Home Automation Module Prototype

An economical Infra-Red based home automation module, for wireless control of electrical appliances using a very cheap TV/DVD player remote controller. The prototyped version uses arduino uno as microcontroller, three transistors and relays for switching three 230V/15W bulbs, IR TSOP receiver (1738), old VCR remote controller and some passive components.

List Of Indian Web Stores for Robotics/Electronics Parts

Here is a list of Indian web stores for all kinds of robotics and electronics parts.Stuffs ranges from dev boards to passive components,cables,motor shields,sensors,connectors and much more.The prices varies greatly among different shops,so it's always wise to refer as many shops before a heavy purchase.

• http://researchdesignlab.com/
• http://www.nex-robotics.com
• http://www.onlinetps.com/shop
• http://positronindia.in/
• http://www.robokits.co.in
• http://robotronindia.com
• http://www.sunrom.com
• http://www.robosoftsystems.co.in/roboshop
• http://www.simplelabs.co.in
• http://www.rhydolabz.com
• http://www.tenettech.com
• http://kitsnspares.com
• http://in.element14.com
• http://www.embeddedmarket.com
• http://www.digikey.in
• http://www.ventor.co.in
• http://in.mouser.com
• http://edubotix.in/roboshop.html
• http://in.rsdelivers.com
• http://www.vegarobokit.com
• http://shop.sumeetinstruments.com
• http://www.nskelectronics.com/home.html
• http://discovertechcom.com
• http://www.campuscomponent.com/category
• http://www.technido.com/store
• http://store.extremeelectronics.co.in
• http://probots.co.in

The list may be incomplete,but has listed almost all the popular web stores in India. If you find this article useful,feel free to share it in any forums or social networking sites

Just a Lamp ..or ??

With Processing, Arduino, and OpenCV.
Pinokio is an exploration into the expressive and behavioural potentials of robotic computing. Customized computer code and electronic circuit design imbues Pinokio with the ability to be aware of its environment, especially people, and to expresses a dynamic range of behaviour. As it negotiates its world, we the human audience can see that Lamp shares many traits possessed by animals, generating a range of emotional sympathies. In the end we may ask: Is Pinokio only a lamp? – a useful machine? Perhaps we should put the book aside and meet a new friend.

For more info pinokio-lamp.com

Projects in Image Processing By RIG

Robotic Arm was followed by a bunch of projects in Image processing like Gesture recognition, Object tracking using Open CV and Arduino.
Track RIG Developments @ http://www.youtube.com/user/RIGNITC

Robotic Manipulator By RIG

The video shows a repaired and upgraded a 5-degree of freedom Robotic Manipulator with  Servo grippers, Mobile base, Line following and Speech based movement by the Robotics Interest Group (RIG) functioning in my college.This was one of the major initial works done by the Group.
RIG You tube Channel : RIG @ NITC
RIG FB Page : fb.com/rignitc