RoME Lab (Robotics & Medical Engineering) (CDM-005)
Summary 🟡 ~
- Owner Unit: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
- Sub-unit: School of Computing
- Content Type: center
- Campus/Location: Loop
- Last Verified: May 30, 2026
Description & capabilities
Robotics research lab focused on soft robotics and medical/disaster applications with robotics instrumentation.
Access status
- Level: yellow (
Negotiated Access) - Rationale: RoME Lab site documents research focus but not public access policies; robotics equipment use is expected through lab affiliation and faculty coordination.
- Access URL: rome.cdm.depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-05-30
- Source URLs:
- rome.cdm.depaul.edu
Verification
- Status: likely (
~) - Confidence: 80/100
- Rationale: RoME Lab maintains an active lab website (rome.cdm.depaul.edu) linked from CDM research ecosystem; no retirement or closure noted.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- Active RoME Lab website URL
- Cross-references to RAL and CyberLabs robotics infrastructure on map (May 2026)
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search (e.g. “3D printers”, “laser cutter”, “NMR”).
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Robotic arms | AUBO i5 collaborative robot arm |
| 3D printers | Formlabs Form 2 (SLA); LulzBot Mini (FDM); Prusa i3 MK2S (FDM) |
| Motion capture and tracking | Vicon motion-capture cameras; Polhemus wireless magnetic tracking system |
| VR, AR, and XR | HTC Vive AR/VR system |
| Electronics benches and prototyping | ATI force/torque sensors; Pneumatic regulators and soft-robotics actuation testbeds |
Source: RoME Lab and CDM resource map (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- Isuru Godage (Director) — igodage@depaul.edu · Profile
- Iyad Kanj (Affiliated faculty) — Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Aligns with RAL and safety-focused CPS work.
Linked Relationship IDs
Related courses (documented)
CSC 528
- Catalog course page: CUR-237
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: Catalog mentions 'tracking' (equipment category: Motion capture and tracking).
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/csc
Notes
Lab profile.