It’s the final day of Navratri and we couldn’t be more happier. Called the day of Vijayadasami, it signifies the day when good trounces evil. While there had no battle against evil here at Kidobotikz, there was one stiff competition underway though- the competition to get robots on the Kolu stairs.
Upon announcement of the Kolu display at Kidobotikz, dozens of students visited the center and were eager to get their robots on display. Students spent the first half of their dusshera holidays developing their Kolu-themed projects. The next half was spent displaying these on the stands at Kidobotikz. Quite a few number of entries were received and owing to space constraints, a few of them had to be not displayed at the stands. We’ve picked a few of the projects that had turned quite a few heads and have featured them here.
1) Thirumalai Thirupathi Oonjal Sevai by A.V Sangeetha
The theme of this project is to emulate the traditional swing on which the deity at Tirupati is customarily placed upon as a part of the Brahmotsavam celebrations. This project, done by Kidobotikzian A.V Sangeetha, makes use of a couple of B.O motors, and an arduino board to induce an oscillatory motion in the motors. Suspended from the B.O Motors is the Oonjal.
2) Blessing Ganesh by A Shiekh and S. Sai Manivanan
Using nothing but a starter shield and a BO motor, these young roboticists have created a Blessing Ganesh picture frame that has an automated trunk. Whenever, one takes their arm near the image, the trunk of Lord Ganesh will rise up and bless the devotee.
3) Automated Kumkum and Manjal offering by Mrithun Chockalingam
This project is a rather neat looking one with a lot of functionality built into it. There’s an idol of Lord Ganesh in the middle with a small motor mounted umbrella behind him. In the front, the two small cups of kumkum and turmeric are placed on small plates. These are connected to two BO motors that are concealed below the boxes. The motors are connected to IR sensors. So, when someone brings their palms near to Lord ganesha to touch his feet, the sensors detect the palms and the small motors rotate the containers above.
4) Ranganatha being fanned by Balaji S.Rao
To add some robotics to mythology, Balaji Rao came up with this concept. It depicts the image of how Lord Ranganatha is fanned while he rests upon a serpent in his holy abode. Balaji made a slow rotating fan with a torque motor that will look like someone is fanning the god. To achieve the same, he has used a custom made fan blade and connected it to a BO motor via a long stick.
We wish all a very happy Navaratri and hope to see more such interesting projects next year.
Happy Roboting !
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