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Facilities

RoMeLa

RoMeLa is a state-of-the-art robotics research facility for graduate and undergraduate research and education with an emphasis on studying robotics. It is located on the 3rd floor of UCLA Engineering IV building.

 

This laboratory has an office space area with desks and workstations, a conference area and modular furniture, an infrastructure for teleconference, and a kitchenette. It sports the iconic white wall with grids on 2 walls for recording and measuring the motion of robots. Modular lighting system with dimmers also exists for controlling the lighting condition for robot vision systems.

Advanced Manufacturing Equipment

 

  • Wire EDM (electrical discharge machining): AgieCharmilles Cut 200 SP

    • Position accuracy up to ±3µm (±0.00012”)
    • X, Y, Z travel: 350x220x220mm (13.77”x8.66”x8.66”)
    • Max taper: ±30°
    • Standard 0.25mm (0.010”) wire AC Brass 900

  • 5-Axis CNC Milling Machine: DMG MORI DMU50

    • 14000RPM spindle 14kW (19hp)
    • X, Y, Z-axis travel: 500x450x400mm (19.7”x17.7”x15.7”) | 24,000mm/min (944.9ipm)
    • B, C-axis travel: -5° to +110°, 360° | 20RPM
    • Full 5-axis simultaneous with Siemens 840D sl control
    • Renishaw probe | 30-slot tool changer | through-spindle coolant | chip conveyor | mist collector
    • OPEN MIND hyperMILL CAM solutions

  • CNC Turning Center: DMG MORI EcoTurn 450

    • Main spindle: 12.5kW | 280Nm | 4000RPM
    • Max turning diameter: ø400mm (ø65mm bar capacity) | 10” hydraulic chuck
    • longitudinal travel (Z): 600mm | 30m/min
    • 12 station turret with 5.8kW 4000RPM driven tool
    • MITSUBISHI MAPPS IV controller
    • Hydraulic tailstock | tool measurement device | chip conveyor

Mechanical Equipment

 

  • CNC Milling Machine: Tormach PCNC 1100 Series 3

    • 2-speed spindle: 5100RPM 1.5hp
    • X, Y, Z-axis travel: 18”x9.5”x16.5” | 110IPM(X, Y) 90IPM(Z)
    • TTS tooling system with ATC & Electronic tool setter
    • Haimer 3D sensor & Haimer CENTRO centering device
    • Flood coolant (BLASOCUT BC 20 SW) full machine enclosure

  • Manual Bench Lathe: LittleMachineShop HiTorque 8.5×20

    • 2000RPM spindle 1kW
    • Max work envelope: 8.5”x20” | 0.8” through-bore
    • Digital read-out & power feed

  • Vertical Band Saw: Jet VBS-18MW

    • 3/4″ wide blade, 137″ long, 10-14 teeth per inch
    • Blade speeds: 80, 150, 265, 1000, 1800, 3200 SFPM

  • Horizontal Band Saw: Ellis Model 1800

    • 1″ wide blade, 132″ long, 5-8 teeth per inch
    • Blade speeds: 55, 115, 230 SFPM

  • Drill Press

  • 6” Bench Grinder with Dust Collection

  • 2” Wide Belt Sander

Prototyping Equipment

 

  • FDM 3D Printer: Stratasys Dimension Elite

    • Build volume: 8”x8”x12”
    • Layer thickness: 0.007” or 0.010”
    • ABS Plus material with soluble support

  • SLA 3D Printer: Formlabs Form 2

    • Build volume: 5.7”x5.7”x6.9”
    • Layer thickness: 0.001”-0.012”
    • Materials: Grey Pro, Tough, Durable, Rigid…
    • Automated washing and curing station

  • Laser Cutter: Full Spectrum Laser H-Series 20×12

    • 45W CO2 laser
    • Fume extraction and filtering system

  • Vacuum Forming Machine: Formech Newform 16:16

    • Forming area: 14.5”x14.5”x6” (16”x16” Sheet)

Electronics Equipment

 

  • Motion Capture System: VICON

    • VICON Vero v2.2 x6
    • Max frame rate: 330Hz @ 2.2MP

  • Oscilloscope: Tektronix DPO 2014B

    • 4 Channels 100MHz bandwidth 1GS/s
    • Digital bus decoding
    • HVP70 70MHz high-voltage differential probe

Computer Equipment

 

  • x2 CAD/CAM workstation

    • Intel Core i7 5820K @ 3.30 GHz
    • 16GB RAM
    • Quadro K4200

  • x1 Simulation Workstation

    • Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.0 GHz
    • 16GB RAM
    • GeForce GTX960

  • Western Digital MyCloud EX2 3TB (RAID0)