Robots

Our laboratory brings together robotic platforms for research in manipulation, mobile robotics, aerial robotics, locomotion, and autonomous systems. Here are the robots currently available in the lab, including our newest addition.

The Crazyflie and double-pendulum images are screenshots from our A+R Expo 2026 demonstrations.

Robots in the lab

Elephant Robotics myArm 300 Pi 2023 in the laboratory

Elephant Robotics myArm 300 Pi 2023

Compact robot arm for hands-on prototyping and manipulation research.

Also used for teaching
Elephant Robotics myAGV PI 2023 in the laboratory

Elephant Robotics myAGV PI 2023

Mobile omnidirectional platform for navigation and autonomous systems research.

Also used for teaching
Crazyflie 2.1 flying inside the laboratory drone cage

Crazyflie 2.1

Micro quadrotor equipped with Lighthouse positioning for aerial robotics experiments.

Also used for teaching
Franka Panda Research 3 robot arm in the laboratory

Franka Panda Research 3

Collaborative robot arm for manipulation and interaction experiments.

Unitree Go2 traversing terrain in the laboratory

Unitree Go2

Quadruped robot for legged locomotion and dynamic motion experiments.

Photo: PGTT on GitHub
Viper-X 5-DOF robot arm with gripper on a motion platform

Viper-X 5-DOF

Five-degree-of-freedom robot arm equipped with a gripper for control experiments.

Also used for teaching
Double-pendulum hardware at the A+R Expo 2026

Double pendulums

Underactuated systems for swing-up, stabilization, and nonlinear control experiments.

Also used for teaching

New arrival

LimX Dynamics TRON 2

LimX Dynamics TRON 2

Newly arrived robot platform for future robotics and locomotion research.

Product image: LimX Dynamics

Our facilities

Robotics laboratory with robot arms and workstations Robotics laboratory workspace Robotics laboratory workspace with work tables Drone testing cage in the laboratory Drone testing cage with control workstations

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Patras