Facilities & Equipment

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Lab Facilities

The Human-Oriented Robotics and Control (HORC) Lab is housed in Spencer Lab (SPL) 206, a 1,200 sq. ft facility on the UD main campus in Newark, DE. The lab also utilizes specialized research space in the Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus at UD—a state-of-the-art facility integrating engineering with health sciences.

Research Equipment & Testbeds

Variable Stiffness Treadmill 1
STAR Campus Rehabilitation Robotics

Variable Stiffness Treadmill (VST)

First-generation custom split-belt variable stiffness treadmill system designed for investigating gait perturbation, sensory perturbation, and leg-coordination dynamics.

Variable Stiffness Treadmill 2
STAR Campus Rehabilitation Robotics

Variable Stiffness Treadmill 2 (VST 2)

Advanced, second-generation instrumented VST system featuring active stiffness control per belt for motor rehabilitation research.

Digit Humanoid Robot
Humanoid Robotics

Digit Humanoid Robot

Bipedal humanoid robot utilized for human-robot physical collaboration, safe interaction dynamics, and locomotion control.

Bimanual Robotic Arms
Manipulation

Bimanual Robotic Arm System

Dual robotic manipulator platform used in research on bimanual cooperative task execution and teleoperated human-robot interaction.

Redundant Robotic Arms
Manipulation

Redundant Robotic Manipulators

High-degree-of-freedom robotic arms dedicated to studying intuitive neural control, impedance control, and physical safety.

Multi-agent Ground Robots
Swarm Robotics

Multi-Agent Ground Robotic Fleet

Mobile ground platforms designed for investigating brain-machine interfaces (BMI), brain-computer control, and human-swarm trust.

Aerial Drones
Swarm Robotics

Aerial Robotic Systems (Drones)

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used for research into multi-robot coordination, heterogeneous swarms, and mid-flight coupling.

Unitree Go1 EDU Quadruped
Legged Locomotion

Quadruped Robot (Unitree Go1 EDU)

Four-legged robotic platform used for studying legged loco-manipulation control on highly compliant and unpredictable terrains.

See Our Equipment in Action

Watch experimental demos, research highlights, and robot testbed experiments on our official YouTube channel.

Visit HORC Lab YouTube Channel