EPSRC Core Equipment Call 2022 - Cranfield University

该补助金中要求的设备将提供增强的支撑能力，这将支持克兰菲尔德及其他地区一系列研究领域的研究人员。我们要求：1。气体浓度分析仪这种气体分析仪将提供便携式，同时，精确测量二氧化碳，甲烷，一氧化二氮，氨和水的气体浓度在百万分之一至十亿分之一的灵敏度。它被设计用于检测快速的系统响应和跨一系列系统的排放的连续测量。它将补充我们现有的仪器能力，包括用于气体采样和通量测量的自动化多路复用腔室。对这些气体通量的实时分析将大大提高我们测量痕量温室气体排放和量化一系列工程和自然系统过程的能力。2.协作机器人环境的升级：-两个机器人机械手和安装硬件-自动移动的机器人-计算机控制硬件这些设备将用于更新和更新机器人与装配中心的协作机器人研究基础设施。该中心的愿景是，我们必须消除人与自动化之间的障碍，并将其无缝集成，以创造下一代制造业，最大限度地发挥机器人与人之间的相互作用。这些设备将作为一个集成的“细胞”的一部分一起工作，在那里可以研究人类与机器人的互动。此次升级不仅将提供更多最新的硬件，还将大大增强克兰菲尔德的能力，建立在我们在理解人机协作对人类影响方面的领先地位之上。

The equipment requested in this grant will provide enhanced underpinning capabilities which will support researchers in a range of research areas across Cranfield and beyond. We are requesting: 1. Gas concentration analyser This gas analyser will provide portable, simultaneous, precise measurements of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ammonia, and water gas concentrations at parts-per-million to parts-per-billion sensitivities. It is designed for detecting rapid system responses and continuous measurements of emissions across a range of systems. It will complement our existing instrument capabilities, including automated, multiplexed chambers for gas sampling and flux measurements. Real-time analysis of the fluxes of these gases would greatly enhance our ability to undertake measurements of trace greenhouse gas emissions and quantify processes across a range of engineered and natural systems. 2. Upgrade of collaborative robotic environment: -Two robotic manipulators and mounting hardware -Automated mobile robot -Computer control hardware These pieces of equipment will be used to renew and update the collaborative robotics research infrastructure in the Centre for Robotics and Assembly. The vision of the Centre is that we must remove barriers between people and automation and seamlessly integrate them to create a next generation of manufacturing that maximises the interplay between robots and people. The equipment items will work together as part of an integrated 'cell', where the interaction of humans with robots can be studied. The upgrade will not only provide much more up-to-date hardware but will also significantly enhance capability at Cranfield, building on our leading position in understanding the impact of human-robot collaboration on the human.