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Research & Academic Centers

Teach and conduct research with a robot that is easy to use, precise, lightweight, space-saving, noiseless, and cost-effective.

Research & Academic Centers

Research centres, university labs, and specialized private and publicly-funded organizations are dedicated to conducting research across various fields with specialized equipment, materials, and resources. With robotics growing rapidly, colleges and universities increasingly offer focused academic programs in this field. Mecademic robots are ideal for teaching robotics without complicated programming, are precise, affordable, require no maintenance fees, and can be integrated with off-the-shelf components. Special packages for academic and research centers are available through Mecademic and partners.

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Why choose Mecademic for robotics education and research?

01 Easily use our robots in advanced ways

Teach robotics without making your students learn complex robot programming languages and environments. Mecademic robots do not have a proprietary programming language and are easy to control. Simply use Ethernet to stream any of the motion and request commands described in our programming manual. The robots come with a web interface for jogging and program testing. You can control them with ROS, Python, Matlab, or C++ using some of the APIs we offer, and even develop applications such as hand-guiding and fast visual servoing with our velocity control mode.

02 Access advanced pedagogical material

If you have ever searched for information on Euler angles or robot singularities, you’ve probably come across our tutorials. Mecademic users will have advanced access to future in-depth pedagogical material, high-resolution images, and videos. Educators may use our tutorials to save time developing their course curriculums.

03 Commission up to a dozen precision robots without renovating your lab

Our industrial robot arms are by far the smallest, most compact, and most precise on the market. Their tiny size makes it easy to transport them in a carry-on case. Deploy them in minutes simply by plugging them into any standard wall outlet and any computer! Our robots are nearly noiseless, so be sure not to forget to power them off. Additionally, their precision and accuracy allow them to work in tandem.

04 Avoid hidden costs and restrictions

Our industrial robots are affordable and come with no hidden costs. There’s no need for maintenance fees, licenses to renew, or training courses. Users receive free firmware updates and technical support. Most setups using our robots don’t require expensive or custom robot cells. You can build relatively complex but small installations with off-the-shelf precision components from Thorlabs or Vention.

Choose the right Mecademic robot for your industrial automation needs

SCARA Robot

If your application contains small parts presented on horizontal surfaces, and if the parts can be inserted without reorienting them about non-vertical axes, then our SCARA robot is the perfect candidate for your robotic automated assembly application.

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Meca500 Robot

In some automated assembly scenarios, our Meca500 robot arm is a better fit. Choose the six-axis robot if:

your application involves working with parts that are presented in different orientations (such as in 3D bin picking) or that need to be reoriented about non-vertical axes;
small tilting motions are required during the fitting process, even when parts theoretically remain horizontal;
your application does not have a horizontal mounting surface;
a tool turret end effector is used.

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Research & Academic Centers

Teach and conduct research with a robot that is easy to use, precise, lightweight, space-saving, noiseless, and cost-effective.