Autonomous Robot

for Teaching and Research

As an autonomous ground vehicle, the Qbot
is suitable for teaching or research in a
variety of applications from search and
rescue to resource surveying. It can even be
used for investigating climate change by
monitoring leave-out patterns in forests. This
easy-use robot allows the humans designing
the applications to serve more as coaches or
managers rather than operators.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES:
For teaching purposes, the Qbot solution
consists of a vehicle system and
comprehensive curriculum. It is ideal for
undergraduate or graduate labs and projects.
With a series of pre-assembled experiments
as well as rapid and clean control prototyping,
the robotic platform can be used for engaging
and informative experiments as diverse as
motion planning, path tracking, obstacle
avoidance, mapping, vision processing, visual
servoing and mobile robotic control
architecture. The same principles are used in
real-life applications for autonomous robots
deployed in high-risk environments. This
makes the Quanser experiments more
relevant to the real world to captivate and
motivate more engineering students.
RESEARCH AND GRADUATE
STUDIES:
For researchers the robotic test bed is a
perfect system for the development and
evaluation of a variety of research topics.
This includes autonomous vehicle research,
machine and artificial vision, evolutionary
computing and high level control architecture
of mobile robot. This system allows full
Simulink
TM
control algorithms to be compiled
and downloaded to the Gumstix

processor -
offering incredible flexibility.
Example of an autonomous robot used for destruction
of bombs and mines.
QBOT
A
n autonomous robot is capable of moving around and sensing its environment. At the same
time it makes intelligent decisions while executing tasks or communicating with other
robots. The Qbot* is a low-cost robotic platform with all of the capabilities of an autonomous
robot. It is equipped with built-in sensors, vision system and a supervisory control structure.
"The Quanser Qbot is quite exciting from
a teaching perspective. It will allow one of
the most prevalent and popular mobile robots
on the market today to be controlled
from Simulink
TM
, the industry-standard control
software. It's a winning combination that
should provide a great teaching vessel
for mobile robotics."
Timothy Barfoot, Assistant Professor, PhD, PEng,
Institute for Aerospace Studies University of Toronto
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Qbot workstation consists of a vechicle system and
complete curriculum for teaching.
*Created on iRobot open source technology platform.
SYSTEM
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Equipped with low power on-board computer
operated by Linux OS
Low-cost, compact
On-board sensors
High level decision making and task
execution
Integrated with on-board camera system for
real-time image processing
Real-time decision making
Created on iRobot

Create
TM
open source
technology platform
Reduces communication bandwidth
requirements
Platform Differential (two-wheel) robot from iRobot
Sensors
Over 30 built-in sensors including, shaft
encoder, bump sensor and IR sensor
On-board computer Gumstix Verdex XL6P motherboard, 600 MHz
Communications Wireless adaptor, Wi-Fi extension
Memory 128MB RAM, 32MB Flash
Storage Upgradable MicroSD storage
Camera Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Qbot:
Autonomous
robot
About Quanser:
Quanser is the world leader in education and research for real-time control design and implementation. We specialize in
building engineering control laboratories to help universities captivate the brightest minds, motivate them to success and
produce graduates with industry-relevant skills. Universities worldwide implement Quansers open architecture control
solutions, industry-relevant curriculum and cutting-edge workstations to teach Introductory, Intermediate or
Advanced controls to students in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Robotics, Aerospace, Civil,
and various other engineering disciplines.
Quanser educational solutions are fully compatible with:
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Motion planning
Mapping and localization
Navigation
Obstacle avoidance
High level control architectures of mobile robots
Support real-time code generation and
execution using QuaRC

, powered by
MATLAB
TM
/Simulink
TM
Easy to use and interactive
Real-time high performance