The QBot Platform provides an electromechanical prototyping bay for adding project components. It is also equipped with a reinforced landing pad for drones and additional cargo. The open control architecture allows users to seamlessly integrate off-the-shelf sensors and customize the QBot Platform for their research. The solution is well suited for designing and developing applications related to autonomy, navigation and control, machine learning, computer vision, multiagent heterogenous and swarm robotics, and more.
Features
| Project – Ready Electromechanical prototyping bay and fully accessible 40-pin I/O header |
| Course – Ready Relevant lab content for courses tailored to both mobile & manipulator robotics |
| Research – Ready Deploy applications via MATLAB ®, Simulink®, Python, C++ and ROS |
| Swarm – Ready Cost-effective pricing and bundle options allow multiple units in a lab |
Specification
| Platform | 2-wheel differential drive base with 4 support castors |
| Diameter | 570 mm |
| Height | 227 mm |
| Drivetrain sensing | Current sensing, optical encoders, and digital tachometer per wheel |
| Maximum motion | 1.5 m/s speed and 1 m/s/s acceleration |
| Nominal motion | 0.7 m/s speed and 0.5 m/s/s acceleration |
| Maximum payload @ maximum motion | 20 kg |
| Operation time | 2 hours per battery |
| Power | Up to 2x 84Wh LFP batteries w/ external charging |
| On-board computer | NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano |
| Downward facing camera | Grayscale w/ global shutter – 640×400 @ 120Hz |
| Front facing camera | Intel RealSense D435 RGB-D camera |
| LiDAR | 2D 360° lidar w/ 16,800 points per second |
| IMU | 6-axis IMU w/ accelerometer and gyroscope |
| GPIO | 40-pin header including SPI / I2C / UART / PWM |
| LEDs | User programmable LEDs |
| LCD | Character display module |
| Language support | MATLAB / Simulink / Python / ROS 2 |
| USB ports | 4x USB 3.0 user ports |
| HDMI | 1 full HDMI port |
| Connectivity | IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi & Gigabit Ethernet port |
