Control, Robotics and Automation Laboratory

Innovating for a Better Future

The control, robotics, and automation laboratory is the DEEE facility where students and researchers can learn about and experiment with the latest technologies in control, robotics, and automation. The laboratory is typically equipped with a variety of hardware and software, including industrial manipulators, mobile robots, sensors, actuators, and controllers and experimental setups.

This laboratory is used for a variety of purposes, including, Teaching students about the principles of control, robotics, and automation, Conducting research in the same areas, developing new products and applications in control, robotics, and automation. Control laboratory is an essential part of the education and research in Electrical and ELectronic Engineering field and provide students and researchers with the tools and resources they need to learn about and develop new technologies in control, robotics, and automation.

CONTRIBUTION TO TEACHING

The RCA laboratory is used for conducting practical classes for students who follow courses related to principles of control, robotics, and automation. Below, you will find a list of laboratory classes belonging to several courses offered under robotics and control subspecialization.

SEMESTER	SUBJECT	EXPERIMENT
5	EE352: Automatic Control	1) Feedback Control Fundamentals
		2) Velocity Control System
		3) Analog PID Controller
6	EE353 - Discrete time control systems	1) Discrete time implementation of an analog PID controller design
		2) Discrete domain digital controller design and implementation
		3) State Observers and Kalman Filter
7	E402/501 - Advanced Control Systems	1) System Identification of an Inverted Pendulum with cart system.
	E402/501 - Advanced Control Systems	2) Practical aspects of Controller implementations (Twin Rotor MIMO system).
	EE539 - Nonlinear and Multivariable Systems	1) Vander Pol Oscillator
	EE539 - Nonlinear and Multivariable Systems	2) Twin Rotor MIMO system
8	EE594: Industrial Robotics and Automation	1) Robot Manipulator
8	EE594: Industrial Robotics and Automation	2) Automation- PLC Unit

Research and Innovation

This laboratory provide facilities for research and development of control systems for robots, automation and other inter-related areas. As mentioned, the lab has a variety of equipment and resources that allow students and staff to test and develop new control algorithms and techniques. Some of the common research and development topics that are investigated in control and robotics lab include: motion control, force control, sensor fusion, autonomous navigation, assembly line control, visual servo control, dynamic system modelling, etc. Some of the recent collaborative projects with the industry and other research institutions and also postgraduate projects can be found here: collaborations of institutions, industry and PG projects.

EQUIPMENT, EXPERIMENTAL SETUPS AND ROBOTS

Below, you will find pictures of laboratory setups, equipment, industrial manipulators and mobile robots belonging to the control, robotics and automation laboratory.

Twin Rotor System	Inverted Pendulum	PLC Training Unit	Feedback Crontrol System

Mobile Robots Kits	DEEE Agriculture Robot	Omnidirectional Robot	Flying Robots

Mobile Robot Kits	Servo Control System	dSpace System	YOKOGAWA Oscilloscope

PUMA Manipulator	RHINO Manipulator	Lynxmotion 5D Robot Arm	Automation Experiment Unit