Activities
"We strongly believe that the only necessity in life is consistency."
Keeping that in mind, we, the members of RoboTech Club are actively working on a lot of projects. Catch a glimpse of few of our projects below. Prepare to be amazed!!!
Events:
Here is a list of our events, activities and participants as an enthusiastic and promising Club.
ElectroLogic 2025
23/03/2025
Are you ready to get electrified? Do you have the logical skills to outmaneuver any challenge that comes your way?
Electrologic: The Logic Circuit Competition is an electrifying event designed for sharp minds who love solving puzzles with a blend of logical reasoning and electronics know-how. Participants will face a story-mode, practical challenge where only the most creative and analytical thinkers will prevail. Details at Dr. S. Mishra's Website.
Organizers: Abhinav Raj (B23), Soumya Prakash Jena (B22), Pritipriya Dasbehera (B21), Girija Sankar (B21)
Evaluators: Nikitha Kumaraguru (B23), Aditya Mridul (B23), Abhishek S
Winners:
Junior Category (7 teams): 1st place - Masterbots [Arnav Bhayana (B24), Gaurav Pal (B24)], 2nd place - Stardust Crusaders [Abhijeet Parida (B24), Soumalya Naskar (B24)]
Senior Category (6 teams): 1st place - MSP [Meet Bhatt (B23), Sambhav Giri (B23), Pragya Goyal (B23)], 2nd place - Logic Kal [Vanshaj Vidyan (B21), Aman Gupta (B21), Anurag Singh (B21)]
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ISRO IRoC U 2025
15/01/2025
Our team once again proudly participated in the ISRO Robotics Challenge: Fly Me on Mars! We are thrilled to share that our proposal has been accepted—and we’re all set to take this exciting journey forward!
Team: Dadhichi Das (B23), Rikan Mahakur (B23), Shibashis Dibyajyoti (B22), Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22)
Open Day Demonstration
19/10/2024
On the event of Open Day 2024, where students from different schools in the state visit to get exposed to research and essence of science. And our club gave a presentation that introduced them to the Line-Follower bot and principles that go behind it.
Presenters: Joshna (B23), Neharika (B23), Abhinav Raj (B23), Soumya Prakash (B22)
Attendees: Around 600 school students.
SIH Internal Hackathon
16/09/2024
In light of the prestigious Smart India Hackathon, members of our club form a team to address challenging problem statements in robotics hardware laid out by the Govt. of India. Following their performance in the organized internal hackathon, they're ideas will be shared with the SIH organizers and other respective stateholders.
Team: Karan Kumar Sahoo, Shibashis Divyajyoti, Dadhichi Das, Rikan Mahakur.
Attempt at Sci-Trek-Thon
16/09/2024
Sanat (B22) proposed his VibraSight project in Sci-Trek-Thon event hosted by IISER Berhampur. Finished 4th place.
Tech-Sprint [UMANG 24]
15/09/2024
Tech-Sprint, a fast paced, idea generation competition which was hosted by the RoboTech Club as a part of UMANG 24, the intra-NISER cultural fest. The event displayed fierce, fun and exciting competition amongst teams to give their best development idea based on abstract objects. Heart of the show — wild card disruptions and ruthless counter questions!
Organizers: Soumya Prakash (B22), Abhinav Raj (B23), Pritipriya (B21), Abhisek Singh (B21), Girija Sankar(B21)
Participants: 8 teams of three.
Winners:
1st: Team samrAeDanA [Joel Joseph KB, M Sreerag, Jacob Binu Abraham] of batch 21
2nd: Team Sprintech [Lakshay Modi, Meet Bhatt, Nageshwar Anurag Verma] of batch 23
3rd: Team KaShi [Karan Kumar Sahoo, Shibashis Divyajyoti] of batch 22
Club For The Year 2024-25
15/08/2024
We welcome new members joining the club after acing their SDP 23 session. With new vision, we have much more ambitious goals to atttain this year!
Teacher's Lab Visit
29/02/2024
Around 45 teachers from nearby schools visited our lab, where we showed and demonstrated our projects to them. They were really happy and iteracted us regarding our future scope and plans.</strong>
Tough Luck! - Competitions 2023-24
30/03/2024
The club participated in an astounding number of eight different robotics competitions in within a span of 3 months from January to March. While our efforts had been gallant, it seems we felt just short of podium finishes in each case. Sleepless nights and fascinating discoveries... amongst all these we close our chapter for this years competitions with a new learning!
Teams and fests ventured: Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22), Shibashis Divyajyoti (B22), Suraj Pradhan (B22), Tridev Sahu (B22) - Kshitij, IIT-KGP
Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22), Shibashis Divyajyoti (B22) - Wissenaire, IIT-BBS
Dadhichi Das (B23), Mayukh Ghosh (B23), Bratanu Shah (B23), Arya Niyogi (B23), Rikan Mahakur (B23) - NIRMAN, SIT BBSR
Dadhichi Das (B23), Mayukh Ghosh (B23), Bratanu Shah (B23), Arya Niyogi (B23), Rikan Mahakur (B23), Sanat (B22) - Advaita, IIIT BBSR
Our attempt at ISRO IRoC-U
20/01/2024
For the first time, a group of 10 members from our club formed a team to participate in the ISRO Robotics Challenge (IRoC) 2024. After dedicating significant effort to rover research, planning, and multiple proposal revisions, Team 10327, InSight from the National Institute of Science Education and Research, submitted a proposal for the development of a Lunar Rover with Reconnaissance Abilities, designed to retrieve lunar samples. Our concept features a six-wheeled rocker-bogie system, a five-DOF manipulator arm, and a dual-processing system with image detection capabilities to navigate the lunar surface and retrieve samples.
Our proposal sailed through with flying colors— top 55 amongst 1300 participants. An immensely proud moment for us, especially as students outside of traditional engineering courses. However, during the second phase, our development faced delays due to setbacks in procuring essential components on time and gaps in technical knowledge. Nevertheless, we are pressing forward with determination and remain committed to delivering a fully functional rover soon. Stay tuned for more updates!
Team : Aditya Pravin Kamble (B22), Aaditya Vicram Saraf (B21), Girija Sankar Ray (B21), Sandipan Samanta (B21), Gayatri P (B22), Vishal Meena (B22), Sanat Kumar Behera (B22), Shakya Ratna Wahane (B22), Joshna Anna Sam (B23), Neharika Varma (B23)
Hackduino 3 Internships
25/10/24
This time hackduino winners are inhouse. We are developing an aid for the blind using image image process techniques to provide haptic feedbacks.
Project: VibraSight [Sanat Kumar Behera, Vishal Meena, Abhisek from NISER]
Prerna 23
21/01/2023
"The Social Service Club, Zaariya conducted the Prerna 24 event where clubs of NISER took upon the task of fascinating children with feets in science. The RoboTech Club demonstrated Drone flight and Drone functionality to the visitors. The other one was the Line Follower bots's mechanism and algorithms.
Involved club members: Pritipriya (B21), Sanat Kumar (B22), Suraj Kumar (B22)
Attendees: Around 40-50 school children.
Chandrayaan III Landing
23/08/2023
NISER Astronomy Club in collaboration with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, held a streaming event on the occassion of landing of Chandrayaan 3. Members of the RoboTech club were invited to demonstrat the central idea in the working and components of Chandrayaan 3 lander and rover. We started with a brief overview of the previous mission that had paved way to the 3rd iteration of India's moon mission. We used 3D rendered models of the Vikram Lander and Pragyaan Rover and explained the different payloads of the system – sensors, their use and objectives and some mechanical working. The session was followed by expert level talk by Dr. Guneshwar Thangjam from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Involved club members: Girija Sankar Ray (B21), Aritra Mukhopadhyay (B21), Vishal Meena (B22), Sandipan Samanta (B21)
Attendees: Open to NISER community
Induction Demonstration & SDP 23
10/6/2023
The club started this year's robotics teaching and training sessions for newcomers wanting to pursue interests in technological fields.
Mentors: Aditya Pravin Kamble (B22), Sanat Kumar Behera (B22), Aaditya Vicram Saraf (B21), Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22), Girija Sankar Ray (B21)
Registered students: 27 (B23), 3 (B22)
Hackduino 2 Internships
Summer 2023
This year, Hackduino grew bigger and bolder as we expanded the scope of possibilities. We’re excited to announce not just one, but two winners, each bringing forward truly innovative and out-of-the-box project ideas!
Projects: Vedya [Dhruv Gautam, Christ University Bangalore], Sign Language Detection [Jeet Soni, IIIT Surat]"
Open Day/Science Camp
10/4/2023
NISER holds an annual Open Day as a part of its outreach programme to expose teachers and students to scientific research and inspire STEM careers.
Our lab will be allowing a tour of all the projects and equipments.
Once Again! Line Follower Wins!
24/03/2023
Finished 1st place at the Line Follower Competiton by IIT Bhubaneswar in the flagship techfest WISSENAIRE.
PID algorithm rocks!
Team: Girija Sankar Ray (B21), Aditya Pravin Kamble (B22), Vishal Meena (B22), Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22), Sanat Kumar Behera (B22), Aayush Jalmeria (B22)
Line Follower Wins!
20/01/2023
We won the 2nd prize at Line Follower Competition held by Silicon Institute of Technology, BBSR in their annual techno event NIRMAN!
Backtracking algorithm rocks!
Team: Girija Sankar Ray (B21), Aditya Pravin Kamble (B22), Vishal Meena (B22), Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22), Sanat Kumar Behera (B22), Aayush Jalmeria (B22)
Prerna 22
14/11/2022
Our club hosted a series of exciting demonstration events for children, sparking their curiosity about technology and innovation. The sessions featured the Scorpion Bot in action, a fascinating look at the magic of 3D printing, and a thrilling drone flying showcase that left the audience amazed. The children not only watched but also interacted, discovering how these technologies are shaping the future in fun and engaging ways.
Event organized by Zaariya, NISER.
Involved Club Members: Girija Sankar Ray (B21), Suraj Kumar Pradhan (B22), Karan Kumar Sahoo (B22)
Induction Demostration 2022 & SDP 2.0
31/08/2022
A new batch! This time we are presenting our bots during the induction and we are modifying the SDP to incorporate small projects. So we both learn as well as do! We are going ahead with the small projects that includes Touch Sensor, Line Follower and a Radio Telescope.
Registered students : 28 (B22), 4 (B21)
Attempt at Line Follower
28/04/2022
"Members from the club attempted at a Line Follower Event at Silicon Institute, Bhubaneswar. Lot of hardwork, but didn't payoff. We do return being hopeful of next year!
Members: Saswat Parija (B20), Girija Sankar Ray (B21), S. Mahesh (B21)"
Skill Development Program & Hello B21!
15/12/2021
We are introducing Skill Development Program (SDP) : A streamlined measure to introduce newcomers to the intricacies of robotics by assigning mentors under whom they can learn and catch up with the knowledge level of the club.
Batch 21 will be the first batch to be introduced in it. Our sessions included topics related to Development board programming, Electronics, 3D modelling and many more! We are looking forward to work with potential juniors in the future.
Hackduino 1 Internship
Jan 2019
Dr. Subhnkar Mishra's lab in collaboration with our club have started an annual robotics hackathon that acts as a platform for undergraduates to present their ideas which can be realized at our lab by providing them and economical support! The event is centrally funded through DAE.
We had Harini Sudha from IISER Pune as our first Hackduino winner and intern.
Chandrayaan II Landing
Date: 7/9/2019
Made, in collaboration with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, for an event on the historic occasion of Chandrayaan – II Moon Landing.
We put a display of our developed replica of the Pragyaan model during a series of talks and discussions over the Moon Landing Mission. The beginning of all feats of the club !
Involved club members: R Vasanth Kashyap (B19), Oommen P. Jose (B19), Jyothish K. J. (B18)
Collaboration with Dr. Subhankar Mishra's Lab
New begginings of the club as we collaborate with Dr. Subhankar Mishra's lab as the machine building wing.
New lab: CC3, SMS.
Club Established!!!
The Club for the Geeky Ones gets welcomed at NISER!!!
Hosted Projects:
Listed below are the projects on which we have been working in the recent times. Click for more details:
Line Follower
A 5 IR Sensor Based Track Follower. Ready for line following events. This guy has fared really well in competitions.
Door Darshan
This is an IOT Powered Smart Access Control System developed for our lab. It is especially handy in the current pandemic situation
Drone
Highly mechanized and efficient, this drone can be used for surveillance as well as lifting small objects. Birds BEWARE!!!
Older Projects:
And here are our older projects which we currently don't host in our lab but they speak volumes about our past work.
PRAGYAN MODEL (CHANDRAYAAN-II) ROVER
Made, in collaboration with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, for an event on the historic occasion of Chandrayaan – II Moon Landing.
The model was put on display, during a series of talks and discussions over the Moon Landing Mission, on September 07, 2019. Made, in collaboration with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, for the historic Chandrayaan – II Moon Landing.
ROBOTIC SKETCHER
This robot can sketch images on a sheet of paper, using a pen, mounted on a twin-axis system, typical of CNC mechines. The drawing system is controlled using an Arduino UNO. In the near future, we intend to couple this sketching system, with an image processing unit and make it a robotic Picasso!
AMaR
"AMaR or Autonomous Multi-utility Rover", is a affordable Robotic System, that can substitute human interference in potentially hazardous scenarios. It can prove to be a blessing in the current COVID-19 pandemic.
NIRMAL
Smart Handsfree Sanitizer Dispenser" is an IOT powered device built with the intension of making it easy to manage big number of sanitizer stations across institutes..
SMART MIRROR
Based on a Raspberry Pi 3b, this is a Smart Mirror (largely an implementation of MichMich’s MagicMirror 2.0), which also features Google Assistant, hosts our ownCloud, and is capable of casting phone or PC displays. All other features aside, it compliments you everytime, you look at it. Well, who doesn’t like compliments!
TESLA COIL
This is a Solid State Tesla Coil (Slayer Exciter), that can output upto 1200 V and lights up fluorescent bulbs, held in close proximity. It can also transmit wireless electricity (~5 V, albeit with lots of noise) to small circuits. Since, the circuit is simple to understand and easy to build, we can use it for educational purposes for common people, interested in understanding wireless power transmission.
RADIO TELESCOPE
This project is the result of a collaboration with the NISER Astronomy Club. It consists of a basic setup, that can detect radio waves, coming from target celestial body, with a maximum frequency of 22 KHz. The main component is a Satellite Dish and a Satellite Finder, used to measure intensity of waves falling on it. At the moment, we can detect Solar Radiation, at an intensity of about 8 dB.Our main objective, with this project, is educational – to learn the analysis of astrophysical data and to raise awareness among people, about radio astronomy.
MAZE SOLVER BOT
A Maze Solving Robot is an upgraded version of autonomous line following robot, which is able to follow either a black or white line, that is drawn on a surface, consisting of contrasting colours. It uses IR Proximity sensors with an Arduino Uno, to identify the line, thereby allowing it to stay on the track. This project aims to fine-tune the movement of the robot and enhance the performance, by proper tweaking of the control parameters. The robot experiments with various combinations of trajectories to finally solve the maze and get reach the end.
RC SOCCER BOT
If you love to make robots and see them rolling in soccer arena, then you’ll love this! This bot can play soccer by dribbling and kicking a ball, though not as good as a real soccer player. Powered by a 12 V Battery Pack, this robot is controlled, using a simple remote control. For movements, it makes use of 4 metal-geared motors (300 RPM) and it uses a 500 RPM geared motor, connected to metal shaft, for kicking the ball. With multiple of these, we can have a marvelous robo soccer match!
8-BIT COMPUTER
We plan to make a 8-bit computer on breadboard, using only simple logic gates. Its main objective would be to understand computer logic at the very basic level and see how things work at that level. It ia a big project, but we would work gradually and make each module progressively, and learn how information is processed electronically. It will consist of various modules, such as, a Clock, Registers, an Arithmetic Logic Unit, an Output Register and a 16-Bit RAM. For more information, check out: https://eater.net/8bit/
SCORPION v0.1
"Scorpion" is the next generation of AMaR, designed to fit into everyday campus life. The bot minds it's own business and does the task it's assigned autonomously.