URI Core Facility Equipment – The Robert Carothers Kingston Library & Learning Commons

The Robert Carothers Kingston Library & Learning Commons https://web.uri.edu/library/contact/carothers-building-directory/ contains several laboratories with sophisticated equipment available for research and teaching needs. Access and training on all laboratory equipment is coordinated by Keith Ranaldi (kranaldi@uri.edu).

The XR/VR lab contains:

  • 4 Vive headsets with Valve Index Controllers
  • 4 Meta Quest 2 headsets
  • 3 Alienware Gaming PCs: Intel Core i9 Processor
    ■ Live Stream on three 90” TVs
  • 2 Pod Cast Quality Microphones w/ USB port access
  • Panasonic piano synthesizer

The MakerSpace contains:

  • 2 Makerbot Replicator + 3d printers
  • 8 Dremel 2d20 3D printers
  • 1 Lulzbot Taz Workhorse 3d printer
  • 2 Form 3 resin printers
  • 2 Form Wash and Form Cure
  • Einscan Pro X2 Plus 3D scanner
  • GCC Spirit LS Laser engraver
  • 2 Brother XM2701 sewing machines
  • 1 Singer Heavy Duty 4423 Sewing machine
  • 1 Singer M3400 Sewing machine
  • 1 Brother PE-770 embroidery machine
  • 1 Brother PE535 embroidery machine
  • 2 LED high output light lamps
  • 1 Light box for product shots
  • 1 Light Pad for design
  • 1 Inventables New X-Carve CNC Machine + software
  • Full Variety of Hand Tools
  • Matte Cutter
  • Heat Press large format, Heat Press small format
  • 4 Cameo, Silhouette Vinyl Cutting Machines
  • 1 Samsung Flip 55” Interactive Digital Flipchart

The Launch Lab contains:

  • 1 Smart TV w/ telecoms capability 100” screen on mobile apparatus
  • 2 Macbook Pro w/ Adobe Suite (Graphic Dx, Video Editing, Wireframing)
  • 3 Dell Inspiron Laptops
  • 1 JBL EON208P *’ Bluetooth Speaker + Stand + Microphone

The Think Lab contains:

  • 1 Smart TV w/ telecoms capability 100” screen on mobile apparatus
  • 16 iPad Pro 12.9 – inch (ability to interconnect)
  • PowerLite L530U Laser Projector (Installed)

The Artificial Intelligence Lab contains:

  • Nvidia DGX-1, a high-performance GPU (graphics processing unit) server
  • 6 Lambda Tensorbooks and one DELL PC, run Ubuntu OS and preinstalled with AI development frameworks, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Caffe, Caffe 2, Keras, CUDA, and cuDNN
    ■ Processor: Intel™ Core® i7-7700HQ; GPUs: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070; Memory: 32 GB DDR4 RAM; Storage: 1 TB NVME SSD
  • 6 Spiderbot: Hiwonder Hexapod Programming Robot for Arduino
  • 6 Programmable Dancing Robots
  • 1 Samsung Flip 55” Interactive Digital Flipchart