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The robotics workshop and pro-show is being conducted by acclaimed firm GREY ORANGE ROBOTICS, who are the developers of India’s first indigenously developed humanoid robot 'AcYut'.

They will be conducting a three day workshop of 20 hours total dealing with the making of the humanoid hand.

This Robotics Workshop by masterminds of Grey Orange Robotics is first of its kind in Trivandrum. This is conducted in association with the Mega Fest "CULT A'WAY 2011".

Very limited Seats available.

For more Details, Confirmed Dates and Cost of Entry, please contact :

Tech-Convenor (Deepthi) : +91-8891431427
Cult Convenor (Faasil) : +91-9567016115

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* Basics of Arduino Software (With the help of Examples)

* Information on Hardware and Custom Controller Shield + Hardware required for building a Humanoid

* Serial Bus Communication Protocol (AX -12/Dynamixel Protocol)

* Participants try to move a single AX-12 Motor

* Briefing on Factors affecting a robotic model with reference to a Humanoid

* Building a Kinematic Model for a 4 DOF hand and extending it to a 26 DOF Humanoid

* Introduction to Feedback protocol of AX-12 motors and basics of Tele-operation

* Basics of Creating a Custom Library For AX-12 in Arduino IDE

* Creation of an extensive library for implementation of Dynamixel Protocol on Ax-12 motors.

* Implementation of AX-12 protocol for controlling Multiple Motors

* Controlling motors through Splines (e.g.. S-Curve) and its importance in Humanoid robotics.

* Brief on Bioloid Modular Bracket System: assembling Motors and brackets into a 4 DOF hand

* Controlling robotic hand using Point to Point Data from an Predefined Array

* Implementation of Inverse Kinematics on 4 DOF hand

* Extension of Inverse kinematics to a Humanoid.

* Addition of a S-Curve, IK and Feedback functions to the Custom Ax-12 Library.

* Point to Point movement of robotic hand through LIVE feedback protocol

* Trajectory generation and applying it for controlling the robotic hand

* Drawing a sketch on a paper - An application of robotic hand

* Basics on generating a walking trajectory of a Humanoid Robot

* Applications of Automation and Control Systems

* Basic approach and difficulties of Humanoid Robotics

* Humanoid Control System (Use of COG and ZMP for balancing)

* A Fully functional ATMEGA 168/328 Arduino USB Board which is easily reprogrammable using the USB port. (It includes 1 USB, 1 Serial, 14 Digital Input/Output ports, 6 Analog to Digital converter Pins, 6 PWM etc)

* Arduino AX12+ Shield (An expansion board to control Dynamixel motors)

* Bread Board Kit (BreadBoard, Tricolor LED, Buzzer, photo resistor, Trim pot, Headers, resisters, leds etc)

* 12V SMPS based Power Adapter

* USB 2.0 A to miniB cable

* Software

* A4 Sheets and Sketch Pen

TATHVA’08 the Annual Technical Festival of NIT, Calicut and Technophilia Solutions presents a Robotics Workshop: ROBOKRITI – An Art of Building Robots, a certified course with an aim of Training Engineering students in the dimensionless field of robotics.

Venue:

At NIT Calicut
On 24-25 September 08

At CET Trivandrum
On 30 Sep-01 Oct 08

At NIT Calicut
On 23-24 October 08

Highlights:
Certificates for all participants by NIT, Calicut and Technophilia Solutions.

As the name indicates “The art of Building Robots”. A recent survey in Japan concludes that, to be a Master of Robotics, one should be good in Electronics, Mechanics and Computer science (programming) too.

Thus, RoboKriti is a workshop especially designed for newbie's and robotics enthusiasts of all disciplines from diploma Institutes to Engineering Colleges of all the branches like Electronics, telecommunication, mechanical, computer science, production, metallurgy etc. They will be introduced to the basic fundamentals of robotics and will learn to apply them in real life. Hands-on sessions will help them understand the practical aspects too.

The students will learn the basics concepts and will gain the practical experience while working on the robotics kit specially designed and developed by Team Technophilia. Using this kit, students will make a robotic vehicle which can be controlled via four mediums, viz:

Wired Remote control
Wireless Remote Control (RC Control)
Computer Control
Speech Control (Speech Recognition)

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With this basic robotics workshop, Team Technophilia ensures that the students get a hand over basic electronics, mechanics and computer programming for robot motion control. And the added attraction “SPEECH CONTROL”.

 Just imagine, you can ask your robot to run, dig, skid, take left, take right, stop etc. with speech commands. This is what we call as effortless control of robots.

Concepts Covered:

Session-1: Wired Robotics

INTRODUCTION
Robots
Robotics
Essential things required for Robot building

LOCOMOTION 
Wheeled
Legged
Flying
Floating

MOTORS
Types of Motors
Gear trains
Geared Motors
Japanese Motors for exhibition
Reduction in speed of motors
Increase in the torque of motors
Selection of motors as per the application

TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
Gear
Belt Pulley
Chain Sprocket
Rack and Pinion
Worm and Spur Arrangement

GOOD PRACTICES FOR ROBOT BUILDING
Bearing
Bushing
Coupling
Linkages

BASIC CONTROL SYSTEM
DPDT Switches
Limit Switches
Relays

Session-2: Wireless Robotics ( RC Control)

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
RF Transmission and Reception
What is Modulation ?
Types of Antenna
RF Modules
4-bit Encoders and Decoders
8-bit Encoders and Decoders
Address Protection
Problem of Latching ?
Quad Multiplexing

MOTOR DRIVER
Relays-Transistor Motor Driver
H-Bridge Motor Driver
Introduction to Pulse Width Modulation

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB)
Transmitter circuit board
Soldering of transmitter circuit board
Receiver circuit board
How to convert a circuit diagram into a PCB?
Layout designing
Overview of Manufacturing of PCB

SOFTWARE
Express PCB
Dip Trace
Eagle

Session-3: Computer Controlled Robotics
“By simple pressing of command buttons, mouse clicks on a computer one can control a Wireless Robot.”

ISOLATORS
Why do we need isolation?
Opto Isolators
PARALLEL PORT
DB-25 IBM PC Parallel Port
Parallel Port Registers
How to get the Parallel Port Address ?
Indepth explanation of Parallel Port Data Register
Interfacing Parallel Port with the Transmitter Circuit

VISUAL BASIC 6.0
Introduction to Visual Studio
How to access Parallel Port using VB 6.0?
Coding in VB 6.0
How to set a delay function?
How to do Pre-Programming ?

 Session-4: Speech Controlled Robotics
“By simply speaking out the control words on the microphone of a computer, one can make their robots run, dig, skid, take left, take right, stop, etc.”

 “ Effortless Robotics”

Use of Speech Recognition tool in VB 6.0
Microsoft speech recognition engine
And Coding

At the end of this exhaustive basic robotics workshop, Team Technophilia ensures that the students get a hand on basic electronics, mechanics and computer programming for robot motion control.

Duration:
We conduct workshop on 2 consecutive days, each day 10 hours session so in total 20 hours properly divided into theory and hands on sessions.
 
Charges:
The Cost of the Workshop is Rs. 990/- per student (applicable taxes extra)

The Charges includes:
Training fee of the 2 day workshop
Pre & Post workshop Handouts and training material
CD
Participation certificate
Additionally, a detailed manual of the kit will also be provided to each participant.

The RoboKriti Training kit content:
4 geared DC motors
4 ABS polished wheels with metal couplings
General Purpose robotic vehicle chassis
Wired Remote Control
Wireless Remote Control
RF encoder & decoder ICs
RF Modules of 434 MHz/315MHz
The Multi-control Receiver circuit board
Computer Isolators
Computer’s Parallel Port Hardware interfacing circuit board
DB-25 connectors and cable
Microphone for Speech Controlled Applications
Tools, switches and much more

** The Robokriti kit components can be purchased online at discounted prices after the workshop.

Arthrobots are walking robots with 4 or more legs. Hence this workshop aims at giving an opportunity to the students to take a stand and actively participate in the development of Legged Robots right from scratch. This workshop covers the concepts which prove to be the basic building blocks of legged robots and enables the students to develop a “QUADRAPED – 4 Legged Robot” in just two days.

We conduct a workshop on 2 consecutive days, each day 8 hours session so in total 16 hours properly divided into theory and hands on sessions. In the end we organize a small competition among the participants of the workshop so that the students get the real feel of competitive environment.

The ArthroBotix Training Kit will be given for 2 days only, in groups of 3 students. 

**The ArthroBotix kit can be purchased at a discounted price after the workshop.

At Shree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Trivandrum - Dishaa'09
26/02/2009 -27/02/2009

The word Robot was originated from the Czech word ROBOTA it means slave. Robots are manlike machines that can perform human tasks that never done by a human such as the work performs under extreme conditions (high temperature, altitude, inside nuclear reactors or dangerous Bio-chemical hazards etc.) Robotics is rapidly embracing ideas from other disciplines, leading to new technologies. Robots have evolved to visually discriminate between objects of different sizes. They have evolved over a period of time to integrate sensory and motor information with their inbuilt knowledge, so as to use the information later to better respond to their environment.

Tiny robots that think for themselves may soon become a reality. Scientists from the University of the West of England are looking at how intelligent, artificial organisms can be created from swarms of smaller robots, each no bigger than a sugar cube. The individual robots could link together in a variety of formations to share energy and ‘thought’ processes, to create a large machine that can think for itself and manage its own hardware and software. They could link up to create almost any shape, depending on what was needed for the task.

Thus, RoboKriti is a workshop especially designed for newbie's and robotics enthusiasts of all disciplines from diploma Institutes to Engineering Colleges of all the branches like Electronics, telecommunication, mechanical, computer science, production, metallurgy etc. They will be introduced to the basic fundamentals of robotics and will learn to apply them in real life. Hands-on sessions will help them understand the practical aspects too.

The students will learn the basics concepts and will gain the practical experience while working on the robotics kit specially designed and developed by Team Technophilia. Using this kit, students will make a robotic vehicle which can be controlled via four mediums, viz:

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With this basic robotics workshop, Team Technophilia ensures that the students get a hand over basic electronics, mechanics and computer programming for robot motion control. And the added attraction “SPEECH CONTROL”.

Just imagine, you can ask your robot to run, dig, skid, take left, take right, stop etc. with speech commands. This is what we call as effortless control of robots.

At the end of this exhaustive basic robotics workshop, Team Technophilia ensures that the students get a hand on basic electronics, mechanics and computer programming for robot motion control.