Quanser
Markham, Ontario maker of engineering-education hardware founded 1989; builds QUBE-Servo, QArm and QCar platforms used in university control and robotics labs.
Quanser is a Canadian designer of hardware and software platforms for engineering education and research, headquartered in Markham, Ontario. The company was founded in 1989 by Professor Jacob Apkarian to build desktop laboratory equipment for teaching control theory, robotics and mechatronics.
Product lines include the QUBE-Servo 3, a benchtop DC servomotor trainer with an inertia disk and pendulum module for control-systems courses; the QArm, a 4-DOF serial manipulator with a tendon-driven gripper and RGB-D camera, alongside a 6-DOF QArm Research variant; the QBot Platform, a differential-drive mobile robot fitted with LiDAR, an Intel RealSense camera and an NVIDIA GPU; the QDrone 2 quadrotor, built on an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX for vision-based flight and swarm research; and the QCar 2, a scaled autonomous-vehicle platform for self-driving research. Most hardware runs on QUARC, Quanser's real-time control software that compiles Simulink models directly onto the lab equipment, paired with QLabs, a simulation environment mirroring the physical devices for remote instruction.
Quanser reports that more than 560 researchers and over 4,900 academic publications have made use of its lab equipment, with the platforms bundled into offerings such as the Intelligent Automation Lab, Physical AI Lab, Drone Research Lab and Mobile Robotics Lab.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
QUBE-Servo 3
Benchtop DC servomotor trainer for control-systems courses; supports MATLAB/Simulink and Python; includes pendulum and inertia disk modules.
QBot Platform
Differential-drive mobile robot with LiDAR, RealSense camera, NVIDIA GPU, and ROS 2 support for mobile robotics and AI teaching.
QDrone 2
Mid-size research quadrotor with NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX for swarm, AI/ML, and vision-based UAV research and education.
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Contact Quanser
WEBSITE
https://www.quanser.comPHONE
(905) 940-3575HEADQUARTERS
Canada
Company Facts
Founded
1989
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
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Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
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Funding Total
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