

QBot 2e
High-Performance Autonomous Ground Robot for Indoor Labs
The Quanser QBot 2e is an innovative open-architecture autonomous ground robot, equipped with built-in sensors, and a vision system. Accompanied by extensive courseware, the QBot 2e is ideally suited for teaching undergraduate and advanced robotics and mechatronics courses, surpassing capabilities of hobby-level robotic platforms. The open-architecture control structure allows users to add other off-the-shelf sensors and customize the QBot 2e for their research needs.
Learn More- Wide range of sensors included (bump sensor, wheel drop sensor, cliff sensor, 3-axis gyroscope, RGBD sensor)
- Customizable with off-the-shelf sensors supported by QUARC, including digital (SPI, UART, I2C) and analog sensors
- Low power on-board computer with Linux operating system for high-level, real-time decision making and task execution
- Mounting holes
- Adjustable camera
- Easy integration of additional elements of the Quanser Autonomous Vehicle Research Studio
- Curriculum with independent exercises for robotics and mechatronics courses included
The courseware laboratory exercises are organized in a set of independent modules, allowing professors to select and adapt them easily for an existing course, or build a new course.
- Differential drive kinematics
- Forward and inverse kinematics
- Dead reckoning and odometric localization
- Path planning and obstacle avoidance
- 2D mapping and occupancy grid map
- Image acquisition, processing and reasoning
- Localization and mapping
- High-level control architecture of mobile robots
- Vision-guided vehicle control
QBot 2e Bundle includes
- QBot 2e ground robot
- QUARC software for MATLAB®/Simulink® – Autonomous License
- Wireless router
For advanced localization requirements, OptiTrack infrared camera systems are available separately.
Product Details
Platform | Kobuki mobile base by Yujin Robot |
Number of wheels | 2 |
QBot 2e diameter | 35 cm |
QBot 2e height (with Kinect mounted) | 27 cm |
Maximum battery life | 3 hours |
Maximum linear speed | 0.7 m/s |
Available payload | app. 4.5 kg |
Sensors included | 3 digital bumper sensors 2 digital wheel drop sensors 3 analog and digital cliff sensors 3-axis gyroscope 2 wheel encoder inputs 2 wheel speed outputs 2 programmable LED outputs 4 digital power enable outputs 2 analog motor current inputs 3 digital buttons 2 overcurrent sensors 1 Z-axis angle measurement (heading) 1 battery voltage sensor 1 Kinect RGBD sensor |
Additional I/O channels available | 28 reconfigurable digital I/O channels 2 PWM output channels 1 SPI bus channel 1 UART serial port (interface 3.3 V serial device) 1 I²C serial bus channel 4 USB 2.0 host ports 1 Gigabit Ethernet 1 5.0 VDC 1 3.3 VDC 1 MIPI CSI camera port 1 MIPI DSI display port for touch screen |
On-board computer | Raspberry Pi with integrated WiFi |
QUARC maximum sample rate | 1,000 Hz |
Camera resolution | 640 x 480 |
Depth sensing | 11 bit |
Depth sensor range | 0.5 m – 6 m |