Embedded Systems and Robotics Lab
Embedded Systems and Robotics Lab
The Embedded Systems and Autonomous Vehicle Lab has a long history of university/industry collaboration with companies like Frontline Test Equipment, iRobot, Zapata Engineering, Emerson, Renesas, and National Instruments. Graduated students currently work in embedded systems jobs at Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Intel, General Dynamics, Dematic, Seagate, and The Mathworks. The lab director, Professor James Conrad, has over 25 years of experience in the embedded systems field in academia and at IBM, Ericsson/Sony Ericsson, and several start-ups.
Current Projects
ZapataBot autonomous All-terrain vehicle; InMoov Humanoid Robot; Robot Localization and Control.
Past Projects
Nekton Research/iRobot underwater vehicles, Stiquito Insectoid Robot, “Professor X” Humanoid robot, Renesas Embedded Microcontroller System Development.
Faculty: James Conrad
Collaborators: Hamed Tahbki (ECE) and Aidan Browne (ETCM)
Location: EPIC 2122/2124
Website: https://eng-resources.charlotte.edu/embeddedandroboticslab/ and https://webpages.charlotte.edu/~jmconrad/ResearchProjects.html