Robots Walk in KHMS

Greetings

2009-10-17T06:20:00.000-07:00

Robots in News

2009-10-09T06:29:00.000-07:00

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Robotics : Workshop, August'2009

2009-10-09T06:26:00.000-07:00

robotics workshop Aug.09

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ODF OLYMPIAD 2008

2008-10-08T05:49:00.000-07:00

Submissions begin on SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY September 20, 2008. ODF is an international standard for office productivity format, adopted by ISO. ODF is fundamental to enabling computer education globally.ODF is the National Standard of countries such as South Africa and Uruguay.ODF is easy to learn and specifies the way documents, presentations and spreadsheets are stored in a computer by popular Office Productivity Free/Libre and Open Source Software such as Open office Anyone who has used any presentation software can immediately start using ODF software such as OpenOffice.org

How to Participate
Follow the link for further details : http://www.odfolympiad.org/

Topics and Categories (for Indian students)

Up to Class V -Why should I learn Computers?
Class VI to VIII -Benefits of Open Source Software to my school
Class IX & X -Open Standards: Freedom from Digital Divide
Class XI & XII -Importance of Open Standards for good Governance

Evaluation Parameters for the ODF Olympiad Trophy

Relevance of topic
Creativity & Visual Appeal
Organisation of the content
Use of embedded tools (e.g. spreadsheet)

ODF OLYMPIAD PROCESS

Create presentation in ODF using OpenOffice.org or any other Free/Libre and Open Source, ODF compliant software.
The presentation should not have more than total of 21 slides (including introduction and Thank you slide)
The presentation file size should not exceed 1MB
Each Slide should not have more than two clicks for navigation
Email the presentation to india@odfolympiad.org along with your details.-

Name,
Class,
School Name,
School Address,
Email Address,
Phone number,
Age

before 15^th November, 2008
The Subject of the email must be in the following format for example "Category II, Gandhi National School"

Robot Kitchen in Hong Kong

2008-10-03T04:50:00.000-07:00

Robot Kitchen in Hong Kong

A robot performs as a chef prepares food at Robot Kitchen in Hong Kong. With a whir and a flash of lights, a robot whizzes to the restaurant table and takes a customer's order, while a second races to another table to deliver plates of steaming food. Robot Kitchen opened in July to cash in on the city's love affair with gadgets, claiming to be the world's first eatery staffed by machines.

Murata Boy: The Bicycle Riding Robot

2008-10-01T08:55:00.000-07:00

Murata Boy: The Bicycle Riding Robot
1 Oct 2005 ... Japanese company Murata Manufacturing created a bicycling robot to show off some of their various sensors.

Murata: A Uni-cycling Robot - Watch more funny videos her

Learn About Robots

2008-09-16T11:20:00.000-07:00

Robot Timeline

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NEWS : Indian Version of YouTube Launched

2008-05-09T09:12:00.000-07:00

Google's video sharing subsidiary YouTube launched an Indian version of its site YouTube on Wednesday.

The new site has all the content from the YouTube global site, but videos of relevance to Indian audiences have been given greater prominence, the company said in a blog on the new site.

The video charts also reflect what Indians are watching, and featured videos are programmed to cater to an Indian audience. The company has also signed up local partners to distribute their content through YouTube, including the country's Ministry of Tourism and local TV channels.

India is one of many markets where YouTube has a focused site, a spokeswoman for Google India said on Wednesday. The country has a large and growing Internet user base that is increasingly turning to video sharing sites like YouTube and social networking sites such as Google's Orkut.

Google's popularity in the region has come with its share of problems. YouTube has been sued in India by a local music label for hosting its material, while in neighboring Pakistan access to YouTube was recently blocked for some days because the local government objected to an anti-Islamic video on the site. Google's Orkut social networking site has frequently been the target in India of fundamentalist groups, objecting to one or the other of their icons or leaders being insulted in user comments on the site.

A number of Internet companies including Yahoo and Google have been trying to win over non-urban Indian users by offering local content in Indian languages, and also online tools such as instant messaging in local languages — although YouTube's new Indian site is available only in English. Multinational Internet groups are however facing competition from a number of Indian companies that have set up portals with the promise of more local content and focused membership.

ROBOTIC WORKSHOP 2008

2008-05-06T09:12:00.000-07:00

School is organizing a summer workshop on Robotics for students.

Objective of the Workshop

To make learning/teaching more innovative and filled with FUN.

Interdisciplinary Approach - as students will be able to integrate knowledge of Mathematics, Science and Computer Programming and apply it creatively.

Development of problem solving skills and the concept of 'Artificial Intelligence'.

A Hands-On learning approach

Content : Introduction to Programming language used in Robotics, Navigation of Robotics Car, Forward, Making Turns, Drawing Circles, Spirals, etc; Robotic Art using Pen attachment; Robotic competition of joining dots; Robotic sounds using Piezo Speaker, Making different musical tunes; Light Emitting Diodes (LED); Making Traffic Light and Pendulum; Controlling LEDs while Navigation; Navigation with IR Headlights, Competition among teams.

Each student will get one tutorial type book on Robotics, a Certificate and three best students will be given PRIZES.

Workshop Title : 'Robots in School'
Batch Size : 30 students
Eligibility : Students of class VII to XII
Duration : 20 Hrs. (4 days X 5Hrs per day)
Date : 10th May, 2008 to 14th May, 2008( 4 Days )
Fees : Rs. 1000/- pre participant
Venue : Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar Ph.-III
Contact Person : Ms. Nita Arora (HOD Comp.Deptt)
Contact No. : 27013364 - 43(Ext.)

Note: Check out the videos of previous workshops held in the School.

Techfusion@KHMS

2007-09-26T09:37:00.000-07:00

Robotic Arm in Action-III

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Robotic Arm in Action-II

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Robotic Arm in Action-I

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Students in Action : Workshop on Robotics (Boebot)-2

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Students in Action : Workshop on Robotics-1

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Students in Action ...... With Robotic Arm

2007-09-23T11:31:00.001-07:00

Workshop on Robotic Arm Assembly

2007-09-23T10:55:00.000-07:00

Workshop Title : Robotic Arm Assembly
Date : 18/09/2007
Attended By : RoboTechs from Tech4us Club

Robotic arm trainer is a good introductory kit for anyone interested in robotic manipulators. The kit includes a wired controller that allows a human operator to control the five degrees of freedom.

The kit is complete with five pre-assembled gearboxes and a wired controller that allow you to

control the opening and closing of the gripper,
rotation of the wrist,
movement of the elbow and
shoulder, and
rotation of the arm on its base.

The completed arm can lift up to approximately 4.6 ounces (130 grams).
Assembly of this robot arm will give you a sense for the mechanical challenges involved in creating robotic manipulators, and
the see-through plastic allows you to observe the motion of the gears even after the kit is assembled.

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-08-29T11:42:00.001-07:00

Useful Links.......

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot

http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/robotics/boebot/boebot.asp

Robot Fatalities

2007-08-20T05:27:00.000-07:00

The first human to be killed by a robot was Robert Williams who died at a casting plant in Flat Rock, MI (Jan. 25, 1979). [24]

A better known case is that of 37 year-old Kenji Urada, a Japanese factory worker, in 1981. Urada was performing routine maintenance on the robot, but neglected to shut it down properly, and was accidentally pushed into a grinding machine.[25]

Watch out Boe-Bot in Action...

2007-06-27T10:05:00.001-07:00

Light Sensitive Navigation with Boe-Bot : Light has many applications in robotics and industrial control. There are many different light sensors that serve unique functions. The light sensor in your Boe-Bot kit is designed to detect visible light, and it can be used to make your Boe-Bot detect variations in light level. With this ability, your Boe-Bot can be programmed to recognize areas with light or dark perimeters, report the overall brightness and darkness level it sees, and seek out light sources such as flashlight beams and doorways letting light into dark rooms.

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boe-bot speaker and intro music : Added a speaker to the front to play louder intro music. it currently plays the star wars imperial march theme but it can play any other RTTTL ringtone type song.

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Assembling a BoeBot

2007-06-27T09:31:00.000-07:00

View the Boe-Bot Robotic Kit being assembled.....

Robotics Workshop : Day 6 (17th May, 2007)

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PROJECTS:

Electronic Pendulum
Bar Graph
Path following Navigational project
Obstacle sensing Boebot
Edge Following Boe Bot

Certificates Distributed on successful completion of Workshop

Robotics Workshop : Day 5 (16th May, 2007)

2007-05-19T00:55:00.000-07:00

Projects (LEDs and Sound) :

Pendulum with LEDs
Traffic Light Immulation

Introduction to IR Sensors
Simple circuit involving Sensors

Robotics Workshop : Day 4 (15th May, 2007)

2007-05-19T00:51:00.000-07:00

Identifying basic Electronics Components
Description of Bread Board
Circuit Building Concepts
Projects

Simple circuit using LED
Circuit using Bi Colour LED
Programming with Multiple LEDs.

Robotics Workshop :Day 3 (14th May, 2007)

2007-05-19T00:06:00.000-07:00

Boe Bot Programming with pezo speaker
Project : Combining concepts of navigation

Backward, forward, right & left turning
Navigation with sounnd

Robotics Workshop : Day 2 (12th May, 2007)

2007-05-18T23:56:00.000-07:00

Boe Bots with Pen Attachment Kit
PBASIC 2.5 Revised
Projects : Boe Bot drawing Geometrical Patterns square, triangles etc.

Robotics Workshop : DAY 1 (11th May, 2007)

2007-05-18T22:39:00.001-07:00

Introduction to Robotics
Introduction to Boe Bot- A Robotic Car
Introduction to PBASIC 2.5 - a Subset of BASIC language used for programming Boe Bots
Simple Hello! Program
Navigation Programs
Project Work

Summer Workshop on Robotics for Students

2007-05-15T20:17:00.000-07:00

Objective of the Workshop

To make learning/teaching more innovative and filled with FUN.

Interdisciplinary Approach - as students will be able to integrate knowledge of Mathematics, Science and Computer Programming and apply it creatively.

Development of problem solving skills and the concept of 'Artificial Intelligence'.

A Hands-On learning approach

Workshop Title : 'Robots in School'
Batch Size : 30 students
Eligibility : Students of class VII to XII
Duration : 30 Hrs. (6 days X 5Hrs per day)
Date : 11th May, 2007 to 17th May, 2007( 6 Days)
Fees : Rs. 600/- pre participant
Venue : Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar Ph.-III
Contact Person : Ms. Nita Arora (HOD Comp.Deptt)
Contact No. : 27013364 - 43(Ext.)

“ ROBOTS WALK INTO SCHOOLS” : Workshop for Teachers

2007-05-14T23:20:00.000-07:00

DATE : 16th April 2007 to 21st April 2007 ( 6 Days)
TIME : 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
VENUE : KULACHI HANSRAJ MODEL SCHOOL,
Ashok Vihar, Phase- III
PARTICIPANTS : 2 Teachers from each school namely,

1. Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar, Phase III
2. Hansraj Model School, Punjabi Bagh
3. DAV, Shalimar Bagh
4. DAV, Dayanand Vihar
5. DAV, Pushpanjali
6. Ramjas School, Pusa Road

Robotics is the latest buzz. So it is being introduced for School Children too. Kulachi Hansraj Model School in collaboration with Pitambar Infovision organized a training session for teachers so as to equip them to train students. The workshop gave insight into Robotic and control technology. Workshop covered various features in terms of assembling and programming of Boe Bot. Functioning of various electronic components like LED’s, Infra Red sensors, IR detectors etc was also explained. Path Finding Boe Bot, Maze solving Boe Bot, LED matrix display, Boe Bot with Remote control and Boe Bot with IR sensors were part of the workshop activities. Thus Robotics will facilitate interdisciplinary approach as students will be able to integrate knowledge of Mathematics, Science and Computer Programming and apply it creatively.Video Recording for the same can be viewed.......

ROBOTICS FACTS

2007-05-14T22:57:00.000-07:00

What are Robots?

Robot comes from the Czech word 'robota' which means 'forced work or labor'. We use the word "Robot" today to mean any man-made machine that can perform work or other actions normally performed by humans, either automatically or by remote control.

What do Robots do?

Most robots today are used to do repetitive (boring) actions or jobs considered too dangerous for humans. They are also used in factories to build things like cars, candy bars, and electronics. Some robots are even designed to explore underwater and on other planets!

Why Use Robots?

The reason we use robots is because it is cheaper, easier and sometimes the only way we can get things done! Robots can explore inside gas tanks, volcanoes, Mars and other places too dangerous for humans to go! Robots also can do one thing over and over again without getting bored – is that something you could do? Think about it – standing in one place doing the same thing all day and night would get pretty boring! Another reason to use robots is because they never get sick, don’t need to take a day off, and best of all they don’t ever complain!

What are Robots Made Of?

Well, Robots can be made from a variety of materials including metals and plastics and most robots usually have at least 3 main parts:

Controller - also known as the "brain" which is run by a computer program
Mechanical parts - motors, pistons, grippers, wheels, gears that make the robot move usually powered by air, water, or electricity.
Sensors – to tell the robot about its surroundings. These parts working together control how the robot operates. Without the controller or "brain", motors, and sensors, robots would not be able to function.