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Due to its small size and low cost, the iRobot Create is popular in the robotic research community. In particular, research projects in the area of multi-robot networks favors the Create robot. Examples:
- Autonomy Laboratory, Simon Fraser University (R. Vaughan) -emergent object clustering behavior. Website
- Human-Automation Systems Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology - Persistent Formation Control for Multi-Robot Networks.
- The iRobot Create was given out in parts kits for the International Botball Competition between 2007 and 2009
- The iRobot Create is used as the main platform for the Autonomous Robotics course at Brown University.
- The iRobot Create and a simulator developed in MATLAB are used in the Autonomous Mobile Robots course at Cornell University. Website
- LAIRS Laboratory, University at Buffalo (Dick Leebo) -Attitude and Angular Velocity Estimation Research.
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