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CHAPTER NEWS

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology RAS
Student Chapter Sponsors Workshop

T

he IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Student
Branch Chapter (SBC) at the
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, India, conducted a
two-day workshop and hackathon
about smartphone-controlled robotics
on 8-9 February 2020. The workshop
was sponsored by an IEEE RAS Chapter start-up grant.
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Date of current version: 10 September 2020

Sixty students actively participated
in the workshop, during which they
acquired the skills to compete in
the hackathon that followed (see
Figure 1). The participants were
trained from scratch on the various
hardware components involved in
the workshop.
Students were divided into 10 groups
of six members each. The top two teams
were selected from the hackathon and
awarded prizes. The event consisted of
six sessions.

Day One: Sessions 1-3
Session 1: Familiarization: Participants
were first acquainted with the equipment and tools to be used throughout
the workshop, including Arduino Uno,
the HC06 Bluetooth module, geared dc
motors, and motor drivers.
Session 2: Hands-on: Participants took
part in an interactive session to learn
about basic Arduino p
- rogramming,
HC06 Bluetooth module testing, and
motor testing. The Arduino Bluetooth
controller app was also introduced.

Figure 1. Participants during the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology RAS SBC two-day workshop and hackathon.

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