2604 Intelligent systems applications
Research staff
- Lionel Birglen | Director
Specialized equipment
Opal-RT realtime control hardware,
A variety of actuators and drives from Maxon and other manufacturers,
ATI-IA 6-axis force sensors,
Electronic prototyping apparatus,
Zcorp Z450 and Dimension SST1200es 3D printers,
Rethink Baxter collaborative robot,
Fanuc LRMate200id robot arm,
Robotic hand and gripper characterization test bench.
External sources of funding
CFI
NSERC
Mitacs
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