Field and Construction Bay

The Field and Construction Bay is a larger bay where we explore field robotics (rough terrain, outdoors, even outer space) and robots used in the construction industry. The bay is equipped with state-of-the-art motion capture and a drone net that allows us to safely explore the latest in flying robots.

Demos

link to real-time gsplat mapping page

Gaussian Splats (GSplats) model 3D environments from images and are valuable for robotics. SplatBridge, an open-source tool, links the Robot Operating System (ROS) to Nerfstudio for real-time NeRF/GSplat training, demonstrated here in mapping and identifying objects in a field environment.

link to firefly page

A drone system autonomously launches to provide firefighters with near real-time aerial information.

link to vine bot page

Demonstration of the Soft Growing Vine Robot for 3D Navigation and Inspection via teleoperation

link to reach bot page

Four-legged climbing robot performing forceful manipulation (teleoperated rock pick and place) in a Martian cave diorama

link to remote maintenance page

Clearing insulation on high-voltage power cables using a robotic arm with haptic feedback

link to drone fencing page

Demonstrating reactive collision avoidance with control barrier functions, via a drone "dodging" a saber