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At the heart of all Quanser systems lies QUARC, the powerful control software developed by our engineers. Professors and students value it because it allows them to focus on key control concepts rather than tedious coding. Researchers appreciate how QUARC helps them speed up their research. In this issue of our newsletter you can learn more about the new features of the soon-to-be-released version QUARC 2.2. Plus, we share with you stories from teaching and research labs that are benefitting from using QUARC:
At the University of Central Florida's Assistive Robotics Lab QUARC helped solve the challenge of incompatible programming languages.
In the research project supported by the Canadian Research and Technology Initiative, QUARC plays a crucial role in developing an immersive haptic tele-robotic system for disposal of improvised explosive devices.
The same software used in cutting-edge research projects also serves students in the control lab. Those who participated in a skill-enhancing pilot program developed by Quanser and the New York Institute of Technology learned even more. Find out how the project helped them with skills required of global engineers. Quanser has many tools for education and research in control, robotics and mechatronics. Drop us a line to discuss how we can help you achieve your teaching and research goals in the academic year 2011-2012 - and beyond. |
 Focus on Teaching
Helping Grow Global Engineers |
 To become successful, engineering graduates have to master their field, but also learn how to work in multi-disciplinary teams regardless of time zones and cultures. To help educators meet this challenge, Quanser partnered with the New York Institute of Technology. Together we developed a pilot program that goes beyond teaching modeling, programming, control and mechanical design. To complete the project, students have to enhance their teamwork and communication skills too.
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Focused on QUARC:
QUARC 2.2: 64-bit Platform Support |
 In the August eNEWS we introduced the new version of Quanser's control design software QUARC 2.2. Along with the significant reduction of model build time, the new software version also supports the 64-bit platform for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system. This new feature will give you an improved system performance, as well as an enhanced user experience.
Learn more about QUARC 2.2 for the 64-bit platform.
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Focused on Research
Smart Robots Reduce Human Risk |
 The Collaborative Research and Technology Iniciative (CRTI) is a Canadian governmental program supporting research related to public safety and security. Thanks to Quanser experience in robotics and haptics, CRTI selected our team to collaborate on the project of immersive haptic tele-robotic system for a disposal of improvised explosive devices. Using QUARC rapid prototyping software, our engineers could implement open architecture control and visualization of the JACO robot arm and use the robot in a teleoperation setup to test and implement various controllers. |
| In Your Own Words |
 "We have been using Quanser's QUARC software to do real-time robot control. QUARC enables fast and easy prototyping of control algorithms with hardware in the loop and has been an invaluable tool for algorithm development, simulation and verification."
Paul Bosscher, Harris Corporation, USA
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Tell us what you are working on in your lab. We'll publish stories, photos or videos on our blog. Simply email editor@quanser.com |
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Making C/C++ and MATLAB Talk
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The research of Dr. Aman Behal at the Assistive Robotics Lab at the University of Central Florida accelerated once he discovered that QUARC rapid prototyping software can easily make two incompatible programming languages talk to each other.
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Teach Control with the Help of Virtual Experiments |
Control Systems Engineering by Norman S. Nise is the most widely adopted textbook for core control courses. The sixth edition offers a dynamic new feature: the text is supported by 10 virtual experiments from Quanser, which are powered by LabVIEW.
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