CHARGES

Rs 1200per person (a team of four students)

• Rs 1400per person (a team of three students)
• Rs 1700 per person (a team of two students)



The Charges includes:
• Multipurpose training kit *
• Training fee of the 2 day workshop
• Handouts and training material
• Participation certificate
•One kit will be given per team permanently





For individual participation the charges are Rs 995
The Charges includes:

• Training fee of the 2 day workshop
• Handouts and training material
• Participation certificate

Competitions

Competitions

Robo Racing

To enhance the team skills and pratical application ,a robot racing competition will be conducted on international grid track(used in USA).Students will do the racing with a self developed wired robot module.

Robo Soccer

A robot soccer competition will be organized by MITBOTS on lines of international robotics soccer competitions giving them practical experience of controlling a robot.

CONTENTS OF THE KIT

• 2 DC geared motors
• 2 ABS polished wheels with metal couplings
• Laser cut powder coated General Purpose robotic vehicle chassis (can be used for even a micromouse)
• Wired Transmitter Remote Box
• General Purpose Motor Driver Circuit Board (L293D board).
• 2 General Purpose Sensor Boards
• 1 Comparator based autonomous robot driving board
• High power durable batteries.
• 10- Bus multipurpose cable.
• Tools & switches.

The kit is a mutipurpose kit designed and patented by MITBOTS(wired robot,line follower,obstacle chaser,robo wrestler,wall follower)(to be covered in workshop) and several other robots can be made with the kit.

The kit can be purchased by individual participants at a discounted price after the workshop.

Duration

The workshop will be conducted on two consecutive days. Each day has an eight hours session (in total 16 hours). This is properly divided into theory and hands-on sessions . You will feel the experience of building a robot with the kit full support and guidance from our team.

In the end we organize a small robot racing competition among the participants of the workshop so that they get real feel of competitive environment.

Timings:9:00 a.m-6 p.m.

Content of the Workshop

CONCEPT 1: WIRED ROBOTICS

INTRODUCTION

• Robots

• Robotics

• Procedure of building robots

• Constituents of any robot

• Overview of the events organized in Colleges like IITD, NSIT.

In this session basic idea of robots and robotics is made clear. Participants are introduced to process of building machine/robots and IIT Delhi team members share their experience of building machine.

LOCOMOTION

• Wheeled

• Legged

• Climbing

• Flying

• Floating

Details on various modes of locomotion like wheeled, tracked, legged, flying etc is given to participants. More focus is given to wheeled and tracked robots, as they are most common and preferred. In these concepts of vehicle, dynamics are made clear like effect of center of mass, payload on robot etc.

MOTORS

• Types of Motors

• Gear trains

• Geared Motors

• Stepper motors

• Servo motors

• Reduction in speed of motors

• Increase in the torque of motors

• Selection of motors as per the application

TYRES

• Choosing tyres specific to application

• Type of grips

• Deciding the contact area of the tyres

• Choosing the material for the tyres

POWER SUPPLIES

• Lead-acid batteries

• Ni-Cd

• Ni-Mh

• Li-ion

TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

• Gear

• Belt Pulley

• Worm gears

• Chain Sprocket

• Rack and Pinion

• Screw and Nut Arrangement
Various kinds of transmission systems, which can be used in building a basic robot, are introduced. After general introduction, the major elements of transmission systems like gears, belt and pulleys, chain sprockets etc are discussed in detail. Comparisons of above said transmission systems are performed helping in deciding the most suitable transmission system.

GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICES

• Bearing

• Bushing

• Coupling

• Linkages
In this session the participants are told about the importance of applying good engineering practices while making a robust machine. Concepts related to bearing, bushings etc are discussed. The practical issues while implementing these are talked about.

BASIC ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM

• Various types of switches available

• DPDT Switches

• Limit Switches

• Relays The final controlling of a machine after building it, is taught in this section. The various kinds of switches, relays etc are shown and taught to the participants. How to make the connections for a manual control is made clear with the help of hands on session. Use of RC control is also discussed in brief.

ASSEMBLING THE WIRED ROBOT

• Fixing and aligning the mechanical assembly.

• Placing the motor Driver Circuit

• Connecting the wired remote control

CONCEPT 2: WIRELESS ROBOTICS (RC CONTROL) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

• RF Transmission and Reception

• Basic concepts of Modulation

• Types of Antenna

• RF Modules

• Encoders and Decoders

• Address Protection

• Problem of Latching

• Quad Multiplexing

CONCEPT 3:INTRODUCTION TO AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS

BASICS

• An introduction to active and passive components

• Resistors

• Capacitors

• Diodes

• LEDs

• Relays

• Transistors

AN INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

• Definition

• Types

• Identification

• Field of application

STUDY OF SOME BASIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

• Working principle of op-amps and comparators

• Study of basic logic gates

• Basic Darlington Transistor Devices (ULN2003)

• Types

• Identification of ICs used for logic gates

• Control Systems

• Controlling a robot with its own brain

• Designing of logic circuits

• How to implement logic using electronic hardware

SENSORS

• Study of different types of sensors

• Touch sensors

• Light sensor using LDR, photo transistor and photo diode.

• Infrared sensor using IR diode, and IR detectors

• Obstacle detectors

• Fire sensor

• Actuator

• Types of actuators used in robotics

MOTOR DRIVER

• Relays-Transistor Motor Driver

• Motor Driving using Darlington Transistors (ULN Devices)

• H-Bridge Motor Driver

• Detailed working of L293D

• Introduction to Pulse Width Modulation

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB)

• Motor Driver Board

• IR Sensor Board

• Comparator Circuit Board

• Remote Circuit Board

• Transmitter circuit board

• Receiver circuit board

• How to convert a circuit diagram into a PCB?

• Layout designing

• Overview of Manufacturing of PCB

• Soldering of various circuit boards

SOFTWARE

• Express PCB

• Dip Trace

• Eagle

CONCEPT 4:APPLICATION OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS
ASSEMBLING THE LINE FOLLOWER

• Basic Principle of Color Sensing

• Basic Principle of a Line Follower

• Assembling of the line follower

• Assembling of the sensors

• Assembling the whole system to the Motor Driver

ASSEMBLING THE WALLFOLLOWER

• Basic Principle of Wall Sensing

• Basic Principle of a Wall Follower

• Assembling of the wall follower

• Assembling of the sensors

• Assembling the whole system to the Motor Driver

***In the workshop a robot racing competition will take place to give participants the real feel of competitive environment and the winners will be awarded