Fordham University

Robotics& Computer Vision Lab


 

History

The Robotics & Computer Vision Lab at Fordham University (FRCV Lab) conducts research into Cognitive, Intelligent and Agile robotics. It was founded in 2002 and hosts undergraduate and graduate research.

 

The Lab includes the following major equipment:

 

Robots:

  • 5 Pioneer AT-3s with SICK laser, PTZ Video camera, compass, gyro, onboard computer with WiFi
  • 6 Pioneer AT-3s with digital stereocameras on Pan-Tilt base, compass, gyro, onboard computer with WiFi
  • 5 Pioneer AT-3s with PTZ camera, 5-DOF arm , compass, gyro, onboard computer with WiFi
  • 1 Pioneer DX-2 with fixed stereocamera
  • several lab-built experimental bases including a novel tripedal robot, a tracked base and a Sony AIBO.

Vision:

  • Multiple Matrox Framegrabbers & Mil-Lite software,
  • Philips Autodome PTZ camera, SONY PTZ D100P camera
  • Various lens, IR and UV filters,
  • FERAL programmable video multiplexor.
  • Multiple SONY color video cameras,

 

Computation:

  • Multiple lab workstations
  • 20 node Beowulf cluster using OTS Pentium PCs
  • 88 core HP G5 based HPC cluster under construction with 11 dual processor quad core servers.

 

The lab is also equipped with mechanical and electrical tools and support equipment as well as design and analysis software such as Mathematica, Matlab, and Webots and simulation software such as ODE, USARSim and Ogre.

 

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Fordham University
Fordham is a liberal-arts university with campuses in Lincoln Center in Manhatten, Rosehill in the Bronx and in Westchester. It has 14,000 students, divided roughly equally between undergraduates and graduates.
 

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