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Research project The Collaborative Robotics Lab is a shared research infrastructure for novel research in robotics and AI.
Research at the lab spans diverse areas such as AI-driven robotics, explainable human-robot interaction, robotic vision and perception, agricultural robotics, collaborative motion planning, physics-informed control, and digital twin technologies.
The infrastructure includes two GoFa cobots from ABB Robotics. Cobots are collaborative robots designed and controlled to share workspace with humans. The GoFa arms can lift 5 kg, control the tool-tip at 2.2 m/s with 0.1 mm accuracy, and reach 950 mm. The arms are equipped with grippers, integrated vision system and torque sensors in each of the arms six joints. The robots are mounted facing each other over a workbench where they can interact with each other and with humans in doing various kind of manipulation tasks, while retaining industrial standards in accuracy and robustness.
Besides physical robots and sensors, the shared infrastructure includes robot programming tools, high-fidelity simulators, interfaces for connecting with other equipment, and, eventually, AI robot foundation models.
The Collaborative Robotics Lab is a joint infrastructure for the departments of Applied Physics and Electronics, Computing Science, and Physics. The PIs are Suna Bensch, Leonid Freidovich, Thomas Hellström, Polina Kurtser, Ola Ringdahl, and Martin Servin. It is funded by Kempestiftelserna and is located in the MIT building.
