The 4th meeting Robotics club was held on October 29, 2009. It was held in BE ETC classroom at 5.00 pm. The topic of discussion this time was Embedded Programming.
The 3rd meeting of Robotics Club was held on 19th October 2009 at 5.00 pm. The meeting was held in the Computer Lab of ETC dept. The topics for discussion were Microprocessors and Microcontrollers.
The Robotics club had a second meeting on September 14, 2009. It was held in Computer Lab in ETC Department at 5.00 pm. The topic of discussion this time was basics of programming and difference between Computer Programming and Embedded Programming.
RoboLiga is a brand new robotics competition conceptualized by ThinkLABS. RoboLiga is going to be India's biggest robotics and embedded systems competition.
At Stake
- Internship opportunities at leading organizations
- Training Vouchers and robotic kits worth INR 9 lacs
- Cash Prizes worth INR 2 lacs
About Roboliga'10
RoboLiga in its very first edition is going to be huge and grand covering over 600 engineering colleges across India. It is expected to attract more than 2000 participants from different parts of the country.RoboLiga'10 is a 2-tier event. The competition has 15 regional rounds and one finals in Mumbai. The regional rounds would take place at different locations including NIT's and other prominent engineering colleges. The locations are chosen evenly such that students from different locale can participate with ease.
The top 3 teams from each regional round would qualify for the Finals in Mumbai.
To groom the students with the basics of robotics and embedded systems ThinkLABS plans to conduct 100 workshops across the country. The workshops not only will give them an edge over solving the problem statements but also help them realize the importance of robotics and embedded systems in present industrial world.
Regional Level Problem Statement
Objective: The goal of the line maze is for a robot to traverse from the start point to the end circle in the shortest amount of time. Each robot will be given 10 minutes in which they can start the attempt maximum 3 times and the best time of a single run is used to determine the results. Robots that can learn the maze on one run, and use that information to create an optimized path for additional runs, will achieve better times rather than robots running random searches each run.
For more information.... check
Regional Rounds
Regional Round Maharashtra
IIT Bombay
Registration to be starting soon
IIT Bombay
Registration to be starting soon
ROBOCON INDIA : http://www.roboconindia.com/
This is one of the biggest robotics event held in India and Asia Pacific. Teams from all over Asia Pacific compete in Robocon and display their skills in the field of robotics.
TECHFEST : http://www.techfest.org/
One of the largest technical event of India. It is organised by IIT Bombay every year, somewhere in the month of January. This event has the maximum number of student participation.
ENGINEER : http://engineer.org.in/
This is a technical event organised by NITK surathkal. 'Automata', one of the most famous event in India, is held at Engineer.
QUARK : http://www.bits-quark.org/
Quark is organised by BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus. It is one of the biggest technical event that happens in Goa. Many robotics related competitions are organised here.
PRAGYAN : http://pragyan.org/
This technical event is organised by NIT Trichy.
TECHNOSANGRAM :
TechnoSangram is a technical event of ETC dept, Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi. This is a very huge event. Many robotics related competitions organised here. Also students can take part in Project Presentation where they can display their skills in the field of robotics.
Apart from these, many other robotics related competitions are held in India. The Robotics Club team will keep you guyz updated with different technical events happening in India.
Online Resources :
There are many online robotics communities which budding engineers and robotics enthusiasts can join for free. These communities provide loads of information and also regarding the latest trends in the field of robotics. They also provide information about availability of different robotics components and kits.
To list a few :
http://www.roboticsindia.com/
http://robita.iiita.ac.in/history.htm/
http://hobbyprojects.com/
http://electrons.psychogenic.com/
http://www.epanorama.net/
http://www.avrfreaks.net/
http://www.scienceprog.com/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
http://piclist.com/techref/piclist/index.htm
http://www.societyofrobots.com/
http://robojrr.tripod.com/international.htm
http://www.robokits.co.in/
http://www.thinklabs.in/
http://www.nex-robotics.com/
http://www.robosoftsystems.co.in/
http://www.jrt.in/
There are many online robotics communities which budding engineers and robotics enthusiasts can join for free. These communities provide loads of information and also regarding the latest trends in the field of robotics. They also provide information about availability of different robotics components and kits.
To list a few :
http://www.roboticsindia.com/
http://robita.iiita.ac.in/history.htm/
http://hobbyprojects.com/
http://electrons.psychogenic.com/
http://www.epanorama.net/
http://www.avrfreaks.net/
http://www.scienceprog.com/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
http://piclist.com/techref/piclist/index.htm
http://www.societyofrobots.com/
http://robojrr.tripod.com/international.htm
http://www.robokits.co.in/
http://www.thinklabs.in/
http://www.nex-robotics.com/
http://www.robosoftsystems.co.in/
http://www.jrt.in/
The 1st Robotics Club meeting was held on September 4th, 2009. The meeting was met with a very good response of robotics enthusiasts. The meeting was also attended by our senior faculty members, who guided us with their precious ideas.
Finally the meeting concluded with the members discussing about the action plan of the robotics club for this term.
What are "Robots"?
Probably the most fundamental question ever asked by any individual who have known something about Robotics. Now lets analyze what Robots exactly are.......
If you think robots are mainly the stuff of space movies, think again. Right now, all over the world, robots are on the move. They’re painting cars at Ford plants, assembling Milano cookies for Pepperidge Farms, walking into live volcanoes, driving trains in Paris, and defusing bombs in Northern Ireland. As they grow tougher, nimbler, and smarter, today’s robots are doing more and more things we can’t –or don’t want to–do.According to Wikipedia..... "A robot is a virtual or mechanical artificial agent. In practice, it is usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer or electronic programming, and is thus able to do tasks on its own. Another common characteristic is that by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own."
What many robots have in common is that they perform tasks that are too dull, dirty, delicate or dangerous for people. Usually, we also expect them to be autonomous, that is, to work using their own sensors and intelligence, without the constant need for a human to control them. Looked at this way, a radio controlled aero plane is not a robot, nor are the radio controlled combat robots that appear on television. However, there is no clear dividing line between fully autonomous robots and human-controlled machines. For example, the robots that perform space missions on planets like Mars may get instructions from humans on Earth, but since it can take about ten minutes for messages to get back and forth, the robot has to be autonomous during that time.
For more information visit the resources below :
http://www.thetech.org/robotics/universal/index.html
http://robotics.megagiant.com/history.html
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jaeger/visualMedia/robotHistory.html
http://robotics.megagiant.com/history.html
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jaeger/visualMedia/robotHistory.html
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