AUV team of DTU participated in Robotic Submarine Design Competition ; San Diego, USA
An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) developed by a team of undergraduate students from Delhi Technological University formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) competed in the 12th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition organised by Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), San Diego, California, U.S.A during July 28-August 02, 2009.It is an innovative project that showcases technological elite achieved by the UG team of innovators of DCE now DTU. This research centric innovation aimed at developing a fully functional AUV capable of performing tasks involving target localization, positioning, lane following, marker deployment, and communication. The further aim of the research is to design a generic type electronic/electrical hardware that could be employed at industrial level. This is 3rd generation vehicle of the team DTU (DCE)–AUV and is determined to stake claim for top slot in this prestigious international competition. Previous year endeavour bagged “Most Improved Design 2008” award and was placed 9th overall.
The year round of testing and debugging, of the robot i.e. submarine by the team this year has finally rendered the autonomous submarine to accomplish all the tasks required in the competition. The difficulties faced by earlier AUV have been solved this time by modifications in the prototypes which now use six thrusters to propel the robot. This has increased its degrees of freedom and use of motor drivers and integrated PCB has made it capable of moving at different speeds. Further 4 hydrophones are being used to detect the acoustic signals generated by a pinger underwater at an unknown location. The team has undergone rigorous training under the guidance of faculty members of DTU-AUV. The new version of Robotic Submarine of DTU was designed and developed under the supervision of Prof.P.B.Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of DTU and Dr. R.K. Sinha, Dean –Industrial Research and Development. The project was supported by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), MoES.
DTU Hypermilers win in the International Competition
An interdisciplinary Under-Graduate team of Delhi Technological University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering) has bagged the trophy for the best new team and secured second place in the technical round in the open class category in the Finnish Supermileage Marathon Competition held in Finland on 15th and 16th August, 2009. The team comprising of Abhinav Jain, Ambrish Verma, Ishant Dudhwal, Kancharla V.S.R. Hareen, Balasubramaniam Viswanathan has designed and developed a Hyper-Mileage vehicle by optimizing its Aero-dynamic design, utilizing Carbon fiber for the construction of the car body and by further cutting down the weight of the vehicle by incorporating new materials and systems. The vehicle is powered by 45 cc petrol internal combustion engine capable of providing the necessary torque and enabling the vehicle to achieve the mileage of 224 miles / gallon (British gallon). Earlier the Delhi College of Engineering Supermileage vehicle received “The Best Aero-Dynamic Design Award” in the international competition held at Michigan (the home of automobiles of the world) in US. “The team, this time has embarked upon the use of composite carbon fiber for the vehicle body in addition to improving the fuel efficiency of the vehicle by significant drag reduction achieved by modeling and simulation. Our eyes are on achieving quantum jump in fuel efficiency while at the same time retaining the aesthetic and aerodynamics of the vehicle so that tomorrow’s automobiles could achieve the target of near zero pollution levels. DTU has a focused R&D program on future automobile solutions”, said Prof. P.B. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, Delhi Technological University.
Another team of DTU is currently working on the development of a parallel hybrid vehicle for the roads of Delhi. The project is supported by Indian Oil Corporation and Maruti Udyog Ltd., informed Dr. R.K. Sinha, Dean (IRD), DTU
DTU UAV Bags DirectorsAward at AUVSI held at Maryland , USA
An International award at the 2009 Association of Unmanned Vehicles System International (AUVSI) Student Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) competition. The team was awarded the Director's award for the best team effort for demonstratinga successful flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The competition was held at Webster Field, Maryland in the United States between June 17 and June 21.
Team: Guided by Professor P.B. Sharma, Assistant
Professor D.S. Nagesh and Lecturer N.S. Raghava. And the team members were Suraj Joseph, Rochak Chadha, Arjit Arora, Nipun Batra, Gautam Madaan ,Rohit Arora, Abhay Kaul, Raghvendra Gautam, Akshay Bahl, Sahil Kapur
UNMANNED GROUNG VEHICLE
Team: The project is being carried out under the guidance of Prof P. B. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, DTU , Dr. Daya Gupta (HOD, Computer Dept.) and Mrs. Akshi Kumar (Lecturer, Computer Dept.) by Saurav Kumar , Puneet Kumar (Ex-students, Batch 2K9,COE), Amit Kothari (Team Leader, COE, 3rd year), Rahul Manocha (Technical Head, ECE,3rd year), Gaurav Singh (Team Member, COE, 3rd year), Dheeraj Arora (Team Member, COE, 3rd year), Nandisha Ahuja (Team Member, EE, 2nd year), Nisha Bachani (Team Member, EE, 2nd year), Sakshi Yadav (Team Member, ECE, 2nd year).
Phase 1: The first phase of the project concluded on 23rd June 09 by a successful test trial of the UGV prototype in the presence of Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU. The first phase included the autonomous run of the UGV in an arena by avoiding obstacles using a Laser Range Finder via the shortest route.
Mission accomplished: After the successful demonstration of the objectives of phase 1 of the project the team is now working to accomplish the objectives of phase 2 for further development of the vehicle.
Design: The prototype has a robust mechanical design strong enough to sustain various types of terrains. It has a wooden base and is driven by four DC motors. The power source is the conventional AC supply which is transformed to the required DC output. H-bridges have been used to control the motors’ working and they receive the input from a Processor which gives the output in synchronization with the input received from the sensors which detected the obstacles.
Objectives for Phase II: Demonstration of autonomous behavior of a car like system in outdoor environment. Also there will be enhancement of the range of Laser System using the Camera system so as to increase the maximum speed of the vehicle in the autonomous mode. Other objectives include GPS Waypoint Navigation ie. navigation of vehicle from one known reference on map to another for e.g “Administrative Block” , “ Mechanical Block”
Vision: According to the team members, that day isn’t far when such vehicles could be used for real world applications like intelligent transport systems and surveillance vehicles on a large scale. The team is now aiming for the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, 2010 which is an annual event organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in the United States