Port Elizabeth I Instance

The first CPM Lab instance at Nelson Mandela University

The first CPM Lab instance at Nelson Mandela University is jointly operated by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Mechatronics Engineering. The lab is a AGV research space; multi-agent research is conducted with the CPM platform and the lab is also home to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) South Africa’s AGV platform Voyager for developing outdoor AGV applications.

  • Status: Construction (90% complete as of April 2026)

  • Location: Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

  • Room: E003, E-Block, North Campus, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

  • Established: 2025

  • Closed: N/A

  • Vehicles: 12

  • Area: 4.5m x 4m

  • Positioning System: Basler ace acA2040-90umNIR

  • Central Workstation: Ryzen Threadripper 3970X, 128GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

  • External Computer: N/A

  • Network: ASUS TUF-AX3000 V2