Robotics and Uncrewed Systems Lab

The ERAU Mechanical Engineering Robotics Systems Senior Design course is a two-semester capstone project where student teams “take a specific, complex engineering design problem from customer needs definition to product realization and testing.” During the first semester, the student teams focus on establishing requirements, conducting background research and designing robotic systems. During the second semester, the student teams primarily focus on building, refining and testing the systems they designed in the first semester.

This space is card-access controlled, enabling student researchers to work in the space on their own schedule with faculty permission, and is used as part of the Mechanical Engineering senior design for the robotics and autonomous systems track.

Recent projects include:

• Project Barktographers: This project focused on developing a sensor payload for a quadruped robot that is capable of enhancing mobility and safety for visually impaired individuals navigating in a building.
• Project Bitsy: This project focused on developing an assistive robot to support elderly care.
• Project Buckbeak: This project focused on enhancing the performance, modularity, and manufacturability of a hybrid fixed-wing multirotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS) science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education kit.
• Project Hansel: This project focused on developing an uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) payload that deployed thermal markers at regular intervals to support thermal inertial odometry research.
• Project Husky: This project focused on developing a payload for a Clearpath Robotics Husky that is capable of simulating different robot and uncrewed system movements.
• Project Watney: This project focused on developing an uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) capable of autonomously capturing top and side view images of plants in a lunar environment.

Equipment

• One BK Precision 100W power supplies
• One Heath 2718 tri-power supplies
• Tektronix PWS2323 DC power supply
• Tektronix TDS 2001C 50 MHz oscilloscope
• Two Tektronix TM503A digital multimeters
• Two X-Tronic 4040 soldering stations
• Two Mobile soldering stations
• Hitec Multicharger
• Two Tektronix 2213 oscilloscope
• Polaris GEM vehicle
• Kubota Z724 lawnmower
• Two flammable materials cabinets
• One corrosive materials cabinets
• Velodyne 64 LIDAR
• Novatel SPAN-CPT GPS/INS
• OXTS high-precision GPS/INS
• Five DC power supplies
• Five Signal generators
• Wire rack
• Handheld multimeters
• Tool chest and hand tools