Ro-BotiX

Ro-Botix is our 2-days Advanced Robotics Workshop that focuses on taking you to the next step of robotics – Programmable Robots and Competitive Robotics. This workshop has been tailor made to introduce participants to programmable robots and getting a finer understanding of competitive robotics. Spread over 2 days, Participants are introduced to programming microcontrollers in the first session, the second session gets them building programmable robots, the third and the fourth sessions take 2 problem statements from competitions and try to get the participants to solve them.

Duration: 2 Days
Fee: Rs. 5500/- for a team of 3
Fee: Rs. 4500/- for a team of 2
Fee: Rs. 3500/- for a team of 1
Venue: College of Education, Loyola College, Nungambakkam
Last Date for Registration: 28th March 2010
Pre-Requisites for Attending Workshop: Basic Working knowledge of Building Robots, Sensors & Drive Systems
Participants are Required to bring 1 laptop per team
What does the Fee Cover?
The fee covers training costs and kit cost only. The fee does not include food, accommodation or local transport.

Kit Details
1x Induino Atmega168 Based Robotics Development Board(USB Arduino Clone), 1 x USB A-B Cable, 1 x 9V Battery Adapter, 1 x Chasis, 2 x DC motors, , 1 x Castor Wheel, 2 x IR Proximity Sensor, 1 x IR Distance Sensor, 1 x Aligner & Connecting Wires.

Day1 – Session 1
•    Introduction to Arduino
•    Arduino Programming Primer
•    Writing your first program – The Electronic Hello World!!!!
•    Working with Digital I/O’s
•    Working with Analog I/O’s
•    LCD Communication
•    Driving Motors
•    Working with Sensors – Digital(Proximity) / Analog Sensors(Distance)

Day 1 – Session 2
•    Building a Line Follower
•    Adding Intelligence to the Line Follower
•    Building an Obstacle Avoiding Robot

Day 2 – Building Competitive Robots
•    Case Study 1 – Time Machine (Anna University)
•    Discussion of the Problem Statement
•    Discussion of Potential Solutions
•    Building and Programming the Robot
•    Performance Analysis
•    Improvisation