ROBOTICS WORKSHOP.....!!!!!

This workshop intends to teach you the basics of Robot building. At the end of the workshop you will be able to build your own Robot. The salient features of the Workshop are:

• The workshop is specially designed keeping in mind your inexperience in Robot Building.
• The primary focus of the robot will be on the practical aspects of Robot Building. However all the necessary theory will be also covered.
• The most important part of this workshop is the Hands on Session where you will be working on the actual Robots. This is extremely important in understanding the proper application of knowledge.
• We will be primarily working to create a Line Follower however basics of other types of Robots will be also included.
• Problem statements of various competitions expected in the coming year will be also discussed.

 The workshop will cover following aspects of robotics:

• Circuit designing of a robot.
• Chassis building and other basic mechanical aspects of robotics.
• Wireless communication
• Software Programming.

As a part of the workshop you will be given to take home following material and software.

•  Handouts containing all the basics of robotics.
• Set of basic software required for Robot Development.

As a prerequisite, the participants are required to have knowledge of basics of C Programming covered in 1^st year of engineering. It would be great if you could revise it before coming to the workshop.

Reference Book: Let Us C by Yeshwant Kanetkar.

As a pre-workshop exercise you are requested to answer the following question and mail to us on roboticsgec@gmail.com on or before 28th January 2009. 

1) Define Robot.

2) What are basic components of a robot?

3) Write an algorithm for a line follower.

These questions are just to make your mind to start thinking in the direction of robotics. Please do not refer to any other external source while answering them. There is absolutely no problem if you are not able to answerer any of these questions. All this will be discussed during the workshop. However do give your best try.

*There are no marks for these questions so no point in copying. J

About speakers:

S. Venkatesh

Currently working with Godrej, Cartini - India.

Developed a  micro mouse as a final year project. Has participated in many state and national level competitions, like Engineer (NITK Surathkal).

Specialization: Hardware designing.

Abhijit M.

Has developed a mimicking and wirelessly communicating robot and has participated in competitions like Engineer (NITK Surathkal), Techfest – Nexus (IIT Bombay).

Specialization: Writing robot software, networking and wireless communication.

Nikhil K.

Experience in robotics: Participated in Techfest – Nexus (IIT Bombay).

Specialization: Hardware designing, mechanics and dynamics of the robot, structural designing.

Noah S.

Experience in robotics: Participated in Techfest – Nexus (IIT Bombay).

Specialization: Software designing, hardware assembly.

Posted by Anonymous at 5:56 AM