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MIT Robocon Tech Team

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MIT Robocon Tech Team
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MIT Tech Team (Robocon), Pune, India is one of Robocon India teams and the official robotics club of MIT-WPU. It is a team of students from different fields of the MIT WPU Faculty of Engineering and Technology, known for its consistent performance in the Indian National Robocon.

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MIT Tech team at Robocon India 2008

It was founded in 2007 by MIT-Pune, now MIT-WPU. The team was established under the guidance of Prof. Ms. S.H. Kulkarni, Prof. Dr. Saket Yeolekar, and Prof. Dr. Vishwanath Karad, who also played a crucial role in mentoring the team. It started its legacy in 2008 when MIT hosted the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Robocon competition and became the Indian National Winner. The Robotics Innovation Lab is one of the initiatives taken by the institute to help students get hands-on experience in the field of robotics. The team competes annually in several competitions, the most prominent of which is ABU Robocon.

Achievements

Year Theme Achievements
2024 ‘Harvest Day' (Vietnam) Second runner-up in Indian National Robocon  
2023 'Casting Flowers over Angkor Wat' (Cambodia) First runner-up in Indian National Robocon  
2022 'Lagori' (India) IHSC Award and Helping Hand Award at Indian National Robocon (IIT Delhi)
2020 'Robo Rugby 7s' (India) Winner of Indian National Robocon
Represented India at International ABU Robocon
Prof. Balakrishna Memorial Award
2018 'Ném Còn' (Vietnam) Finalist and first runner-up in Indian National Robocon (Pune)
2017 'Asobi, the Landing Disc' First runner-up at Indian National Robocon (Pune) | Represented India at International ABU Robocon
Best aesthetic award
2nd runner-up in Mathworks Modelling awards
2016 'Chai-Yo, Clean Energy Recharging the World' National Rank 4 in Indian National Robocon (Pune)
Best Idea award
Fastest Pole climbing robot
2014 'A Salute to Parenthood' (India) Second Runner-up in Indian National Robocon (Pune)
2013 'The Green Planet' (Vietnam) Winner of Indian National Robocon (Pune)
Represented India at International ABU Robocon
Highest aggregate score in ABU Robocon (Vietnam)
Prof. Balakrishna Memorial Award
2012 'Peng On Dai Gat' (Hong Kong) Winner of Indian National Robocon (Pune)
Represented India at International ABU Robocon
Award for securing 5th rank at international ABU Robocon
Fastest job completion robot
Prof. Balakrishna Memorial Award
2011 'Krathong: Lighting Happiness with Friendship' (Thailand) Indian Semi-finalist (Pune)
2010 'Robo-Pharaohs Build Pyramids' (Egypt) Winner of Indian National Robocon
Represented India at International ABU Robocon
Best Innovation award
Prof. Balakrishna Memorial award
2008 'Govinda' (India) Runner-up in Indian National Robocon (India)
Represented India at International ABU Robocon
Misumi Sponsors Award


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Departments

According to the team, MIT Robocon Tech Team has the following departments:

  • Dynamics:  Designing, manufacturing, fabrication, the mechanical structure of robots, building of actuators and motors, and using SolidWorks (3D designing and simulation software).
  • Circuits: Building electronic circuits, microcontrollers and their peripherals, power systems, embedded systems, MCUs, and custom boards, operation with programming in C and C++.
  • Controls: It includes ROS/ROS2 (Robot Operating System) used for the simulation of robots, CV i.e. computer vision for object/color detection, gazebo which is a 3D robot simulation environment used for testing and validating robotic algorithms and systems, and Programming languages like Python and C++.
  • Non-Tech (Management): Event management, marketing, sponsorship, finance, web development, graphic designing, video editing, and content writing.
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