ABU ROBOCON 2014

Gear Up Guys India Is Hosting Robocon 2014!!

Recently the theme was published related to the robocon  2014  which was   named as "A SALUTE TO PARENTHOOD".  Robocon 2014  would be based in  Pune, India most probably MIT at 24 th of August. The theme is based  on parenthood  which explains the making of 2 robots including one manual, one autonomous which is like a  humanoid . The details for the Competition are available on http://www.roboconindia.com

To decide who is representing india in international event at Pune on 24th August 2014 ,Doordarshan and  MIT AOE  is organizing the National Robocon -2014 on 6th to 8th March 2014.  Being the host Country, India will be allowed to represent two  field two teams, that is, the Winner of the National Contest as well as its First  Runner-up . It would be named as India 1 and India 2.

They together  perform different tasks with it,  the manual robot has to lift the humanoid ,place him on the sea-saw , lift the sea-saw from the other side three times , then place him to the poles where humanoid crossed the four poles  and then place him on the swing  and swing  him  three times  noting that  the leg of humanoid is to touched the flag placed on the other side  at the third time , and then place him to the jungle gym where humanoid climbs the stairs and shows a flag written "shabbash" for the completion of the round. New drawings were updated in the official site a day before with white lines outside the child zone.

According to the viewers the theme of this year is bit creepy . Robocon introduced a humanoid for the first time in this competition.  Wish the guys best of luck .

ROBOCON 2014

 The theme is available  here Watch it now or download robocon 2014 theme from the below link by clicking on the  below link or u can leave  your email id in comments  if you want the theme to be mailed to you.

ROBOCON THEME 2014

 The rule book of robocon was also uploaded this morning it can be downloaded through the below link:

 ROBOCON RULEBOOK 2014 

 

ROBOCON 2014

 

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest  popularly named as ABU Robocon  is an Asian international College robot competition, founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. In the competition robots compete to complete a task within a given  period of time. The contest aims to create friendship among young people with similar interests who will lead their countries in the 21st century, as well as to  help in advance engineering and broadcasting technologies in the region and this aims the students to earn practical knowledge. The event is broadcast in many countries through ABU member broadcasters and other carriers.

Each year the competition has different topics based on theme of the hosting country. Every year a country hosts the international event and the them is based on that country's decisions , mostly the theme is based on the the countries origin and its history or may be its culture. 

But generally  two  or more robots must be used to complete the tasks. The best robots usually which wins weights more than 10kg and span in one square meter area.The specifications of the bot are also given with the theme and rule book. To build the robots, contestants  are restricted to be undergraduate students, must possess rich knowledge in programming, mechanical design and electronic circuit design and a an talented and innovative mind along with an super intelligent guiding faculty .

The rules of the competition can be read from rule book which is prepared by scientists , some of the brilliant minds of the world.The changes n the rules are done through FAQs on the robocon  site which is given below

FAQ's

Here are the some details of the robocon's history along  with details:

ABU Robocon 2013

robocon 2013- the green planet

The ABU Robocon 2013 is going to be held in Vietnam. The Theme for Robocon 2013  is "The Green Planet. The winning team is from japan and the name of university is  Kanazawa Institute of Technology.
 The team which represented India was from MIT,pune. The results of indian round of robocon can be seen from here.
Results -indian round 

ABU Robocon 2012

robocon 2012

The ABU Robocon 2012 was held in Hong Kong on 19th August 2012 where 17 Engineering teams from 16  different countries or regions participated. The Theme for Robocon 2012 declared by Hong Kong was Peng On Dai Gat  which meant In Pursuit of Peace and Prosperity. The winner of the Robocon 2012 is University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

ABU Robocon 2011

robocon 2011

The ABU Robocon 2011 was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 28th August 2011 where 19 Engineering Colleges from 18  different countries participated. The Theme for Robocon 2011 declared by Thailand was Loy Krathong which meant  Lighting Happiness with Friendship. The winner was  Dhurakij Pundit University coming from Thailand.

ABU Robocon 2010

robocon 2010

The ABU Robocon 2010 was held in Cairo, Egypt on 22nd September 2010 where 18 Engineering Colleges from 17 different countries participated. The Theme for Robocon 2010 declared by Egypt which was Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids. It was won by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China to give China its 4th win in robocon which leaded China to hold the record for the most number of wins.

ABU Robocon 2009

robocon 2009

The ABU Robocon 2009 was held in Tokyo, Japan on 22nd August 2009 with the Theme of Kago,travel together for victory drums. The traditional Japanese palanquin, carried by human beings which was replaced by robots in competition. The winners were a team from China who completed the task consistently in just 18 seconds. It was won by Harbin Institute of Technology to give China its which china its third successive win.

  ABU ROBOCON 2008

robocon 2008

The ABU Robocon 2008 was held at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), Pune, India on 31st August 2008, where 17 Engineering Colleges from 16 different countries participated. The Theme for Robocon 2008 declared by India was Govinda, based on the traditional Indian stories of their lord Krishna who used to stole  “makhan” (butter) from the heads of gopies.

The details of all  12  winners ,theme and hosts can be seen from the following table.

YEAR	THEME	HOST	WINNER
2002	Reach for the Top of Mt. Fuji	Tokyo, Japan	Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
2003	Takraw Space Conqueror	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand Sawangdandin Industrial and Community Education College
2004	Reunion of Separated Lovers, Gyeonwoo & Jiknyeo	Seoul, South Korea	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
2005	Climb on the Great Wall Light the Holy Fire	Beijing, China	University of Tokyo
2006	Building the World’s Tallest Twin Tower	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
2007	Halong Bay Discovery	Hanoi, Vietnam	Xi'an Jiaotong University
2008	Govinda	Pune, India	Xi'an Jiaotong University
2009	Travel Together for the Victory Drums	Tokyo, Japan	Harbin Institute of Technology
2010	Robo-Pharaohs built pyramids	Cairo, Egypt	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2011	Loy Krathong, Lighting Happiness with friendship	Bangkok, Thailand	Dhurakij Pundit University
2012	Peng On Dai Gat (In pursuit of peace and prosperity)	Hong Kong, PRC	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2013	The Green Planet	Da Nang, Vietnam	Kanazawa Institute of Technology
2014	A Salute To Parenthood	Pune,India	To be  announced

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SECRETS OF AREA 51 !!

ARE AMERICAN REALLY WORKING WITH ALIENS AND UFO'S???

The U.S. government has finally confirmed the existence of Area 51 in Nevada, but it refuses the existence of aliens, little green men or any alien spaceships, in a newly declassified CIA history of its U-2 spy plane program.

Area 51 is also officially known as Groom Lake or homey airport. According to CIA (central intelligence agency) the original names for the area 51 facility are the Nevada test and training range and groom lake, but the name area 51 has been used in official CIA documentation. It also had other names like dreamland, paradise ranch, home base, Watertown strip and most recently it is named as homey airport.

It is located in the Southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 133 km (83 miles) north of Las Vegas.  It is situated on the southern shore of Groom Lake and there is a large military airfield at its center.
Firstly the purpose of the base was not defined so there were many rumors about it. The brutal secrecy around the base made it the as a conspiring place. The place was rumored as a central contact of unidentified flying object (UFO) and was also related to the many other rumors related to beings from outer space :aliens, but from official records it said that the base supports development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. Basically the base was never declared a secret base but all research and occurring in area 51 are top secret and sensitive.

Publicly released online on Thursday by the university's National Security Archive, the 400-page CIA history contains the first deliberate official references to Area 51; as a site developed by the intelligence agency in the 1950s to test fly the high-altitude U-2 reconnaissance plane. Other top-secret aircraft were tested there later, including the supersonic reconnaissance A-12 aircraft, code-named OXCART, and the F-117 stealth ground-attack jet and many more.


Chapter 2 of the CIA history says how Richard Bissell, the CIA officer  first spotted the site on an aerial scouting mission over Nevada in April 1955, accompanied by an Air Force officer and two others.
They landed their plane near an old, abandoned air strip at the edge of a salt flat known as Groom Lake near the northeastern corner of the Nevada Test Site, which was initially an nuclear test ground controlled by atomic energy commission.

The group thought that Groom Lake would "make an ideal site for testing the U-2 and training its pilots."
This site was recreated and then used for the purpose but due to its security and the separation from the public it was the center of conspiracy and this report cleared the conspiracy.

It was also said that the remains of an UFO a flying saucer which crashed near Roswell in New Mexico I n1947, were brought to the area 51 for reverse engineering and further experiments.The CIA document makes no mention of any such theories. But he pointed to one paragraph that discusses the relationship between U-2s and unidentified flying objects.”

When people sighted U-2s in a time and they were very secretive and at very high altitude so people didn’t know what they were, and in then they named those aircraft's as they were UFOs."

Is  there something that Americans and CIA are hiding from the world?? Does something like aliens  and UFO exists on this world?? Was area 51 really an place of  central contact  for beings from outer space??

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BOSCH INSCRIE -2013

INSCRIBE 2013 - Technical paper presentation Contest by Bosch India

 

     Bosch is a company generally manufacturing automotive parts with home appliances and many other products.Initially the company stated its work with automobile parts and become a pioneer in it then it moved to many other sectors and achieved good progress.Actually Bosch is a company which welcomes innovations so to celebrate the spirit of Innovation, Bosch India is organizing a technical paper presentation contest -Inscribe on Friday, 27th September 2013. The company was glad to invite engineering students from 31 different college's to participate in this event, which will provide them opportunities to showcase their knowledge, thinking process and innovative ideas. Winning teams will be rewarded with attractive prizes and internship opportunities with the company. they added that they also have special rewards for the faculty guides of winning teams. Firstly the students need to make the synopsis of their paper in word file and wait for the reply from the company to get selected and further selected students need to make an document max 5 to 6 pages in iccct double column format The below list is of the some of the important rules regarding the competition:

Criteria Of Eligibility: 

3rd year engineering students (2011-2015) branch does not matters. Team of 3 students helped by a faculty member Each team can submit single idea only Method for Submission of Synopsis: Send it to the email id tnp.sug...@gmail.com by Friday, 12th July 2013 11:59 PM Synopsis to be named “Topic and then Sub-topic in the next line” Guidelines for Synopsis submission: 1 A4 Page, 12 pts Times New Roman, maximum 400 words, Word Document Header to contain: Topic and Sub Topic Footer to contain: Team members names along with guiding faculty & Institute Name Any querries contact them at insc...@in.bosch.com

After the completion of submission of synopsis the company will get back to u if your synopsis is selected in the round and then if your synopsis gets selected the next step is to prepare a scientific research paper in IEEE format following all the rules and regulation. The procedure is same for the next round submit your paper to the company and wait for their reply. Then get ready with your presentation of your innovative idea and move to Bangalore for your final presentations if you are lucky enough for getting selected in the grand finale. The organizers provided a PowerPoint tempelate which was specially designed by the company along with the reimbursement form for the expenses. The company tends to provide free air tickets both to-and-fro tickets also along with taxi fares and accommodation charges. Total 15 papers were selected from the India, 2 from Gujarat and 1 from Pune and all others belonged to southern Indian side all of them were invited for final presentation on their idea at Bangalore on 25 & 26th of September. The organizers firstly arranged a special plant visit on 25TH for all the participants. 26th was the day for which the heart of the participants were beating and getting high, the final day of their presentation. 

The ceremony stated with an introduction of the schedule and then they divided students for their presentations .They had 3 teams in each of the areas the best teams in the country in their subtopics. The results were announced after a pleasant dinner and a demo from the company employees on their developments and products in the automobile industry. They selected one team from each area and led them to their business plan presentation. The company had a warm approach to the students. After an hour the students were ready with their business plan presentations and they easily explained their ideas in front of the panels of hr of the company. Many guest and important persons were invite to the closing ceremony .They glittered the young mind with their inspiring speeches. There were exiting gifts like ipad mini, Samsung tab 3 and Sony digi cams .The other participants were appreciated with gift hampers from the company. This was all about the journey for Bosch inscribe 2013.

Best of luck for next year inscribe 2014..!!

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BAJA SAE 2013 - RESULTS AND INFO

 BAJA SAE : MIND BLOWING  COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS

Baja SAE is an intercollegiate design competition held by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).  Many teams of students from universities all over the world design and build small off-road cars; all the cars have engines of the same specifications.  As from 2009 rules the engine has been an unmodified Briggs & Stratton Intek 20 single-cylinder with a displacement of 300cc and power output of approximately 10 bhp (7.5 kW).

The goal in Baja SAE racing is to design, build and race off-road vehicles that can withstand the harshest elements of rough environment and the students can learn to apply their theoretical knowledge practically. The vehicles used in Baja SAE racing are often similar in appearance to the buggies. Before 2007, the events were called "Mini Baja" which was changed latter to Baja SAE. Each year as many as 141 Baja cars are entered in the Baja SAE events across the US and around the world where events are held including India, South Africa and Korea and many other countries.  All cars must be designed according to SAE's rules, and pass SAE's technical inspection and judging. A car is not allowed to race until all safety inspections are passed.  Small engine manufacturer Briggs & Stratton (a company) sponsors Baja SAE teams by providing the SAE sanctioned engine free of charge, at a replacement rate of one engine for every two years in competition.

There are multiple dynamic events in the competition, usually four per event. The dynamic events include a single four-hour endurance race, hill climbs, chain pulls, maneuverability events, rock crawls, and suspension & traction events.  At one of the western SAE sanction events, (formally the America) the car had to be able to float and propel itself on water under its own power. This was changed for the 2012 competition because of safety issues.

Static events, such as written reports, presentations and design evaluations have to be cleared by participating teams. This is when the teams are judged on ergonomics, functionality, and productibility of their cars, experience and talent, ensuring that the final placement of the team does not rest solely on the vehicle's performance but rather on a combination of static and dynamic events and their hard work too. Required reports contain the details of the engineering and design process that was used in developing each system of the team’s vehicle, supported with sound engineering principles. Also, a cost report that provides all the background information necessary to verify the vehicle’s actual cost is used to rate the most economically feasible for production and if good can be further used in production. These reports are submitted weeks in advance of each event, where the presentations and design evaluations are given on site in the presence of SAE design judges along with the rules and the other official updates.

The Baja SAE Competition was started at the University of South Carolina in 1976, under the supervision of Dr. J. F. Stevens. Since that time, the competition has grown to become a premier engineering design series for university teams and one of the most important competitions for engineering students.

Baja SAE is an intercollegiate engineering design competition for undergraduate and graduate engineering students to bring out innovation in them and relate them with the real world engineering. The object of the competition is to simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges moving out of just bookish knowledge. Each team is competing to have its design accepted for manufacture by a repeated company. The students must function as a team to design, build, test, promote and complete a vehicle within the limits of the rules, also to generate financial support for their project and manage their educational priorities and obviously to win or qualify.

Each team's goal is to design and build a prototype of a rugged, single seat, off-road vehicle intended for sale to the non-professional weekend off-road enthusiast and to meet all the requirements of the competitions.  The vehicle must be safe, easily transported, easily maintained and easy to drive. It should be able to negotiate rough terrain without damage and remain as strong as possible.  In the past there have been as many as seven sanctioned events which were reduced to three in 2010. A Baja SAE competition event consists of three to four days.

 Recently in India Virtual BAJA was held be at Sri Venkateshawra College of Engineering, Bangalore   on 26th & 27th July 2013. The slot details were declared.

Here is the link  from  which  the  results  SAE BAJA virtual faceoff can be seen. 

 Resutls virtual round baja sae -2013

Best of luck to the teams which qualified for virtual round and work hard, u have a long way to go...!!!

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IIT IISc JAM and CEED Design exam 2015

JAM Exam For Post-Bachelor and PhD.:

  Are u aware of JAM exam which is conducted by the iit, if u, then prepare for the next jaam exam and not then read this.

 Most students and people are knowing about the engineering and medical exam for the best college and university.After doing the bachelor science courses then what to do for the further courses?? that is the big question....

  But the opportunity is not stop. Also doing Bsc, U have to opportunity to go in to the IIT and IISc for Master and PhD courses. IIT and IISc conduct JAM exam for that MSc and MSc + PhD. Dual courses.

It's a JAM(Joint Admission Test) for, M.Sc. (Two-Year), Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D, M.Sc.- PhD., M.Sc.-M.Tech. Dual Degree, and other Post-Bachelor Degree Programs at the IITs and the integrated PhD. Program at IISc.

• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc): Integrated PhD. Programs in

          1).  Biological Sciences

          2).  Chemical Sciences

          3).  Mathematical Sciences

          4).  Physical Sciences.

• IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS): Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programs in

          1).  Chemistry,

          2).  Earth Science,

          3).  Mathematics,

          4).  Physics.

• IIT Bombay (IITB): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1).  Applied Geology,

          2). Applied Geophysics,

          3). Applied Statistics and Informatics,

          4). Biotechnology,

          5). Chemistry,

          6). Mathematics,

          7). Physics.

Four-year Dual Degree Program in M.Sc. (Physics)-M.Tech. (Materials Science) with specialization in Nano-Science and Technology.

• M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Programs in 

          1). Applied Geology,

          2).  Applied Geophysics,

          3). Biotechnology,

          4). Chemistry,

          5).  Energy,

          6). Environmental Science and Engineering,

          7). Operations Research, and

          8). Physics.

Both the degrees will be awarded together after the successful completion of the Programs.

• IIT Delhi (IITD): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2). Mathematics,

          3). Physics.

• IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2). Mathematics

          3). Physics.

• IIT Guwahati (IITG): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2).  Mathematics and Computing,

          3). Physics.

• IIT Hyderabad (IITH): Two-year M.Sc. Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2). Mathematics,

          3). Physics.

• IIT Indore (IITI): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2). Physics.

• IIT Kanpur (IITK): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in

          1). Chemistry,

          2). Mathematics,

          3). Physics,

          4). Statistics.

NOTE:

M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Program in Physics (Transfer from M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Program to M.Sc. Physics Program is not permitted. However, for the students admitted to the M.Sc.-Ph.D. Dual Degree Program, the M.Sc. degree will be given after successful completion of all academic requirements of the first six semesters while working towards Ph.D. degree).

• IIT Kharagpur (IITKgp): Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2).  Geology,

          3). Mathematics,

          4). Physics.

• IIT Madras (IITM): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1). Chemistry,

          2). Mathematics,

          3). Physics.

• IIT Roorkee (IITR): Two-year Master of Science (M.Sc.) Programs in 

          1).  Applied Geology,

          2).  Applied Mathematics,

          3).  Biotechnology,

          4). Chemistry,

          5). Industrial Mathematics and Informatics

          6). Physics.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS  FOR ADMISSION:

The candidates who qualify in JAM 2014 shall have to fulfill the following Eligibility Requirement (ER) for admissions in IISc & IITs.

(i). For IISc Bangalore: First class marks (as declared by the University) for Un-Reserved/OBC Category Candidates and Second class (as declared by the University) or 50% aggregate marks, without rounding off, for SC/ST and PD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

(ii). For IIT Guwahati: At least, (a) 55% marks in Major/Honors and Pass in all other subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries or(b) 55% aggregate marks (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for Un-Reserved/OBC Category Candidates; and at least (a). 50% marks in Major/Honors and pass in all other subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, or (b). 50% aggregate marks (taking into account all subjects,including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC/ST and PD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

(iii). For all other IITs: At least 55% aggregate marks,without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for Un-Reserved/OBC Category Candidates and at least 50% aggregate marks,without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC/ST and PD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

For more Details:

• Website Addresses of IISc Bangalore & IITs

Institute	links
IISc Bangalore	www.iisc.ernet.in/
IIT Bhubaneswar	www.iitbbs.ac.in/
IIT Bombay	www.iitb.ac.in/
IIT Delhi	www.iitd.ac.in/
IIT Gandhinagar	www.iitgn.ac.in/
IIT Guwahati	www.iitg.ac.in/
IIT Hyderabad	www.iith.ac.in/
IIT Indore	www.iiti.ac.in/
IIT Kanpur	www.iitk.ac.in/
IIT Kharagpur	www.iitkgp.ac.in/
IIT Madras	www.iitm.ac.in/
IIT Roorkee	www.iitr.ac.in/

Design Examination CEED by IIT and IISc:

CEED 2015

It`s CEED (Common Entrance Examination for Design)  is a joint entrance exam for PG (post graduate) studies in the field of technological design held annually jointly at all IITs and Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

The examination is hosted by the Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on behalf of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

It is a descriptive test covering a student's logical, creative, observation and drawing skills, tested in particular for admission to various design courses.

Master Program:

• IIT Bombay

1.  Industrial design,
2.  Visual Communication
3. Animation
4. Interaction Design
5. Mobility 
6. vehicle Design.

• IIT Delhi 

1.  Industrial Design

• IIT Guwahati 

1.  Design

• IIT Kanpur 

1.  Industrial Design

• IIITDM Jabalpur

1.  Design

• IISc Bangalore

1.  Product design and Engineering

Phd Program :

• IISc Bangalore 

•  IIT Bombay

Eligibility criteria:

There is no rule for  age and  candidate is able to give number of times.

The candidate who atleast have the Bachelors degree in Architecture can appear in examination, Fine Arts or Engineering from a recognized college or university of India.

The candidates who has qualified the valid CEED Examination score become eligible to apply for the admission to various design program under IITs and IISC.

A CEED score promises far the admission to the desired institute.The Design Aptitude Test(DAT) is the second test in which all the candidates has to appear and followed by an interview prior to final selection by the respective institutes.

Eligibility criteria for CEED 2015 exam:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Architecture/Design/Interior Design or equivalent (4 year program after 10+2). 

• Professional Diploma in Design ( NID/CEPT or equivalent 4 year programme after 10+2).

• B.F.A. (4 year professional programme after 10+2.

• G.D. Art (5 year programme after 10th) with one year post qualification professional experience.

• Master’s degree in Arts/Science/Computer Applications(2 year programme after10+2+3) .  

For more details follow links: 

• CPDM

• IIT Bombay IDC
  

• IIT Delhi IDDC

• IIT Guwahati DOD

• IIT Kanpur

Previous Question Paper:

Download From here: http://www.iitb.ac.in/~pge/ceed_qp/

Source: http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/

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