HuT Lab Team Qualifies for Round 2 of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, Indianapolis, USA
By Amma’s grace and blessings, we are proud to announce that the team Na-Sarathy, a team of 31 students and researchers from HuT Labs, ECE Dept., has qualified for round 2 of the Indy Autonomous Challenge to compete in the world’s first $1.5 million autonomous racecar competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
HuT Labs team Na-Sarathy from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Indy Autonomous Team registered successfully to compete in the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), organized by Energy Systems Network (ESN) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). In total, 37 universities worldwide that excel in AI software and autonomous vehicle engineering have formed 31 teams to officially enter this first-of-its-kind challenge. Only two universities qualified for this racecar competition from India, we are one among the five from Asia.
The IAC is a $1.5 million prize competition among universities to program autonomous-modified Dallara IL-15 racecars. The teams will compete in the world’s first head-to-head race at speeds of up to 200 mph around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 23, 2021
Student Team Members:
S8 ECE: Nikhil Chowdary, Jahnavi Yannam, Raviteja Geesala, Rohith Raj RV, Manaswini Motheram, Akhil Masetti, Akhil Tammana, Ravi Kiran Pasumarthi
S6 ECE: Santosh Tantravani, Hemanth Tammana, NagasaiThokala, Sreevatsava Reddy Musani, Rahul Puram, Naveen Samudrala, Hemanth Nidamanuru, Lokesh Gadde, Rohit Inti
S4 ECE: Avinash Hegde Kota, Vijaya Krishna Tejaswi P, Vineeth prithvi Darla, Chaitanya N, Anirudh Dasari, Sriram Chowdary, MuneeshPuligundla
US Patent Approved for Unmanned Robotic Coconut Tree Climber Amaran
We are extremely happy to share the news that by Amma’s grace HuT Lab’s first US patent got approved. The patent is titled “Method and Apparatus for Wireless Network-Based Control of a Robotic Machine” with the patent number numberUS20190069483.
We offer this patent at Amma’s lotus feet for She who gave us this idea of building the unmanned robotic coconut tree climber and personally guided us all through these years and still guiding us.
We thank Sw. Devidas Chaitanya, Director of our Campus for all the support that he is providing us. We also thank all others who supported us directly or indirectly in achieving this. Special thanks to Ms. Salma, the patent officer for all her help in filing this patent and getting approval.
Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020: Three project Entries from HuT labs Get into Semifinals
By Amma’s grace and hard work of students and researchers at HuT Labs, following three project entries get into the semifinals of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020.
Amaran: Unmanned Robotic Coconut Tree Climber and Harvester
Team: Sakthiprasad K M, Avinash Hegde (S4 ECE) and Vijaya Krishna Tejaswi (S4 ECE)
Karachara: Hand Orthotic Device for Stroke Patients
Team: Shree Rajesh Raagul V, Pavanth Chenna Reddy, Sai Muneesh (S4 ECE) and Sri Ram (S4 ECE)
Suraksha: Crop Protection from Animal Attacks.
Team: Mahendran J, Arjun S, Samudrala Naveen (S6 ECE) and Sreevatsava Reddy (S6 ECE)
From a pool of more than 500 submissions all over the world, only 49 entries got selected for the semi finals. And HuT labs submitted six entries in total and got three of them in the semifinal 49 entries. Thanks to all those who worked extremely hard towards achieving this.
Special thanks to Vipin Pavithran who encouraged us to submit the entries.
Two Teams from HuT Labs win 2.25 Million Japanese Yen towards WRS 2020
By Amma’s grace and hard work of the students at HuT labs, two teams of BTech ECE students, PARICHARYA and VIJAYANTA won 2.25 million Japanese Yen (approx. 15 lakhs INR) towards participating in 2020 World Robot Summit in Japan next year. While team PARICHARYA won one million JPY, team VIJAYANTA won 1.25 million JPY. Of 119 professional teams that applied from all over world these two teams from HuT Labs are the only teams from India to qualify for the finals to be held in Japan next year. Team PARICHARYA will take part in Future Convenience Store Challenge in Oct 2020 and team VIAJANTA in Standard Disaster Robotic Challenge in Oct 2020. They will compete with top class professional teams from all over the world.
PARICHARYA: Akhil T, Rohith Raj, Akhil M, Nikhil C, Vignesh SN, Jahnavi Y, Manaswini M (S8 ECE) VIJAYANTA: Nagasai C, Santosh T, Hemanth Surya, Rahul P, Naveen S, Sreevatsava M, Hemanth N, Lokesh G (S6 ECE)
- Prabha, the UV Disinfectant Robot, and Self-E, the Self-driving Wheelchair, built by Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, were successfully deployed at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi. (September 2020)
- An article on Amaran, the unmanned robotic coconut tree climber and harvester, developed at the Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, was published in the world-renowned IEEE Spectrum magazine, a flagship magazine of IEEE. (September 2020)
- The students and researchers at the Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, were selected for the finals of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020 under Global Category and India Impact Category, the two categories under which the challenge is held, (July 2020).
- Amrita Develops “Prabha”- Ultraviolet Room Disinfection Tele-Operated Robot during COVID Pandemic (June 2020)
- Amrita Develops “Maruti”- A Remote Controlled Wheelchair during COVID Pandemic Social Distancing (June 2020)
- Amrita Develops “Annapoorna”- Food & Drug Delivery Tele-Operated Robot during COVID Pandemic Lockdown (June 2020)
- Amrita Develops “Bodhi”- Surveillance & PA System Self-Driving Robot during COVID Lockdown (June 2020)
- Amrita student team “Na-Sarathy” from the Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, qualified for round two of the Indy Autonomous Challenge to compete in the world’s first $1.5 million autonomous racecar competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (May 2020)
- The Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, got its first US Patent approved. The patent is titled “Method and Apparatus for Wireless Network-Based Control of a Robotic Machine” with the patent number US20190069483.
- Amrita HuT Labs Successfully deployed IoT Based Crop Protection System. Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, designed a solar-powered, IoT based intelligent system that can be used to prevent crop damage due to wild animals.
- Amrita Student Groups Enter Semifinals of CISCO Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020 (March 2020)
- Four students from the Humanitarian Technologies (HuT) labs of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, participated in Robocon 2019 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA, from July 29-August 9, 2019.
- Two student teams, “Scorpion” and “Paricharya” from the Humanitarian Technologies (HuT) labs of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, participated in the RoboCup German Open 2019 held at Magdeburg, Germany, from May 1-5, 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Events Organized / Conducted
- Online webinar series conducted on Feb 13th and Feb 20th On Understanding Chip design and Image Sensor Technology and on Collaborative Robotics: Applications and Benefits
- Online webinar series conducted on Nov 5th and Nov 6th 2020 on Embedded systems in the age of IoT and AI, A bridge between Academia and Industry : Wireless Communication Systems
- Online webinar series conducted on Oct 8th and 11th 2020 0n Augmented Intelligence with crystal and on Dynamic function exchange in Xilinx FPGAs & SoCs
- Online webinar series conducted on September 5th and 9th 2020 ( On cloud computing platform- Microsoft Azure and on Introduction to Autonomous Navigation in Self Reconfigurable robots)
- Online webinar series conducted on August 3rd, 5th and 7th 2020 ( On the topics VLSI EDA, VLSI Security and Robotics & Automation)
- Online webinar series conducted on July 6th, 8th and 10th 2020 ( On the topics Robotics and Automation, Embedded system & Machine Learning)
- Winter Project Camp, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, Dec 7 – 10, 2019
- Workshop on basics of Robot Operating System, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, August 23 – 25, 2019
- Tamper- a- Day, a robotic event for IEEE student mebers, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, June 23, 2019
- Tamper- a- Day, a robotic event for IEEE student mebers, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, March 17, 2019
- Panchadasha (A seven days tech fest to celebrate 15 years of IEEE at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, January 7 – 13, 2019
- Seminar on Neuro Medical Robotics, HuT Labs, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, January 3, 2019
- Winter Project Camp, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, December 11 – 13, 2018
- HuT Labs Internship Program, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, May 28 – June 10, 2018
- ROBOTSAVAM (An international level tech fest exclusively for Robotics) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham July 28-39, 2017
- HuT Labs Internship Program, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, May 31 – Jun 13, 2017
- Summer Project Camp, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, May 28 – 31, 2017
- IEEE Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship ISEE 2013, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Aug 7, 2016
- HuT Labs Internship Program, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, May 25 – Jun 06, 2016
- Summer Project Camp, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, May 21 – 24, 2016
- Winter Project Camp, HuT Labs, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Kollam, Kerala, India, Dec 28, 2015 – Jan 03, 2016
- IEEE Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship ISEE, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Aug 8 – 9, 2015
- IEEE Symposium on Education, Technology and Entrepreneurship, ISEE 2014The 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.
