Build a new robotic capability for the lab.

You’ll have access to robotic arms, cameras, labware, 3D printers, sensors, and the Zeon simulation and control environment.

Projects should focus on difficult physical tasks, better ways to manipulate lab objects, or systems that verify whether an action actually worked.

Hardware Available

Robotic Arms

• YAM Arms - https://github.com/i2rt-robotics/i2rt
• OpenArms - https://github.com/enactic/openarm
• Piper Arms - https://github.com/agilexrobotics/piper_sdk
• UFactory xArm Lite 6 - https://github.com/xarm-developer/xarm-python-sdk

3D Printers

• Bambu Labs H2D, X1C,

Challenge directions

Manipulation

Open and close containers

Teach the robot to handle containers that require more than a basic pick-and-place, such as screw-cap tubes, cryovials, bottles, hinged boxes, foil seals, or flexible packaging. The system may also verify that the container was fully opened or closed.

Handle tubes

Build a system that can pick, identify, reorient, sort, or transfer tubes across different racks and sizes. Projects could also address dense racks, tilted tubes, empty positions, or recovery after a failed pickup.

Build a new robotic tool

Design an end-effector, fixture, or adapter that gives the robot a new capability. Examples include a compliant gripper, cap opener, suction tool, tool changer, alignment fixture, or general-purpose labware tool.

Operate lab equipment