Overview

The Centre for Robotics & Intelligent Systems is well equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities both indigenously designed and constructed and also bought from various robot manufacturers.

• Facilities

  The Centre for Robotics & Intelligent Systems Lab is well equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities both indigenously designed and constructed and also bought from various robot manufacturers.
  

  • Manipulator Arms

  • AGVs/Mobile Robots

  • Vision Based Systems

  • Pick n Place Robot

  • l Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

  • Intelligent System Design

  • Advanced Dynamic-control of Arms

• Resources

  HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE RESOURCES:
  
  Pentium computers available - 14 numbers
  MATLAB with Simulink , Control System, Robust Control, DSP, Neural Network toolboxes etc.
  Cadstar (Schematic, PCB , Circuit simulation )
  ORCAD (Schematic, PCB, Circuit simulation)
  Liux based KHOROS image processing package
  Linux RTOS
  Other Bench equipments, Actuators(DC servo,geared,digital motors etc.), Sensors (IR, US, Gyroscop, encoder etc.)
  
  LIBRARY RESOURCES:
  
  A. Journals related to robotics subscribed by Central Library, BITS, Pilani.
  
  1. International Journal of Robotics Research.
  2. Journal of Robotic Systems.
  3. Robotica.
  4. Robotics & Automation Magazine.
  5. Robotics & Computer Integrated Manufacturing.
  6. Sensors Journal..
  7. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.
  8. Nanotechnology.
  9. Radar, Sonar and Navigation.
  
  

   

  B. Journals related to robotics subscribed by CEERI, Pilani.

  
  1. IEEE Robotics Automation Magazine.
  2. IEEE Trans on Robotics Automation.
  3. IEEE Journal of Sensors.
  4. IEEE Trans on Nanotechnology.
  5. IEEE Trans on Systems, Man Cybernetics Part A: Systems Humans.
  6. IEEE Trans on Systems, Man Cybernetics Part B: Cybernetics.
  7. IEEE Trans on Systems, Man Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews.
  8. Sensors and Actuators Part A: Physical
  9. Sensors and Actuators Part B: Chemical
  
  
  STUDENTS & FACULTY :
  
  1. CRIS has its members from a number of Groups viz. Electrical & Electronics,
  Instrumentation, Mechanical and Computer Science.
  2. Besides seven faculty members, around 30 students from above mentioned groups,
  work on projects every semester at CRIS.

• Grants

  The CRIS has received support from UGC, MHRD, DST and AICTE. So far a total grant of Rs. 30 lakhs is received for three different projects.
  
  At present plans of obtaining financial support from DST, UGC and other funding agencies to carry out robotics related research work at CRIS is planned.

• Achievements

  ACHIEVEMENTS :
  
  Won Gold medal in Robo-games 2010, San Francisco.
  
  Won 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals in Robo-games 2009, San Francisco.
  
  World record holder for the fastest getup of humanoid.
  
  “Shaurya”, selected in AGV challenge conducted by DRDO, in 2010.
  
  Simulated Electrical Network Approach to Hard Optimization problems
  
  Real-Time Path Planning in Unknown & Unstructured Environments
  
  
  OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
  
  lR&D work at CRIS has resulted in a number of publications such as:
  Book on Robotics & Control by R K Mittal & I J Nagrath.
  Conducted International conference on “Emerging Mechanical Technology – Macro to Nano”, in Feb. 2007.
  In addition, it may be mentioned that some of the nucleus members are reviewers for journals as shown below,
  

   

  Review Editors :

   

  Prof. R.K. Mittal

  Dr. B.K. Rout

  Dr. N N Sharma
  Prof. Sudeep Mohan

• Collaborations

  • CAIR, Banglore
  • BARC, Mumbai
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
  • Stint Foundation through University College of Boras, Sweden.
  • University of Salford , Greater Manchester, UK.
  • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago affiliated to Northwestern University