Robot Enhanced Teaching

in Engineering Colleges

Phase 2

e-Yantra Team

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

IIT Bombay

Sponsored by MHRD through National Mission on Education through ICT

(NMEICT)

• Introduction to e-Yantra (see video here) – Robot Enhanced teaching in Engineering colleges – Empowering Engineering teaching – Through “Project Based Learning”

• Embedded Systems at IITB (CS684) – Automatic Fruit Sorter machine (6 week course project) – Open source project (starting point for other students) – See video here

• e-Yantra Robotic Competition (attract students) – See video here

• e-Yantra Robotic Teachers Competition (eYRTC) – See video here

• Tamil Nadu story –Shri Jayant Kumar (IAS), Commissioner Tech. Education, TN – See video here

Outline

Rapidly (exponentially) growing economy

– Huge demand for products + services + automation

– Indigenous invention => 1/8 of import cost

–What is required???? – More engineers to build innovative solutions

Education is core + Educational infrastructure +

– ……NMEICT …. e-Yantra!!!

India 2020: Urgent Needs

Mission

Enabling Embedded systems education in engineering colleges across India in a scalable and sustainable manner.

CS308 Embedded Systems + Robotics Lab

e-Yantra Stakeholder

e-Yantra initiatives

Students Colleges Teachers

e-Yantra Lab setup initiative

Competitions

Robotics Competition

Ideas Competition

Workshops

Projects and Internships

Robotics teacher

competition

Workshops

e-Yantra – Stake-holders and Initiatives

State wise team registration :

Participants Team

Day wise team registration Day wise Participants registration

: 8

: 3

: 129

: 472

: 350

: 189

: 81

: 29

: 3

: 18

: 52

: 5

: 36

: 48

: 14

: 20

: 4

: 22

: 8

: 32

: 25

: 26

Registration Statistics Total number of registrations:

Teams : 1,581

Participants : 6,324

e-Yantra Robotics Competition – 2013 : Registration Statistics

e-Yantra Robotics Competition - 2014: Registration Statistics

State wise team registration:

Day wise Participants registration Day wise team registration

Registration Statistics

Total number of registrations: Teams :

3,107 Participants : 12,428

(1029) (105)

(73) (54)

(252) (36)

(179) (627)

(13)

(47) (115)

(246)

(78) (51)

(10) (85) (19)

(10) (16)

(6) (10)

(10) (10) (19)

Pictorial Geographical Representation of Registration for e-Yantra Robotics Competition - 2014

Fire Bird Educational Robot

Features: • Incorporates 5 years experience teaching Embedded Systems at IIT-Bombay

• Low-cost

• Open source design

• Modular & versatile

• Excellent documentation

• Good for teaching/research

• Extensive software support

Infra-red proximity sensor (millimetre accurate)

LCD display

μProcessor daughterboard (8081/ Atmega 2560/ ARM7

White line sensors (below)

New (low-cost): SPARK V $50

Students

Colleges Teachers

Goal : Create infrastructure Align course +project

outcomes with practicals

Goal : Train in theory + hands-on project Provide methodology for Project

Based Learning (PBL)

Mentor students

e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC)

Goal : Practical orientation Innovative BE Projects

e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI)

e-Yantra Robotic Teacher Competition (eYRTC)

Seeding labs: Robotic kits given to colleges

• Empower teachers • Provide innovation platform

Features: • Open source design

• Excellent documentation

• Support from vendor(s)

• Extensive software support

Target:

500 e-Yantra labs

In 3 years (51 complete, 65 in progress)

e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) – A 3-pronged approach for colleges

LAUNCHING LABS AND STUDENT PROJECTS

WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS

e-Yantra Robotics Teacher competition

INFRASTRUCTURE SET-UP

• Organized at a Nodal Center – for nominated teams from each college

• e-Yantra conducts workshops and provides support

• College commits the funds and space

• e-Yantra provides a starter Robots kit and expert advice to set up a Robotics lab

• college provides its teams with required infrastructure

• e-Yantra conducts the competition and provides support to teams during the competition.

e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) Focus: Hands on training for Teachers across various

regions of the country in a scalable manner through Nodal Centers (NCs).

e-Yantra

C1 C2 Cn …… C1 C2 Cn …… C1 C2 Cn ……

. . . . . NC1 NC2 NCn

Scalability & sustainability:

Student projects require trained

teachers and infrastructure

Both established in colleges in 4

months – making each

college self sufficient!!!

What we need:

•Colleges as Nodal Centers

•e-Yantra labs in Colleges

• Pilot phase 16 Mumbai University colleges inaugurated Robotics labs on April 5, 2013

• Expansion phase

35 colleges inaugurated Robotics labs on April 11, 2014 in the following regions: – Delhi – Shimoga, Karnataka – Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra – Chandigarh, Punjab – Alandi, Maharashtra

65 colleges are participating in the current phase of eYRTC-2014:

– Chennai, Coimbatore Salem, Trichy, Tamil Nadu – Noida – Kolkata

Targeted number of colleges: 100 in one year 500 in the next two years

Current status

Current Status

16 labs in Mumbai – Pilot Phase (5th, April 2013)35 labs across 5 regions – Phase-1 (14th, April 2014)

63 labs across 6 regions – Phase-2 (ongoing )

Many more … in pipeline

e-Yantra Symposium Bringing Together the e-Yantra family of colleges

Sustained Engagement with e-Yantra

eYRTC Finals – Interaction with the judges

Felicitation Ceremony of e-Yantra Robotics Teacher Competition- 2013

Virtual Inauguration – through a robot!

Atharva College of Engineering - Bomb Diffusing Robot

Student teams at e-Yantra Symposium 2014

e-Yantra family of colleges….enjoying together…..

Website: www.e-yantra.org email: support@e-yantra.org Original Letter of Intent (LoI) should be sent to: Project Manager ERTS Lab Department of Computer Science & Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076

Thank You!