Robotics

Robots mean many things to many people, and National Instruments offers intuitive and productive design tools for everything from designing autonomous vehicles to teaching robotics design principals. The NI LabVIEW graphical programming language makes it
easy to program complex robotics applications by providing a high level of abstraction for sensor communication, obstacle avoidance, path planning, kinematics, steering, and more.

Featured Robotics Applications

Autonomous Vehicles

Explore the NI development platform for designing your next robotic system, from autonomous vehicles to mobile systems.

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Research and Teaching

See how students and engineers are driving the future of robotics, from high schools to research labs.

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Robot Arms

Learn how to integrate measurements and vision with fixed-based industrial robots using NI LabVIEW.

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Introducing LabVIEW Robotics

Explore Product Offerings
Find information on purchasing NI LabVIEW Robotics.

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Getting Started Video
Preview the LabVIEW Robotics graphical programming environment.

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Robotics Resources

Robotics Resource Kit
Explore a collection of robotics resources that feature NI hardware
and software.

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Introduction to NI LabVIEW Robotics
See how NI tools help roboticists design, prototype, and deploy robotic architectures.

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Robotics Community
Discuss robotics applications with
other users, share code, and learn
best practices.

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