Home of the DeltaZ educational robot
DeltaZ is a delta-style manipulator inspired by the original work of Raymond Clavel. DeltaZ is unique in that it is a low-cost, accessible robot that teaches the ideas of manipulation. There is meant to be low resistance to diving into creating, using, devleoping with DeltaZ. Your DeltaZ journey is laid out in the list below. Each step is linked to take you a page with videos and written instructions.
DeltaZ is a unique educational robot. It stays stationary on your desk (it stands about 16 cm tall), and it manipulates and senses the surrounding environment.
This robot is greared towards teaching middle- and high school-aged students 12-18 years of age. If you don't fall in this age bracket, that is fine! Everyone can get something out of DeltaZ.
If you would like to be part of the DeltaZ GitHub community, please feel free to leave comments on the discussion page! I (and others of the DeltaZ community) would be happy to see anyone's modifications or ideas here. If you find bugs with the code or would like to contribute to the the repository, please send a message in the discussion first, and then we can talk about implemnting your ideas.
A publication for DeltaZ is coming soon!
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| Sam Alvares | Pragna Mannam | Dr. Oliver Kromer | Dr. Zeynep Temel |
DeltaZ was created by Sam Alvares, Pragna Mannan, Dr. Oliver Kroemer, and Dr. Zeynep Temel. This work was supported by the Robotics Institute Summer Scholars program at CMU. Sam is a senior mechanical engineering and robotics student at Rose-Hulman Instutue of Technology. His research interests include robot design, kinematics, dynamics and control as well bio-inspired robotics. Sam is a member of the Rose-Hulman men's soccer team, and in his free time, he enjoyes hiking, mountain biking, and playing the ukulele. Pragna Mannnam is a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Oliver Kroemer is an assistant professor at CMU and the head of the Intelligent Autonomous Manipulation Lab. Zeynep Temel is an assistant professor at CMU and the head of the Zoom Lab.
If you have questions, comments or concerns about DeltaZ, or if you would like to acquire a set of DetlaZ robots, please feel free to reach out to Sam via email at alvaresc@rose-hulman.edu. Also, feel free to leave a message in the discussion page.