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Projects

Lunar rover

A small, relatively low-cost ground demonstrator rover for in-situ lunar analysis and exploration.

Astromech repair droid

Symmetrical 7-DOF manipulator designed to service satellites and other spacecraft while in orbit.

The SeparAItor

Autonomous robot using deep learning to recycle household trash into their corresponding bins.

MotioSuit

Active motion capture suit which reads data from IMUs in real time and sends them to Blender over Bluetooth.Low cost and open-source.

OpenChair

OpenChair is an open-source and highly customizable electric wheelchair. 

IntelliServo

IntelliServo is a project aiming to transform regular hobby servos into intelligent ones by replacing their original boards. By doing so the servo has upgraded capabilities, such as being able to read its position, temperature and current consumption.

Blender Controller

Script to control a real-life robotic arm through Blender. Used by moving the arm's tip around and sending over serial port the corresponding IK angles data. 

Robotic water painting in El Hormiguero with Alejandro Sanz

SCARA robotic arm controlled from an Android tablet over Bluetooth that drops oil-based paint over water when instructed to create a painted surface in which to dip objects.

Robotic wok in El Hormiguero with Ferrán Adriá

Robotic wok controlled from an Android tablet over Bluetooth that adds different ingredients as commanded.

Dancing magnets in El Hormiguero with David Guetta

A magnet-filled table that changes its magnetic field when moving them, which in turn creates dancing figures with iron filings synchronized with the music.

Omniboard

Controller board for wheeled robots, based on the ESP8266 with three DC motors drivers, one-cell LiPo battery charger and wifi connectivity. 

MotioGlove

Low cost and open-source motion-based robot controller board. Connects over Bluetooth and charges a one cell LiPo battery.

Magnetic levitation

A magnetic levitation stand designed to showcase different products.

Modular robots

A series of modules containing different components that clip on to a phone or tablet to create a mobile robot with Android's capabilities.

Face tracking

Android app with OpenCV that detects faces and turns the tablet around with a servomotor to keep pointing in their direction.

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