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EU team holds road show at IIT-K
A SEVEN-MEMBER European Union (EU) delegation visited the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-K) and also conducted a road show on Wednesday. The team members are: Dr K Schilling, Dr F Zeinger and Dr Rajesh Shanker of University of Wuerzburg, Germany and Dr M Salichs and Dr Raman Berber of University of Carlos III Madrid, Spain and the professors of Anna University and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
A SEVEN-MEMBER European Union (EU) delegation visited the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-K) and also conducted a road show on Wednesday.
The team members are: Dr K Schilling, Dr F Zeinger and Dr Rajesh Shanker of University of Wuerzburg, Germany and Dr M Salichs and Dr Raman Berber of University of Carlos III Madrid, Spain and the professors of Anna University and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
Speaking on the research facilities available at the University of Carlos, Dr M Salichs said that the varsity had a well-established department of robotis and it had been encouraging the research scholars to take up the research work and complete them at the university itself.
Referring to some latest research programmes being conducted at the varsity, he said the scholars had developed robots for industrial management. These robots not only ensured quality of the products but also handled several problems relating to industrial production well.
For construction automation robots were designed. These robots helped to supply the building materials to the workers at the highest floor as per the exact requirement.
Robots helped in assembling the blocks, pillars and the bricks in the building structure.
Assistance robots were meant for the handicapped who cannot perform the basic functions needed for them without the help of others. These robots have enabled the handicapped to do some of the most complicated jobs like cloth washing and lifting of the weights.
Personal robots developed at the university laboratory were the most sensible robots that had the basic ‘senses’ and feelings to share with their living partners. These robots can dance, play and provide recreation to the owner.
They were friendly to the children and had the potential to keep them happy.
Similarly, the research was also going on the mobile robots, field robots, climbing robots and maintenance robots.
Dr K Schilling of Wurzburg University said at the university the focus of research was on adapting mobile Internet technologies to the satellite-operating environment. Conventional Internet communication protocols has to be optimised to space conditions to ensure effective and robust data transmission, despite long distance between the satellites and the ground stations and space related disturbances, he added.
He said in order to attain this goal the entire hardware composed of electronic control boards and engineering mechanics was developed at the university.
Similarly, the professors of the Anna University and Thiagrajar College of Engineering who are also the members of the International Virtual Laboratory on Machotronics (IVLM) highlighted the research in the field of robotics conducted at their respective establishments and the systems they have evolved for facilitating the teaching of the complex science of robotics.
While the professor from Anna University spoke about the remote controlled robot arm, the professor from Thiagrajar College of Engineering discussed the developments in the ongoing research for creating a robot for tracing the boundary of a wall.
He said that students have designed, developed and implemented an algorithm to make a mobile robot with sensors following a wall.
