The new QDrone, a key component of the Quanser Autonomous Vehicles Research Studio, was designed to withstand all kinds of crashes, slams, and accidents. We wanted to give researchers a reliable and robust system, so they can test and tune their controllers without worrying about the vehicle damage.
In the second part of the video interview, Dr. Jacob Apkarian, Quanser Founder and CTO, talks about the main features of the QDrone, developed for indoor autonomous robotics research, and why the open architecture design is important.
The video shows how you can access the QCar's LIDAR, read the scan, and plot the point cloud data in Python.
Quanser R&D engineers have been testing different bumper designs and materials to protect the QCar in collisions. This is a scale-speed equivalent of 120km/hr!
This video shows a typical application development with the Quanser Self-Driving Research Studio's QCar platform via ROS.
Dr. Jacob Apkarian, Quanser Founder and CTO, talks about the first motion validation systems for research in flight dynamics and aerial vehicles control, developed by Quanser two decades ago. As the actual flight systems became possible and affordable, Quanser responded with the first open-architecture quadrotor solution for indoor autonomous robotics research, the QBall-X4 more than 10 years...
Looking to jumpstart your autonomous vehicles research and turn out results in a very short time? Check the new innovation from Quanser unleashed in the drone research space: the Autonomous Vehicles Research Studio.
The Quanser Mobile Robotics Lab provides a seamless solution for institutions seeking to enhance their mobile robotics capabilities. With four cutting-edge QBot Platform mobile robots, each armed with advanced sensors and powerful NVIDIA GPUs, this lab offers a turnkey ecosystem.
Even a relatively simple servomotor plant, like the Quanser QUBE-Servo 2, can be used in advanced IoT, robotic, or unmanned systems applications. Check out what project Simon, one of our academic solutions engineers, is working on!
