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Amrita BTech Students Develop ‘Self-E’ Revolutionary Self-Driving Wheelchair

Amrita BTech Students Develop ‘Self-E’ Revolutionary Self-Driving Wheelchair

July 16, 2018

The three final-year B.Tech students, led by their professor, Dr. Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Director, have developed a self-driving wheelchair, “Self-E”, that can safely take a user from one point to another by navigating its own path and avoiding obstacles on the way.

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Amrita Students to Participate in World Robot Summit 2018

Amrita Students to Participate in World Robot Summit 2018

April 19, 2018

The Scorpion team from Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus, received an opportunity to participate in the finals of World Robot Summit 2018 to be held in Tokyo in October this year.

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Amrita Students Selected for the 29th Edition of RoboCon IDC 2018, Japan

Amrita Students Selected for the 29th Edition of RoboCon IDC 2018, Japan

April 3, 2018

A team of four students of the Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs, Department of Electronics and Communication, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, were selected to the elite team from selected countries to participate in the 29th edition of RoboCon International Design Contest (IDC) 2018 to be held at Tokyo Institute of Technology from August 6-18, 2018.

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Amrita Students Win Big at OMRG 2016 Robotics Contest, Singapore

Amrita Students Win Big at OMRG 2016 Robotics Contest, Singapore

February 25, 2016

Students of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus, won major prizes in several categories at the OMRG 2016 Robotics Contest held at Singapore on February 21, 2016. Twenty-one teams from different countries contested in the final round.

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Amrita Faculty Invited Speaker at IEEE International Women in Engg. Conference

Amrita Faculty Invited Speaker at IEEE International Women in Engg. Conference

December 21, 2015

Dr. Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Director, Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs and Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, was an invited speaker at the recently concluded IEEE International Women in Engineering (WIE) Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015 (WIECON-ECE 2015) held at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) from December 19-20, 2015. 

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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Develops Innovative Gesture based Wheelchair for Elderly

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Develops Innovative Gesture based Wheelchair for Elderly

November 13, 2015

Every time an elderly person struggled to move wheelchairs, 39-year-old PhD scholar Rajesh Kannan would feel a lump in his throat. Acting on that thought, he decided to build a. . .

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​Global Recognition for Amrita’s IEEE Student Chapter at Amritapuri Campus

​Global Recognition for Amrita’s IEEE Student Chapter at Amritapuri Campus

August 10, 2015

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s IEEE Student Branch Industrial Electronics Society (IES), the student chapter of Amritapuri Campus, is adjudged the prestigious 2015 IEEE IES Student Branch Chapter Award in the world this year.

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IEEE Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship, ISEE 2014

IEEE Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship, ISEE 2014

July 28, 2014

The third edition of IEEE International Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship (ISEE) 2014, the flagship event of the IEEE Student Branch, Amrita Vishwa vidyapeetham was conducted on July 27, 2014.

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For Serving Humanity

For Serving Humanity

December 7, 2011

December 7, 2011 School of Engineering, Amritapuri He has impacted the lives of more than 25 million people; at least that many bought his bestselling book, A Brief History of. . .

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A Victory for a Social Cause

A Victory for a Social Cause

January 4, 2011

What happens when a team of engineering students develops an innovative device for their final-year project? The team works hard, gains some experience, makes a prototype, but then the work. . .

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