Dr. S. S. Banwait, Professor, Department of ME, NITTTR, Chandigarh and Dr. Amit Laddi, Senior Scientist, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarh
Dr. S. S. Banwait, Professor, Department of ME, NITTTR, Chandigarh and Dr. Amit Laddi, Senior Scientist, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarh
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Scientist, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarh and Dr. P. S. Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of ME, NITTTR, Chandigarh
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Scientist, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarh and Dr. P. S. Rao, Assistant Professor, Department of ME, NITTTR, Chandigarh
Dr. ParveenKalra, Professor, Production & Industrial Engineering Department, PEC, Chandigarh
Mr. Mukesh Singh, Technician, Department of ME, NITTTR, Chandigarh
Dr. Ekta Singla, Associate Professor, Department of ME, IIT, Ropar
Dr. S. S. Dhami, Professor and Head, Department of ME, NITTTR, Chandigarh
Mr. Abhinav Panwar, Assistant Professor, Department of ME, DronacharyaCollege of Engineering, Gurugramat NITTTR Chandigarh
Short Term Course on “Robotics”
23rd - 27th December 2019
To enhance the technical skills of the participants, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh organized a short term course on “Robotics” from 23rd – 27th December 2019 at its campus. Mr. Abhinav Panwar, Assistant Professor,ME Department,Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram attended the course.
Day 1:
The inauguration ceremony was held under the esteemed presenceof Dr. S.S. Dhami, Professor and Head, ME Department, NITTTR Chandigarh andDr.S S. Banwait, Professor, ME Department, NITTTR Chandigarh.
The first session was taken by Dr. Amit Laddi, Senior Scientist, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarhwhere he discussed the Robot Vision. He explained the role of Image Processing technique in robot vision and also explained the concept of gray coding and thresholding used in the process of image processing.
Next, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Scientist, CSIO-CSIR, Chandigarhdiscussed the robot sensors, transducers and actuators. He explained the use of different types of sensors and transducers based on the applications of robots in industries. He also explained the different types of actuators used in robotics to provide various types of motion to the mechanical linkages at their joints.
Day 2:
Dr. P. S. Rao, Assistant Professor, ME Department, NITTTR Chandigarh took the first session of the day and explainedHomogeneous Transformations used for the kinematics of robot. The final position of an end effector can be a combined result of scaling, translation, rotation and shearing. He discussed the representation of all these functions in the form of homogeneous matrices, which can be multiplied to obtain the final position of the end effector.
Next, Dr. Parveen Kalra, Professor, Department of Production and Industrial Engg., PEC Chandigarhdiscussed Robot Kinematics. He explained the Joint Coordinate System and Tool Coordinate System which are used to find tool configuration in the workspace. He also explained the methodology of forward kinematics and inverse kinematics to reach the required position of end effector. He also explained the method to deal with multiplicity resolution in case of robot kinematics.
The last session was lab session on Robot Control using Teach Pendant in which Dr. S. S. Dhami, explained the control of a manipulator using various commands on teach pendant.
Day 3:
The session was taken up by Dr. S. K. Saha, Professor, Deptt. of ME, IIT Delhi. He has developed softwareRoboanalyzer and thus explained the application of the software in the field of robotics. Roboanalyzer is the software designed for robot kinematics. Using the tool, for a particular position of end effector, the joint variables values can be obtained easily. Dr. Saha also discussed DH parameters calculation which is a method to find the solution in inverse kinematics.
Day 4:
The first session was taken up by Dr. Ekta Singla, Associate Professor, ME Department, IIT Ropar in which she discussed Robot design and performance criteria. She explained the various types of manipulators and their trajectories for a given work envelope. The interesting part of the session was she also discussed the Modular Robotics for Industry 4.0. She discussed the various modules designed based upon different optimization techniques. Using these modules the optimized design of manipulators can be obtained for a given work environment.
In the lab session Er. Ajay Godara, Enovate Skills, Chandigarh discussed building a robot, its programming and control. Er. Godara discussed simulation of robots and also explained some basics of ARDUINO. The participants also learnt about the concept of control of robots using remotes.
Day 5:
Dr. S. S. Dhami took the first session. He discussed the encoders and various types of controllers. He explained various characteristics such as response time, oscillations, steady state time and error of a PID controller.
The second session was taken up by Dr. Amod Kumar, Professor, ECE Department, NITTTR, Chandigarh. In the session Dr. Kumar discussed medical applications of robots. Dr. Kumar also explained need and importance of Robotic surgery. He also stated some of the challenges faced in design and development of a robot used for medical applications.
In the end, feedback from each of the participant was taken and valedictory ceremony was held under the esteemed presenceof Dr. S. S. Dhami, and Dr. Amod Kumar.