DARC Lab

DARC Lab is a sub-group of the mechanical engineering department at the University of Utah. It was founded in July 2014 by Dr. Kam K. Leang. DARC stands for design, automation, robotics, and control. The DARC lab is a 1200 sq. ft. facility on the main campus of the University of Utah. The lab contains state-of the-art equipment for research on design, modeling, and control of electroactive materials include piezoelectric ceramics, electroactive polymers, shape memory alloys, and a host of other materials that respond to electrical signals. More recently, the DARC lab has been researching and developing unmanned aerial video systems aided by micro- and nano-scale positioning systems (e.g., nanopositioners), scanning probe microscopes, and intelligent and bio-inspired autonomous systems.