605H, Department of Design, IIT Kanpur

Our Lab Spaces

HIVE Lab is equipped with state-of-the-art hardware, sensors, and software across four dedicated spaces — an HCI & XR research lab, a mechatronics workbench, a professional sound design studio, and an immersive arts installation space.

HCI & XR Research Lab

Primary research space · 605H, Dept. of Design
XR Headsets
  • Apple Vision Pro
  • Meta Quest Pro
  • Meta Quest 3
Cameras
  • Insta 360 X5
  • Canon EOS R50
  • Digitek Tripods
Eye Trackers & EEG
  • Tobii Pro Glasses 3
  • Tobii Eye Tracker 5
  • EMOTIV EPOC X (EEG)
  • Emotiv MN8 (EEG)
Workstations & Laptops
  • Gaming PC — RTX 4070Ti, i7-13th, 32GB
  • Gaming PC — RTX 4070 Ti Super (16GB), i9-14th, 32GB
  • ASUS ROG STRIX G16 — RTX 4070
  • MacBook Pro 16 — M3 Max, 36GB
  • MacBook Air 13 — M3, 24GB
  • NAS Asustor — 20TB
Body Tracking
  • Microsoft Azure Kinect DK
  • Kinect V2
  • Leap Motion
Computer Vision & Depth
  • OAK-D Depth Cameras
  • Intel RealSense D435
  • LIDAR sensor
  • Waveshare IMX219-77IR Camera
Displays & Projection
  • SONY 4K 55" & 65" displays
  • LG 4K 27" monitors
  • LG QHD 24" monitors
  • Holographic LED Fan Display
  • BenQ Full HD Projectors
  • ANT Esport View 521 Projector
  • MS Surface Pro 9 · Apple iPad Pro
Single-Board Computers
  • reComputer Jetson-20 (Xavier NX)
  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano & Nano
  • Raspberry Pi 4B
  • Arduino · Seeeduino
Simulation & Prototyping
  • Logitech Driving Simulator
  • Bambu Lab P1S 3D Printer
  • Creality Ender 5 Plus 3D Printer
  • MS Surface Pro 9 tablet
  • Apple iPad Pro tablet

Robotics & HRI

Mobile robots, arms, drones & human-robot interaction
Mobile Robots
  • TurtleBot4 Mobile Robot (Standard)
  • TurtleBot3
  • Tortoise Bot
  • Micro:Maqueen Lite (micro:bit)
Robotic Arms
  • DOBOT Magician
  • ReactorX 200 Robot Arm
Aerial Robots
  • 5× Crazyflie Mini Drones
HRI Software
  • ROS / ROS2
  • Gazebo simulator
  • Python & C++ control stacks

Mechatronics Workbench

Electronics design, PCB fabrication & hardware prototyping
Test & Measurement
  • Regulated Power Supplies (RPS)
  • Oscilloscopes
  • Function Generators
  • Digital Multimeters
Fabrication & Assembly
  • PCB printing and etching setup
  • Soldering station
  • Cordless drill & disk cutter
  • Full toolkit set
Components & Modules
  • Discrete and integrated components
  • Sensor modules (IMU, IR, ultrasonic)
  • Motors, gears, drive mechanisms
  • Single-board computers (Arduino, RPi)
Design Workstations
  • Licensed CAD / EDA software
  • KiCad, Altium (PCB design)
  • SolidWorks, Fusion 360 (mechanical)
  • Creality Ender 5 Plus 3D Printer

Sound Design Studio

Music production, NIME research & audio engineering
Workstation & DAW
  • Mac Studio — M2 Max, 32GB, 512GB + 2TB SSD
  • Logic Pro X
  • Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 3rd Gen
VST & Plugins
  • Native Instruments KOMPLETE 14
  • Omnisphere · Serum · Autotune
  • EWQL Symphony Orchestra
  • Spitfire Audio
Recording & Monitoring
  • Audio-Technica AT2020 condenser mic
  • Audio-Technica M50X headphones
  • Yamaha HS7 studio monitors
  • Yamaha HS5 studio monitors (×4 — quadraphonic)
  • Zoom H4n Pro multitrack recorder
  • Digital mixer
MIDI & Controllers
  • Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 mk3
  • Swarings — ring-based MIDI controller
  • Music Glove — wearable tabla interface
  • GraviTone — gravity-well interface
Quadraphonic Spatial Audio
  • Yamaha HS5 powered studio monitors ×4
  • Quad layout: Front-L · Front-R · Rear-L · Rear-R
  • Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 — 4 independent output channels
  • Logic Pro X — Spatial Audio & Atmos mixing
  • Max/MSP — real-time spatial panning & OSC routing
  • Used for: NIME research, immersive installations, DES 648
FL FR RL RR Audience Quadraphonic Layout — Yamaha HS5 ×4

Immersive Arts Space

Interactive installations, new media & live performance
Motion Capture
  • OptiTrack Prime 13 — 8-camera system
  • Microsoft Azure Kinect DK
  • Kinect V2
  • Leap Motion
Cameras
  • Insta 360 X5
  • Canon EOS R50
  • Digitek Tripods
XR & Display
  • Apple Vision Pro
  • Meta Quest Pro & Meta Quest 3
  • BenQ Full HD projectors
  • ANT Esport View 521 Projector
  • Large-format SONY 4K displays
Compute & Software
  • Gaming PC — RTX 4080, i9-14th Gen, 32GB
  • TouchDesigner (generative media)
  • Unity3D / Unreal Engine
  • AI diffusion models
Audio & Spatial Sound
  • Multi-channel sound system
  • Spatial audio setup for installations
  • Wireless microphone systems
Software & Tools
Interaction & Media
TouchDesigner Processing Max/MSP Plugdata Pure Data SuperCollider
XR & 3D
Unity3D Unreal Engine Blender 3D Gaussian Splatting Motive (OptiTrack)
AI & Vision
Python PyTorch OpenCV MediaPipe Stable Diffusion
Design & Engineering
SolidWorks Fusion 360 KiCad ROS Logic Pro X