Cocurricular Activities
Robocon
Robocon is a robotics competition held annually. Teams in the Asia Pacific Region are allowed to participate. In India, it is sponsored by Doordarshan (Prasarbharati) and is held in collaboration with Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Pune. It is an interesting intellectual exercise for budding engineers and their enthusiastic instructors, determined to innovate and create robots to produce desired results.
It focuses on a team of people who can conceive, design, fabricate and compete in one of the most prestigious event on the globe. This competition tests the engineering skills of the team at the highest level. It provides an excellent opportunity to develop practical, hands-on skill and experience to complement formal education. Teams are composed of students from different years and disciplines promoting person-to-person interaction, student recruiting, alumni relations and community relations.
The team develops an informal system of mentorship and apprenticeship and needs to be highly motivated throughout the project duration. The team members are self-driven in their quest for knowledge. The project is student initiated and managed thereby developing outstanding leadership and teamwork skills. Robocon started in 2002 and the number of teams participating is steadily increasing year on year. SPCE/SPIT first participated in the event in 2005.
Elecrama
ELECRAMA (an ISO certified event) is a world class forum for convergence of trade and users of the Electrical and Electronics Industry. It is a movement, rather than an event; representative of top quality organizational, technological and management competencies of the new India.
The ultimate showcase and a barometer of the industry’s strength and maturity. It offers an unparalleled window of access to a bold new future of immense opportunities to exhibitors, visitors and consumers alike. It endeavours to provide its customers, through traditional Indian values of hospitality, warmth and sophistication, a world class exhibition experience to all participants.
Participants (ELECRAMA 2006)
- Vikas Singhvi (T.E.ETRX)
- Dimple Doshi (T.E.ETRX)
- Tushar Singhal (T.E.ETRX)
Project Abstract
There are two main ways that electronic devices communicate without wires, one is Infra Red which uses the Infra-Red part of the light spectrum to transmit light pulses to carry a signal. This is a digital format but is limited to devices that are in line of sight with each other. For example your remote control to the TV is an Infra-Red device. Unless it is pointed at the TV it will not work. This is because the signal is a beam of light and must make contact with the receiver directly. The second way is with Radio waves. This is the technology that Bluetooth uses. Bluetooth broadcasts its signal at a Radio frequency of 2.45 Gigahertz. Just like the radio receives a signal from the broadcasting station, Bluetooth sends and receives data via a radio signal.
With Infra red you will have to make sure that the devices are in line. With Bluetooth, all the devices once switched on search out each other and decide for themselves which of the devices need to talk to each other. It then sets up its own mini network. All this is done without any intervention from us at all. It is possible to have a completely wireless desktop with devices ranging from your keyboard and mouse to your headset and games controller, all Bluetooth enabled and with no wires.
The range of Bluetooth is about 10m-30m and it ensures better and reliable communication between the transmitter and receiver as compared to infrared. It has found widespread applications in mobile phones (for sharing data), personal computers, printers, etc.
Robotics Workshop
Students of the Electronics department conduct Robotics workshops in college in association with Robocon and other college bodies like IEEE, IETE. The workshop are conducted with an aim of sharing knowledge and as well as providing a platform for fellow students to think, innovate and take up projects.
