Kurt3D is an autonomous mobile robot equipped with a reliable and precise 3D laser scanner that digitalizes environments. High quality geometric 3D maps with semantic information are automatically generated after the exploration by the robot.

KOBOT has been designed by KOVAN research lab for use in swarm robotic studies. It features:

• a symmetrical body having a circular shape with 120 mm diameter and 70 mm height
• 300 gr weight with standard robot configuration
• differential steering system using two high-quality low-power DC gearhead motors
• 8 infrared sensors
• HMC6352, digital compass module
• 4 hours of autonomy with Li Polymer batteries
• PXA255 processor for processing images coming from the omnidirectional viewing system
• remote programming capability via IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee compliant XBEE OEM RF modules
• 3 bright LEDs and a buzzer on-board to indicate the robot's internal state

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Khepera is a miniature mobile robot with functionality similar to that of larger robots used in research and education. Khepera was originally designed as a research and teaching tool for a Swiss Research Priority Program at EPFL in Lausanne. It allows real world testing of algorithms developed in simulation for trajectory planning, obstacle avoidance, pre-processing of sensory information, and hypotheses on behaviour processing, among others.

Very modular at both the software and hardware level, Khepera has a very efficient library of on-board applications for controlling the robot, monitoring experiments, and downloading new software. A large number of extension modules make it adaptable to a wide range of experimentation.

Hemisson is a nice tool for teachers or hobbyists created by Swiss company K-Team, Hemisson is a small mobile robot.

Among others, it comes with two motors (to drive independantly both wheels), a great bunch of sensors (including eight light sensors) and a TV remote. It has three pre-installed programs (obstacle avoidance, line following and dance), and 2-hours autonomy.

It is a pre-mounted robot, suitable for teachers who can use it as a demonstration tool, as well as for hobbyists : it can be programmed to change its behaviour, and its firmware can be changed too.

The LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System (RIS) is a kit for building robots. It consists of a programmable brick (with a Hitachi H8/3292 microprocessor) named the RCX, and a lot of other traditional LEGO building parts named TECHNICS.

The RCX has 3 input ports, 3 output ports, and an infrared transmitter/receiver. You can connect the inputs to sensors so that the RCX is aware of what is happening outside. There are many kinds of sensors that LEGO offers but only two kinds come with the RIS package. You must purchase the other ones separately if you want to use them. The sensors that come with the package are two bumpers (touch sensors), and a light sensor. The 3 outputs can be connected to motors, so that your robot can move.

Our lab has 5 LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention Systems(RIS).