Chance to be R&D Team Member of IURS.
Opportunity to participate in various international competitions.
Familiarity with basic tenets of intelligent systems, robotics and unmanned vehicles.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with programming in any language.

Registration Deadline : 5 Jun 2007

Dates: 10 Jun 2007 - 23 Jun 2007

Duration: 60 Hrs / 14 Days of supervised practical and theoretical training.

Timings: 10AM to 3PM.

Venue

Indian Retail School
Site 2, Pocket OCF
Sector C, Vasant Kunj
Nelson Mandela Road
New Delhi - 110 070

Landmark - Above HDFC Bank next to Vasant Kunj Police Station, opposite Apollo Clinic.

Accommodation: Available for boys @ Rs. 2,000/- on sharing basis, for the duration of the workshop. (We are attempting to arrange a transport facility for students availing of accommodation facility as well.

Transport: Available for all students from convenient pick up points at a nominal cost.

Course Contents

Introduction to Robotics
- What is a robot?
- History of robotics.
- Tyes of robots.
- Applications of robotics.
- Current and future market scenarios.
Robotic Locomotion
- Introduction to Terrestrial, Underwater and Aerial locomotion.
- Different types of motors (DC, Stepper, Servo) - comparison & characteristics.
- Legged robots.
- Dimensionality of motion - 2D & 3D control.
Introduction to Microcontroller
- Types of Microcontrollers.
- Choosing a Microcontroller for a specific purpose.
- Details on ATmega AVR based microcontrollers.
- Programming the ATMega AVR.
- Interfacing and controlling actuators.
- Sensor systems interfacing, processing and calibration.
- Communication with secondary controllers or PCs.
- Master-Slave operation.
Remotely Operated Robots
- Stationary Robotics
  - Introduction to robotic arms.
  - Multiple degrees of freedom.
  - Control of robotic arm via PC & other methods.
- Mobile Robotics - Terrestrial & Underwater
  - Wired and wireless control systems.
  - Mechanical design.
  - Teleoperation.
  - Sensor telemetry.

Sensor Arrays
- Passive and active sensors.
- Navigational systems.
- Sensor design.
- Interfacing - Analog, Digital, I2C.
- Optimum positioning of sensors.
- Ensuring optimum sensor outputs.
Autonomous Robots
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence concepts.
- Autonomous navigational systems.
- Multi-agent systems.
- Cooperative robotics.
- Sensor arrays for autonomous control.
- Multi-sensor data fusion.
- Algorithm design.
- Terrestrial Mobile Robotics.
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.
PC Based Robotics
- Computer Vision
  - Image capture methods.
  - Real-time image processing.
  - Histogram techniques.
  - Image normalization.
  - Edge detection.
  - Blob tracking.
  - Target recognition and tracking.
  - Vision based robot control.
- Speech recognition
  - Speech processing.
  - Acoustic detection.
  - Speech control & response.
- PC to robot control - RS232, Parallel & USB.

Hands on Projects

Programming the ATMega AVR.
Sensor interfacing & calibration.
Actuator (DC, Servo, Stepper) control.
Mechanical design & construction of a small robot.
Remotely operated robot - exercise will be to learn control of robots.
Stair climber robot.
Robotic arm.
Line following robot.
Sumo fighting robots.
Obstacle avoidance robot.
Micromouse & maze solver.
Remotely operated underwater robot.
Computer vision based object tracking robot.
PC based computer vision edge detection and blob tracking in real-time (robot application too).
Computer controlled autonomous robot.

Kit Contents

ATMega16 Based Development Board
RS-232 Communication Port
LCD Screen
Distance Sensors
Light Sensors
AVR In-System Programmer
Chassis with wheels & castors
DC motors
Rechargable Batteries
Study material with step-by-step projects.

Course Description

This summer training course for college students aims to provide them with a sound foundation out of theoretical and practical hands on knowledge and experience in the field of robotics. The course will provide students insight in to intelligent systems, remotely operated and autonomous robots and unmanned systems in terrestrial and underwater environments.

Through the course of this workshop, the student will have an opportunity to work on plentiful hands on projects, thereby enabling them to construct intelligent autonomous or remotely operated robots to perform a variety of tasks. All the modules shown above in the course description and the hands on projects will be covered during the length of this course. The provided kit will enable students to continue their experiments, and take the vast sea of knowledge gained from this course, towards building more complex machines.

Globally, the robotics industry and academic community is working on complex machines that require in-depth knowledge of a variety of fields ranging from computer science and electronics engineering to mechanical engineering and aerospace design. This course will equip students with the basic tenets of all these fields.

The Faculty

The faculty of this course has been educated in the USA, India and other countries; in fact, some are currently even pursuing a PhD in Europe as well. Having won many international meritorious awards in the fields of intelligent systems and robotics, this diverse group of individuals is highly qualified to train students in this field. Moreover, experience in conducting various workshops in USA and India has given the faculty world-class experience in ensuring the highest levels of academic excellence throughout the course. Furthermore, students stand to benefit from this dynamic and highly talented faculty through the active research programs of IURS, in which they are involved, as well. This faculty has won numerous international awards, published many papers and holds various patents in their relevant fields.

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