Kochi: The second edition of DROID 2.0, a national conclave on robotics hosted by the students’ branch of IEEE FISAT in association with IEEE Kerala Chapter, in a hybrid format is drawing attention among the student community in the wake of growing interests in automated technologies and robotics.
FISAT officials said that students have been working on advanced robotic technology that assists people to deal with their real-life problems.
The robot club of FISAT has developed numerous socially relevant projects by understanding the day-to-day patterns and needs of the people they care for.
“Rather than simply giving workshops, we are providing hackathons on mask detection using machine learning, which will be implemented with the help of supervised learning paradigm and PC web camera to detect people with or without masks. This is a fundamental project that can be implemented at colleges, airports, hospitals and offices where chances of Covid-19 spread are moderately higher,” said Bejoy, coordinator of the event.
He said that DROID 2.0 would be beneficial for the young minds to impart insights on how to set up a successful startup initiative in the field of robotics. Interactive talks will be handled by world’s top roboticists on master courses under robotics.
“We are also hosting robotic expos, hackathons with more that 100+ enrolment counts, cultural events, etc,” he said.
The faculty said that there was a lot of interest in this field in the wake of social restrictions due to Covid.