RoboRIT

The IEEE RoBoRIT is a professional society under the umbrella of the Ramaiah Institue Of Technology. It focuses on promoting the theory and practice of robotics and its application across various fields of engineering and science.
IEEE RoBoRIT chapters organize events, conferences, workshops, and technical activities to foster knowledge exchange, collaboration, and advancement in the field. We provide a platform for researchers, engineers, and students to share their work, discuss emerging trends, and explore new ideas in robotics and its application.

Joining an IEEE ROBORIT chapter offers several benefits, including:

Learning Opportunities: Attend workshops, seminars, and conferences organized by the chapter to learn from experts and stay updated with the latest advancements in the field.
Collaboration: Find opportunities for collaborative research and projects by interacting with like-minded individuals.
Leadership Development: Volunteer for chapter activities and gain valuable leadership and organizational skills.
Recognition: Contribute to the chapter's initiatives and get recognition for your involvement and contributions in the field of robotics and automation.

Past events:

1. Hard-WAR hackathon

About the event:
HARD-WAR HACKATHON is the first hardware hackathon being conducted in MSRIT by ROBO-RIT. This Hackathon is not only about coding but giving more importance to the hardware as well. Teams were given a duration of 7 hrs to build a project using any Hardware components. At the end of the time duration, they would be judged based on various factors of the project.

Phase 1:

The registrations opened on 1/10/22 for the teams to register. The Rule Book of the event was also published.

Phase 2:

The teams were given a time duration of more than 10 days to decide Problem statement and procure the hard ware components for the competition.

Day of Event:

The event started at 9am on 15/10/2022 with inauguration from HOD of EC and IEEE teacher coordinator.

Round 1: The Core RoboRIT team invigilated all the teams before the start of the competition to assess the problem statement and check for prebuilt projects/models.
Round 2: The CoreTeam along with the sponsorer of the event started the Round 2 judging by seeing the working models and the presentations of the teams to shortlist the top 10 teams among 20.
Final round: The judges judged the top 10 teams again based on various criteria and made the final decision.

2. Hands-on workshop of Firefighting Robot

What is this workshop about?
Firefighting robots also known as vision guided robots, are capable of detecting the fire and extinguishing it. Through this hands-on workshop, you will learn to build your very own fire fighting robot that uses digital IR sensors to detect the fire and move in that direction to put it off using a DC fan. To ease the programming learning experience, the course is also equipped with scratch based block programming modules that make programming the robot super easy even for beginners.

Course Outcomes

Introduction to Robotics systems & Microcontroller
Introduction to Arduino Architecture
Understanding the Electronics involved in the robot
Digital IR sensors working & calibration
Programming the robot
Understand Arduino Architecture and its Programming
Hands-on experience on block based programming on Arduino

Course Structure

Lecture Session - 1 hours
Fabrication Session - 4 hours
Programming Session - 2 hours
Testing Session - 1 hour

Topics Covered

Robotics: Concepts and Applications
DC Motors: Working and Control
Arduino Architecture & its programming
Fabrication of Fire Fighting Robot
Scratch based block programming
Calibration of IR sensors

3. Proteus workshop

Workshop was organized to help students gain knowledge on simulation and PCB Design of the circuit. The students will get exposure towards Proteus software printed circuit board (PCB) and 3D visualizer of circuit