The Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) is located in the innovative and pedestrian-friendly Technology Square district of Georgia Tech and is home to the College's School of Interactive Computing, 2 Research Centers (GVU and RIM). TSRB also houses state of the art Conference Facilities that accommodate several of the College's special events, lectures and meetings.
The GVU Center is located in the TSRB Building and houses a variety of research labs in a multi-facility collection of workplaces. Total GVU lab space comprises more than 8000 square feet. In addition, affiliated laboratories are operated by non-CoC GVU members in the College of Architecture; the School of Literature, Culture, and Communication; the School of Psychology; and the Interactive Media and Technology Center. GVU facilities utilize state-of-the-art high-performance servers and graphics workstations from major manufacturers such as Dell, HP, Apple and Sun. GVU is also a partner in the Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI). A partial list of specialized GVU computing and graphics equipment includes:
- Aware Home: a 3-story, 5040 sq. ft. house, home and living laboratory for interdisciplinary research in design and social questions.
- Wilks Cluster: a 10-node Dell PowerEdge 1855 Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon EMT64 processors.
- A High-Definition (HDTV) Video Conferencing System (Liveworks) networked with vital research partners such as MIT Media Lab, CMU, Stanford and more.
- A Polycomm FX Video Conferencing System
- A Video Webcasting AV Cart with High-Definition (HD) capture capability
- 12 Camera IR Motion Capture System (Vicom)
- A 3D Printer (Dimension SST 768)
- A Laser Cutter/Etcher (Epilog)
- 2 Poster Printers (HP DesignJet 800)
- Several Polhemus, Ascension, and Intersense tracking systems and head-mounted displays
- FakeSpace Virtual Workbench
- Several Smartboards
- A Segway Human Transporter
The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM) is located in the TSRB Building and houses a variety of research labs in a multi-facility collection of workplaces. In addition, affiliated laboratories are operated by non-CoC RIM members in the College of Architecture, Schools of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, department of Biomedical Engineering and the Georgia Tech Research Institute. A partial list of specialized RIM and robotics equipment includes:
- 1 Porsche Cayenne outfitted for entry into the DARPA Urban Grand Challenge
- 1 Actuated AM General Hummer (w/DGPS)
- Robots:
- Several Kuka robotic arms
- 16 Sony AIBO legged robots
- 2 iRobot ATRV minis, 1 IS Robotics Pebbles III robots
- 4 Pioneer 2-DXE, 3 Pioneer AT robots
- 1 Evolution Scorpion, 1 Evolution ER1, 1 Segway, 1 Denning DRV-I robot
- 3 RWI ATRV-Jr, 5 ActivMedia Amigobots, 1 Nomad 200, 5 Nomad 150, 1 Hermes II Hexipod, 3 Blizzard robots several SICK scanners, various lasers, vision/motion systems, cameras, and associated equipment.
- Thunderbird Cluster: a 17-node Sun Linux cluster with dual Pentium3 processors.
- Fabrication Shop: a lab with band saws, drill presses, lathes, presses, grinders, etc.
- Electronics Shop: a lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, programmable power supplies, soldering equipment, etc.
