Winner

December 2019

RISING STARS

The Young Robot Makers

    • rohit.david@timesgroup.com
    • Publish Date: Jan 4 2017 1:31PM
      • |
    • Updated Date: Jan 4 2017 1:31PM
The Young Robot Makers

In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Clean India’ campaign, the 13th edition of the World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) saw 2,000 students from 51 countries design robots for waste management under the theme ‘Rap the Scrap’


Philippines
Recycling robot 
Our system of inventions primarily sets an innovative way of segregating and recycling wastes. Our inventions inclide RAP the scrap or the recycling advocacy promoter with its collaborative robots, BIYO 1 (Biogas and Illumination Yielding Operations) and BIYO 2 ( Bins of Innovative Yields and Outputs).  The recycling advocacy promoter or RAP is a built-in humanoid robot that could scan trash according to its type through colour detection by the pixy cam that we have putted in his forehead. RAP can detect whether it is a plastic, paper, can or a food waste. After the detection, segregation will occur in RAP and RAP would be responsible to get the trash and put it in the pre-assigned bins located at his both legs. BIYO 1 is a built-in machine that converts food wastes into electricity, biogas for fuel and organic fertiliser. Food wastes from RAP will be given to BIYO 1 and it will be shredded thoroughly. After shredding, water will also be given to the shredded food wastes so that implementation of biogas will be more possible and effective. Meanwhile, the food waste will now go to the turbine connected in a direct current motor and it will now charge the supply responsible for the electricity converting. It can light up a lamp post for approximately six hours. The remaining sludge will pour down in the digester to store in for biogas product, an alternative fuel resource. The remaining slurry can be used as an organic fertilsers. 

 
Russia
Waste collector 
The Russian national team presented four projects in the Open Category, each intended for combating wastes, in particular, three teams from Saint Petersburg: Clean Arctic, Ocean waste collector (OWC-2016)», RoboHand and a team from with their project Chisty Gorod (Clean City).  Authors of Ocean waste collector (OWC-2016), a gold medal winner at WRO, developed a complicated system of automatic cleaning of the ocean surface and bottom using robots. The coordination center receives information from satellites, citizens and nearby vessels and a special robot moves to the contaminated site. The robot finds wastes by means of machine vision. According to the authors of the project, this development  will help to prevent environmental disasters. RoboHand, a silver medal winner is a project presenting a device that enables processing of radioactive wastes without human intervention. The operator controls the device using 3D-sensors. RoboHand can remember and repeat any action performed by the operator.



Denmark
All eyes on this robot 
We are a team of WRO regular veterans. We have had such great experience with prior WRO’s and have met many great people through WRO over the years so we really wanted to go again. We are now too old to participate in Regular category so we figured we should try and build something for the ARC category. The team consists of a Mathematician (Emil) an IT scientist (Magnus) and a user oriented engineer (Michael). Our coach is a mechanical engineer (Robert). We all study. I, Michael, the engineer, began working on serval prototypes early on and got to know the building system. We came up with the idea of two spinning wheels to shoot the ball but the real innovation came when we figured out how to pick up the ball. I always wanted the robot to be compact and aesthetic because i am a perfectionist and is used to work with LEGO. It took a lot of time to finish the product because of these self-imposed demands. Luckily Emil and Magnus are excellent programmers and made some great code. It was quite magical to see the robot shoot for the first time. It was also their first time programming in that language and it was quite the struggle in the beginning. The robot took so much attention at the competition because of its looks and quality but did not win any prices because we did not have time to recalibrate it to use the new bowling lanes here in India.

 
Germany
Water Wall-E
When the team Schollibotics was thinking about a project for this year’s World Robot Olympiad, the dangers of plastic waste in the oceans were on the news. Plastic waste causes damages to ships, fishery and tourism. The Schollibotics came up with the idea to build autonomous recycling plants which cruise the oceans, detect plastic waste with an camera-drone and process it to granules. These can be sold and be used to make new products. During their reasearch, the Schollibotics found out that there is a very convenient way to make a recycling plant float. They reuse semi-submersible oil rigs, that go out of buisness when their oil fields are empty. The cost of dismantling such an oil rig are even higher than rebuilding it to carry an recycling plant. So the Schollibotics said: To make the cleanup of the oceans really happen the team invented ‘Water Wall-E’, their floating robot recycling plant.  Everyone is familiar with this problem: you order a small item off the Internet and it is delivered in a large package.Their fully automatic system includes three main parts: a measure robot that determines the size of the ordered object; a grappler, which is responsible for lifting and dropping the goods and finally a transporter, which actually moves the correctly chosen box. The main robot (the measuring robot) coordinates all bluetooth communication: it gives orders and transmits the required data. The program determines the length, width and position of the object by means of an ultrasonic sensor. The grappler is constructed in a quite compact way, since many features had to be included with only little space available. 


Thailand
Reuse plastic bottle
We were thinking about what types of waste are having a big impact on the environment and how to recycle, reduce and reuse different things. We pinpointed that plastics presents a large proportion of waste and was particularly harmful due to their non-biodegradable nature, taking up to 800 years to biodegrade. After learning that 80 billion bottles are produced each year and that 80 percent were thrown into landfills we wanted to find a way to recycle or reuse plastics. Our solution to the problem was to reuse plastic bottles to create new products with added value. We found ways to use the plastic bottle from head to toe. The top of the bottle can be used as a waterproof seal, the body of the bottle made into a string which can then be woven into products such a mat, coaster or belt and the bottom of the bottle can be turned into little purse which is very good for holding coins or headphones. In order to automate the manufacturing of these products we built three machines, each representing a process in the production line. The concept of these machines can be used at home as desktop machines or with larger scales in recycling plants.

More From RISING STARS...
Comments

Mageshwaran Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

I love robotics.

kanimozhi VANI VIDYALAYA S.S.S & JR. COLG

amazing on robotics

POST YOUR OWN ARTICLE, PHOTO & VIDEO

SIMPLY FILL DETAILS & POST


SIGN UP & EXPLORE MORE...
*


*
* *
* *
img
*
REGISTRATION SUCCESSFUL...
THANK YOU FOR REGISTERING
  • About Us

Times Newspaper in Education (Times NIE) is a novel program that helps students ‘Stay Ahead’ and aims at making ‘Learning Fun’. It introduces concepts that help individual growth and development beyond school curriculum.

A brainchild of The Times of India, the world’s leading English newspapers, Times NIE nurtures progress and innovation. Adapted from the international concept, Times Newspaper in Education program (Times NIE) was initiated in India in 1985.

Today we have over 3000 schools and over 9 lac students subscribing to the programme, spanning 16 cities viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, and Jaipur.

The Times of India Student edition, a customized student newspaper exclusively for the students, packs a powerful punch in terms of content that leads to a smarter and superior learning experience. The information is crafted such that it finds use in classroom discussions, thus making it relevant and current. It truly gives education a new dimension by fostering the simple habit of reading which in turn paves the way for a confident, informed and aware individual. A newspaper that inspires young minds and equips them to face challenges of today’s world, making way for global citizens.

Empowering students with new cutting-edge knowledge through various educative and informative activities is a commitment and tradition of Times NIE. The programme serves as a catalyst of education and interaction, as well as a window into the minds of the quintessential Indian youth. On a significant scale Times NIE comprises diverse interesting activities and events that boost the child’s passion for learning, while revealing hidden talent.

While you are aware that The Times of India is among the leading English Newspapers across the world, it has consummated its position as an everlasting winner. With several international awards and recognitions to its credit, The Times of India and Times NIE have validated an enduring tradition of setting the highest benchmarks in every respect. We have been awarded with the two most prestigious awards, Times NIE - World’s No.1 NIE program and The Times of India, Student Edition - World’s No.1 Newspaper for the youth in 2006 by the celebrated World Association of Newspapers (WAN). In 2008 we were honoured by the International Newspaper Marketing Association (INMA), yet another international recognition for ‘Youth Audience Development’. In 2013 we were again honoured by the celebrated World Association of Newspapers (WAN) as the ‘Times NIE - World’s Best Youth Engagement Program’.

Times NIE has grown remarkably over the last three and a half decades, touching millions of children across more than 16 Indian cities. Our absolute commitment towards the fledgling generation remains undiluted and our greatest strength lies in the school partnership and commitment.

  • Times NIE World Awards
EDIT STUDENT PROFILE...



img

JOIN NOW !!!

Create or join groups, share your views, ideas through posts (Text, Pictures & Videos)

GOT A QUERY?

FEEL FREE TO ASK HERE. GET IT ANSWERED BY EXPERTS

CLICK HERE TO SEE YOUR PREVIOUS QUERIES

win

Why You Think India Is Great....