Students of Bharath University designed India’s first Humanoid Robot with unique features
12 Students of Bharath University, under the guidance of Roboin team bagged their debut award in Singapore for “Best Performance for Innovation Award” @ Spring Innovations held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for creating a Humanoid Robot and animal like robot. Apart from Bharat University, there were around 66 other universities who had presented their Robotic creations in the preceding few months.
The Robot designed by the team is a Humanoid Robot, which is 58 cms long and weighs 4.3 kgs. It has 25 degrees of freedom. The Humanoid robot can dance, sing, walk, sit, stand up, pick objects, Do face recognition and path tracking to mention a few. The innovative approach that Bharat University students and Roboin did on the Humanoid robot was the simple manipulation of the Touch sensors on the Leg of the robot, as it wanted the robot to recognize the obstacles on its path and use the camera for face recognition. Successfully, the robot was able to identify people based on the presets given.
“Humanoid Robot” has two cameras which serve as its eyes that can be used for face recognition, path tracking and many other processes. It has three tactile sensors on its head, which can be user defined and customized accordingly. It has motors at its joints, which can enable 360 degree movement. The foot of NAO has tactile sensors at its tips, used for sensing and avoiding obstacles on its path. It can also be programmed to grip and pick up light-weighted objects lying in its path.
The Humanoid robot that was built is capable of involving in many research activities. This robot can identify its master and follow the instruction provided by the master. It can also be used in the home environment for many service needs. The humanoid has three fingers which act as the gripper for it. Bharath University in collaboration with Roboin will further work with this Humanoid robot for advanced Researches.
Apart from Spring Innovations, the students also participated in Singapore Robotic Games 2011 competition, in the open category, which gave them a very good experience to compete with countries like Singapore, China and Indonesia.
Congratulating the achievement of Students, Mr. J. Lakshmi Narayanan, Chancellor of Bharath University, said, “Robotics has been an interesting field of research and it needs creative abilities and technical knowledge. We are proud that our students were able to design challenging robots and present it at an International stage and won honors! ”
On this occasion, Dr. K. P. Thooyamani, Vice Chancellor of Bharath University said, “We always encourage and support aspiring students to indulge in research activities. Our students have won many honors in the field of Robotics in the recent past. In a move to train more students, we are setting up a Robotics research lab in Bharath University.”
Mr. Jaishankar Bharatharaj, Founder of Roboin said, “Roboin has always been in search of young innovative minds to engage in the field of robotics. We train and engage students in the field of Robotics to design humanoid robots. We have participated in many Robotic competitions representing India and winning honors. We are proud that we have built India’s one of first Humanoid Robot.”
The students also conducted a live demonstration of the Humanoid robot which entitled them this prestigious recognition at Singapore.
About Bharath University:
Bharath University was established under the aegis of Sri Lakshmi Ammal Educational Trust with the aim of imparting higher knowledge in Science and Technology to the aspiring boys and girls so that they can emerge as competent scientists, engineers and technologists of repute. Bharath University was started in the year 1984 as Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, and acquired deemed to be University status in the year 2003. The Institute is committed to the grand task of providing quality education, which will transform the students into efficient and successful careerists. Students who have graduated from Bharath University are already serving in responsible positions, in India and aboard. For further information on Bharath University, please visit www.bharathuniv.ac.in.
About Roboin:
Roboin is a team providing training on Robotics to schools and colleges in India helping them translate imagination into implementation. Roboin has participated in four International Robotics competitions so far with acclaim including winning the World Championship at the Robocup 2010 in Singapore. The organizing committee includes Mr. Navin Prakash, Ms. Jayapriya, Ms. Hemashree, Mr. Vanni Ganesh and Mr. Palani. Roboin is involved in Research & Development on robotics and has various ongoing projects in the fields of Rescue, Humanoid, Service and edutainment. For more details, log on to www.roboin.org
About Spring Innovations:
Spring Innovations was established in 2010 to undertake applied research and innovate solutions to meet the industrial and societal needs in the areas of robotics & intelligent systems. The Company also serves as a training hub for small and medium enterprises, educational and research institutions offering tailor-made technology specific workshops, seminars and short courses. The company has been developing customized robotic platforms for service, rehabilitation and education industries in Singapore, India, Mexico and China. The company has strong academic collaborations with over 20 universities including University of Technology Sydney(Australia), University of Guadalajara(Mexico), Nara National College of Technology(Japan), Nanyang Technological University(Singapore) among others. The company also has well established links with over 30 companies from around the world including ROBOIN(India), Aldebaran Robotics(France), Mobile Robots(USA) among others. The company has organized more than 70 workshops, seminars and short courses involving over 500 participants from 15 countries.
