Ranger Robot! The future of assisted tasking! | Online robotics classes for kids

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Ranger Robot! The future of assisted tasking!
Online robotics classes for kids
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to
actually have a personal robotic assistant? And
I am not referring to AI assistants like Siri and
Alexa. Were talking about a full-grown Eva
from Wall-E! Well, that is exactly what the team
at DIYA was recently tasked to do. Develop an
indigenous EVA, that too within just 14 days!
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The "Ranger" robot - as we at DIYA named it - was
conceived and built at DIYA's RD labs.
An initial prototype was developed and
test-launched by integrating it with the other
tech exhibits at the "Robo-Tech wedding" of our
Founder last month! The task assigned to the
team was to make this "Ranger" Robot useful to
humans in real-life situations and also have the
capability to handle a lot of other potential
applications. With a little help from the
students pursuing our courses, the robot frame
was fabricated using steel bars and ?tted with
e-bike motors. At the wedding event, the
"Ranger" Robot was assigned the job of passing
around small containers of the "Holy Sacred"
rice among the attendees. In doing so, the Ranger
had to also maneuver and move around the tables,
chairs, and guests spread across the hall. Our
RANGER Robot is ?tted with a lithium-ion battery
capable of providing an operation time of about
5-6 hours from a range of around 500 meters via
Radio Frequency transmission. Taking inspiration
from movie characters, the face has LED eyes to
make it look very pleasing to the onlookers. The
movement of the Robot in different directions
happens via an asymmetric-thrust differential
drive. Internal components like the motor control
module, VESC algorithms, etc were all put
together from scratch by our team of in-house
experts. During the process of developing the
RANGER using our students, we realized that there
was quite a Skill-Gap between the existing
School/ College curriculum and the prevalent
Robotic Industry standards. To bridge this, our
team at DIYA had an idea. Why not get the
students on board this project and personally
teach them how to assemble electronic circuitry
instead of relying on the traditional
theoretical approach.
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Sky's the limit when it comes to the uses of
technological advancements and this holds
very true in the case of the "RANGER" Robot. For
example, during a pandemic-like situation such a
robot, powered by AI neural algorithms, can be
used in the healthcare sector and quarantine
zones for distribution of medicines etc. But it
doesnt just stop there! The live use case
scenarios for this kind of robotic technology can
range from assisting people with physical
disabilities to the industrial work of moving
crates/ parts/ tools around the factory ?oor. The
development of the RANGER Robot by DIYA is just
a small step in that direction. Besides, we are
proud and happy that this whole process can
possibly help our budding talents pave their way
into robotic assisted-tasking. Not so science
?ction anymore then, as tech can be integrated
into our lifestyle and To Make Your Child Future
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