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NI LabVIEW Robotics Product Offering

LabVIEW graphical software offers several options for designing robotic applications, from designing autonomous vehicles to fixed-base industrial robotic control. Select the tab that corresponds with your needs to see information on product bundles that can help you with your application.

NI offers a host of solutions to help bring your industrial robotics applications to life. Explore the family of LabVIEW products created specifically so you can realize your autonomous designs.

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LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit

  • Robot based on
    NI Single-Board RIO
  • 180-day evaluation of LabVIEW Robotics, LabVIEW Real-Time, and LabVIEW FPGA module software
  • Ultrasonic sensor, encoders, motors, battery, and charger included

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LabVIEW Robotics Module

  • Ability to connect to robot sensors and actuators
  • Obstacle avoidance, mapping, and path planning
  • Inverse kinematics, JAUS, and simulation capabilities

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LabVIEW Robotics Software Bundle

  • Complete software for designing autonomous mobile systems
  • LabVIEW Robotics Module plus, Real-time, FPGA, Vision, SoftMotion, and Control Design and Simulation modules

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LabVIEW Robotics Software and NI RIO Hardware Bundle for Autonomous System Design

  • High-performance embedded
    robotic controller
  • Complete software for robotics system design
  • Real-time, FPGA, vision, motion, and simulation software and more

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The LabVIEW graphical programming environment provides a comprehensive software continuum flexible enough to power advanced research as well as provide a hands-on approach to robotics education.

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LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit

  • Controller based on
    NI Single-Board RIO
  • 180-day evaluation of LabVIEW Robotics, LabVIEW Real-Time, and LabVIEW FPGA module software
  • Ultrasonic sensor, encoders, motors, battery, and charger included

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LabVIEW for NXT

  • Considerable improvement in features and usability over past versions
  • Full access to LabVIEW
    debugging tools
  • Support for all LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0 sensors

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For fixed-based robotics, such as those used on assembly lines and industrial applications, LabVIEW offers a selection of tools specifically designed for these areas.

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ImagingLab LabVIEW Toolkit for Denso Robots

  • Build complete industrial robotics systems from LabVIEW
  • Directly control movements and motion of Denso robots
  • Integrate measurements and vision into robotics systems

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Vision-guided Robotics Bundle

  • Build complete vision-guided robotics systems directly
    from LabVIEW
  • Calibrate the imaging system for perspective and nonlinear distortion
  • Locate parts with NI pattern matching tools

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Robotics Features and Functions

The LabVIEW graphical programming environment simplifies programming complex robotics applications by providing a high level of abstraction, the ability to import code from other languages – including C and HDL – and communication with a wide variety of sensors so you can focus on adding your own algorithms and intelligence.

LabVIEW Graphical and Textual Programming

LabVIEW Robotics software is based on more than 20 years of LabVIEW development. So, what
is LabVIEW?

Specific Algorithms for LabVIEW Robotics

Learn more about algorithms available from path planning to obstacle avoidance.

LabVIEW Library for Denso Robotics

View all of the functions and capabilities to control custom Denso robot functions.

NI RIO Hardware for Robot Control

NI offers several different form factors for real-time, embedded, and FPGA hardware ideal for
robot controllers.