Interaction control for collaborative robot with traction reducers

Vectis Drive

Control of a collaborative robot for sanding tasks

RCM

Design of robotic multifunction lifting devices

Arjo

Impedance drive for hybrid force-position control of a manipulator robot

Kinova

Safety of use is one of the most important characteristics of collaborative manipulator robots. A lot of research in recent years is working to make these robots safer in different ways. Force control, although well known, is not easy to implement in a secure way. Indeed, most solutions for this ...

Teleoperation of a mobile robotic manipulator by virtual reality for the maintenance and task learning

Sycodal

Currently, in the world of robotics, learning tasks for robots is mainly done through the teach and repeat paradigm. This approach mainly consists of programming the robot with a teach pendant or with “offline programming”, which means programming with an external computer. In both cases, this takes a considerable amount ...

Explainable Motion of Mobile Manipulators from Null Space

Nuvoola

Robot cable for radiation mapping

Medscint

This project consists in building a cable-driven parallel robot capable of moving a dosimeter in a liquid (water tank) with a high accuracy for radiotherapy applications. A cable robot architecture is preferred in order to minimize the liquid perturbations caused by the robot motion. Moreover, this architecture allows the dosimeter ...

Audio-visual recognition for mobile robot in manufacturing environments

Vallons maraîchers

Security is a crucial issue in collaborative robotics. A robot must perceive its environment with precision to maximize its productivity without compromising the safety of the workers around it. Visual recognition is a popular modality, but it is often limited to a small field and involves a high computational load ...

Evaluation of the application of cable robots to monitoring processing stations.

Hydro Québec

The objective of the project is to evaluate the feasibility of applying the cable robot concept to monitoring Hydro-Québec's processing stations. The research will be conducted at two or three electrical processing stations that require automated monitoring. It will be necessary to determine the workspace that can be reached ...

Visual distinction of plants by machine learning

Vallons maraîchers

Manual weeding of root vegetables is a crucial task for frugal crop yields. However, it is an expensive, lengthy and difficult task for farmers. Desherbex aims at building a robotic farm equipment that can replace manual weeding. It implies that the tool must 1) distinguish weeds from root vegetables and ...

Development of a weight lifting device with multiple degrees of freedom

Arjo

Development of a weight lifting device with multiple degrees of freedom to bring the best force vector to a patient, either for patient transfer or for patient rehabilitation. The user is directly in contact with the robot. This device should be able to lift up to 600 lbs by hands ...

Compact gripper for limited space

Robotiq

The use of robot grippers in industrial applications can be difficult when space becomes a limiting factor. Although many robot gripper models are commercially available, they usually require a significant amount of space around to object to grab to properly operate. This is largely due to the approach angle of ...