THE BMS LAB PROVIDES RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS AND PARTNERS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH.
The BMS Lab offers a wide range of research equipment, including social robots, extended reality (XR), eye trackers, EEG, sensors, and wearables. Our Canvas page provides tutorials on using the equipment, while the Infohub offers manuals, best practices, and research examples for each equipment category.
You can only reserve equipment with an approval request.
Without a request registration, your order will be declined. Please note that pick-ups and returns can be done every weekday between 09:00 and 10:00 in Langezijds 1501.
Equipment
Social robotics: Furhat Robotics
Interested in studying interactions between humans and robots? At the BMS Lab, you can find the social robots- Furhat and Misty II. With Furhat Robotics, you can study such interactions and adapt the social robots according to your needs: whether you need the social robot to speak a different language, perform specific actions or movements, or have a particular appearance, such as a certain age, gender, or ethnicity.
Extended reality (XR)
The BMS Lab has an extensive catalogue of VR and AR equipment available for lending. Whether you need Meta Quest 3, 2 or Pro for your virtual reality research or the Hololens for augmented reality, you can find them at the BMS Lab. In addition, Virtual Reality may be used with or without the driving simulator, the Virtualiser, or other equipment, both at the lab or outside, depending on your needs.
Eye-tracking
The BMS Lab has acquired several eye trackers that can be used for diverse studies. You may choose between the Tobii Pro Glasses 2 or 3 or the Tobii 4C, depending on your experiment's needs. The Tobii Pro Glasses 2 and 3 have prescription sets and additional accessories.
EEG and fNIRS
Interested in studying brain activity? The BMS Lab can provide you with, amongst others, several EEG caps and sets or the Artinis Brite 24 fNIRS. In addition, you may combine the EEG set with Shimmer sensors to further collect data on skin conductance or heart rate.
Sensors and wearables
Heart rate, blood pressure, PO2, or skin conductance measurements can be collected using diverse sensors or wearables. The BMS Lab can provide you with the Embrace Plus, Libelium MySignals, or several types of fitness trackers such as Garmin. In case you need motion capture technology, you can always make use of the Xsens MNV Biomech with Dongle and the analyser.
