Thursday, December 29, 2011

BATTLE FIELD INNOVATIONS

Welcome one and all to a very informative talk on BATTLE FIELD INNOVATIONS delivered by Prof.K.Shyam Prasad, Faculty adviser, KLU-ASME Student Section.
Date: 30th Dec 2011
Time: 5:10pm-07:10pm
Venue: M102

Friday, December 16, 2011

Looking back the w'right' way !

Traveling by plane these holiday season? Take a moment to tip your hat to the Wright brothers. On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright became the first to fly with a pilot aboard a powered, heavier-than-air machine which lasted 12 seconds and spanned 120 feet.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Report on Theme Robotics

24th September- Inauguration and enlighten session

Venue - M006

Time - 2:30pm to 4:00pm

No. of participants -69

  • Theme robotics  has been inaugurated with a short movie on  effects of global warming with a motto to save our ‘Mother EARTH’

  • Presided by the Faculty Advisor Prof.Shyam Prasad.K, Dr.B.Raghu kumar , Mr.Murahari and Mr.Kishore Kumar.

  • The session was enlightened by the speech of the Faculty Advisor Prof. Shyam Prasad.K, Dr. B. Raghu Kumar expressed his interest towards joining with the Student Section.

  • A brief description about the Theme was given by Sandeep.K. The meeting concluded with the National Anthem.

 



25th September: Workshop on Robot Anatomy (morning session)

Venue – M006

No of participants - 77

Time - 9:30Am to1:00pm

Presented by : Mr.V.Venkatesh

                   : Mr.K.Sivaram

                   : Mr.K.Sandeep


  • Introduction to Robotics by Sandeep.

  • Topics covered are Evolution of Robotics, Laws of Robotics and Robot architecture.       

  • Robot Anatomy was dealt by Mr.V.Venkatesh. 
  • The topics covered  are  Basic mechanisms, Links, Joints, kinematic chains, Pairs, Lower and Higher Pairs, Manipulator construction, 2-DOF,6-DOF Manipulator, Required DOF in a manipulator.

  • A  Session on  Mechanisms  and  Degrees  of Freedom  was presented by  Mr. K.Siva ram 

  • Topics covered under the session are Types of mechanisms, Degrees of Freedom.

  • Session on arm and wrist configuration by Mr.V.Venkatesh.

  • Topics covered are types of Arm configurations and wrist configuration and end effectors.

Mr.Sivaram at the lecture

Mr.Venkatesh instructing about the arm and wrist configurations

The student gathering at the session


 
25th September: Sunday (afternoon session):-Electrical basics-1


Venue – M006

Time -2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

No of participants - 79

Presented by: Mr.K. Siva Shankar

                  : Mr.K. Aravind

                  : Ms.A.Punitha

                  : Ms.G.VishnuPriya


  • It has been a successful completion of an year since its inception on 25th September 2010 and the section has proved its potency at various junctures with persistent efforts all through the gone good days.
  • It is now replenishing its aims and goals and striving for its eternity.


Ms.Punitha explaining the electrical basics

Mr.Aravind at the session


Celebrating our First Anniversary

 
26th September (Monday)-5:00 to 7:00pm - Wheel layouts

Presented by: Sarath kumar
No. of attendees: 84
Topics covered in the session are,
  • Two Wheeled layouts
  • Three wheeled layouts
  • Four wheeled layouts
  • Six wheeled layouts
  • Shifting center of gravity and Steering
  • Omni directional wheels
Mr.Sarath Kumar at the session

 
27th  September, Practical session-1

Venue: M006
Timings: 5.00pm to 7.00pm
No. of attendees: 96

Participants are divided in to three batches-
1st  batch for robot anatomy practicals
2nd batch for wheel layout practicals
3rd batch for electrical basics practicals
Each batch is divided into groups of five.


Robot anatomy
Incharge-  Mr.Venkatesh.V

Volunteers- Mr.Sagar setu
                 Mr.Priyank kumar jain

Totally 3 experiments are provided to the students

They are

  • Chebysheus linkage mechanism
  • Slider crank mechanism
  • Quick return mechanism

Wheel layouts
Incharge – Mr.Sarath Kumar
              Mr.Siva ram.k
              Mr.Kishan Gupta
All the students are provided with kits and are guided to make two wheeled robots and four wheeled robots.

Electrical Basics
Incharge - Mr.Anup
Volunteers - Mr.Siva Shankar
                   Ms.Punitha
                   Ms.Aravind
                   Ms.Vishnu priya
The following experiments are covered-
Usage of MultiMeter
Basic construction of circuits on bread board
Usage of resistors ,capacitors ,inductors ,LDR’s ,LED’s

A very good positive response from all the practical sessions .Participants had a good hands on experience in making robots

The facutly advisor Prof. Shyam prasad with the students who constructed a four wheeled bot.

An enthusiastic team working together


28th  September, Practical session -2


Venue: M006, M101, M102
No. of attendees: 99

  • The director of IGIAT (Indo German Institute for Advanced technology) Mr.Srinivasa Murthy was elated to see the studentss working after the college hours.
  • He was delighted to  see students from different departments  gathered together and learning new things which were being taught by the students.
  • He addressed the students about the importance of being multidisciplinary and  about the industry’s requirement of multidisciplinary engineers.
  • He gave the students some practical questions to answer
Mr.Srinivasa Murthy, Director of IGIAT (on the center) exchanging views with the faculty Advisor Prof. Shyam Prasad(on the right). The theme Coordinator Mr. Sandeep is also seen in the picture.

The guest Mr.Srinivasa Murthy addressing the students








Mr.Srinivasa Murthy, the director of IGIAT interacting with the students





















30th September, Friday-5:00pm to 6:00pm:
Motion and Motor control: presented by Kishan Gupta.
No of attendees - 75
Topics covered are 
  •  Actuators and its types
  •  How to choose an Actuator
  •  Motors and its types
  •  Pneumatics and Hydraulics
  •  Linear Actuators


Mr.Kishan Gupta at the lecture




























Quiz-1:
Organised by Sarath,Venkatesh, Siva ram

Venue: M006
Timings: 5.00pm to 7.20pm

No of participants: 75

Quiz-1 is conducted based on Robot Anatomy, Wheel Layouts and Electric basis-1.
Total of 30 questions are given based on the concepts that are covered in the class
The students taking up the Quiz 1 at the session

Workshop on Walkers

Date and Day:17th October,Monday

Venue- M006

No of participants- 86
Presented by Mr.Surya Teja

Topics covered are,
  • Evolutionary Robots
  • Bipedal Walking
  • Walking Robots
  • Mechanism behind walking robots
  •  Biologically inspired robot 
Mr.Surya Teja lecturing on the walkers

Power Transfer Devices:
Presented by : Sandeep.K
                    : Priyank Kumar Jain
                    : Sagar Sethu
Date and Day:18thOctober (Tuesday)
No of participants -83
Topics covered are,
1. Direct power transfer devices
  • Couplings.
  • Rigid, Flexible.
  • All types of couplings and applications. 
2. Indirect power transfer devices
  • Chains, belts, gears, gear trains

Mr.Sandeep demonstrating the models
Electrical basics-2 :
Date and Day:19th and 20th October(Wednesday, Thursday)

Presented by: Santosh

                  : Anup

No of participants - 85

Topics covered are,

     Digital systems and its types

                        Logic gates-combinational circuits

                        Practical circuiting elements

                        555 Timers, Astable, Monostable

                        4029 pin description

                        LDR (light dependent resistor)

                        OP-Amp (as comparator)

                        7805 voltage regulator

Introduction to Microcontrollers:


Date and Day: 21st October(Friday)

Presented by: Manish

                  : Santosh

No of participants -63

Topics covered are

Basics of Electrical systems

Basics of Microcontroller

Compiler

Programmer

Code Vision AUR (CXAUR)

Chip, Port             



Workshop on Microcontroller: 
Date and Day: 22ndSaturday and 23rd Sunday (Morning session)
Presented by: Manish
                     :  Santosh
Topics covered are
Introduction to Atmega16 Microcontroller
Pin configuration
Digital input and output port
I/O ports
LCD interfacing
Circuit connections
Setting up in Microcontroller
ADC
Sensors
Session was attended by totally “25” students on Friday and "40" on Sunday.


Mr. Manish teaching about the Micro controllers

Practicals on Microcontroller:

Presented by: Manish and Santosh
Date and Day:23rd October,Sunday
No of participants: 42
Entire strength is made into 13 batches.
The following experiments are done  during the session
Using Code vision AVR
Controlling a motor speed
Interfacing  the uC with LCD
Interfacing the uC with TV Remote

Students at the lecture

Practical session  on Power transfer devices: 
24th October ,Monday-5:00 to 7:00pm
Presenters: Sandeep.K
              : Siva ram
              : Venkatesh.V
Practical session on micro controller :Surya Teja
No of participants -47
The students who are present in the previous practical session are forwarded to Practical’s on power Transfer devices and  remaining for Practical’s on Micro controllers
In this practical session on power transfer devices ,every batch  is provided with dismantled parts of a pick and place robot. They are guided to make the  robot
This session is very interesting as they had a great experience of making their own  pick and place robot.

 Snacks are provided to the student.



27th October ,Thursday -5:00pmto 6:30pm:-
Talk on Wireless Communication-1: By Anil ,Salman and Santosh
The topics covered are
Basics of wireless communication
Modulation
This session is totally attended by”26”students.

27th October Thursday-6:30pm to 7:15pm:-

Quiz-2  by Venkatesh.V

This Quiz is based on Power transfer devices, motion, motor control and basics of Micro controller.

A total of 20 Questions based totally on the Concepts taught in the class.

At the end , Question paper is discussed for clarification of student’s doubts.

Snacks is provided to the student.


31st  October Monday-5:15 PM to 6:20 PM
Talk on wireless communication-2
Presented by -Anil ,
                       Salman.
No of participants-26
Topics covered are
·         Different frequency ranges used for wireless communication
·         Different types of modules used for wireless communication
Session is very informative and  interactive
31st  October Monday-6:20 PM to 7:20 PM
QUIZ Final-                                 
·         15 members got selected to final round
·         11 students have attended the quiz
·         They are made into 4 groups
·         3groups each of  3 participants and 1 group of 2 participants

Quiz final was conducted in 2 rounds
1st round is oral round –
each question carries 3 marks and pass question carries 1 mark
2nd round –video round
A video is shown and questions were asked based on the video
Each question carries 5 marks

Final winner is team -4
 Satya sri from III/IV Btech
K.Vakula from  II/IV Btech






Wednesday, December 14, 2011

17th December 1903.!.A Miracle...

KLU-ASME Student Section extends warm welcome to one and all to memorize a greatest miracle in the history of mankind..The Dawn of Flying Machines...
                                 
Date: 17th December 2011
Venue: M102
Time: 5:10pm to 6:15pm