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Total number of credits: 64 (14 Core + 18 Soft Core + 6 Electives+ 26 Thesis Project)
The table below is the suggested template of the MTech RAS program offered by Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems at IISc Bangalore.
| Term | Research | Other | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sem 1(Aug-Dec) | CP 241(3:0) (Core) |
CP 220(3:0) (Core) |
CP 214(3:1) (Core) |
Soft Core/Elective | Optional | |
| Sem 2(Jan-Apr) | CP 230(2:1) (Core) |
Soft Core/Elective | Soft Core/Elective | Soft Core/Elective | CP 210(0:1) (Core) |
Assignment of Thesis Project Advisor |
| Summer(May-July) | Internship/Thesis Project | |||||
| Sem 3(Aug-Dec) | Soft Core/Elective | Soft Core/Elective | Thesis Project | Placement Interviews | ||
| Sem 4(Jan-Apr) | Soft Core/Elective | Industry/Thesis Project | ||||
| Name | Contents |
|---|---|
| Mobile Robot Programming | Learn to program mobile robots to navigate around an obstacle course |
| Control of Industrial Robot Arms | Learn to program industrial robot arms to do various tasks like pick and place, movements, gripping, welding etc. Program collaborative arms. |
| Programming of Drone Systems | Program drones for landing, sorties, pattern flying, etc. |
| Tele robotics | Control robot arms/humanoids over the network. |
| Robot simulation frameworks | Exercises in Simulation frameworks like PyBullet, Gazebo by creating robot and world models, demonstration of various algorithms |
| VR/AR and Speech Interfaces | Programming VR/AR, haptics and speech interfaces to machines/robots |
| Human Robot Interaction | Interfacing Robots with interactive devices like gesture and speech recognition systems, eye gaze tracker, Industrial CoBoT, TeleRobotics, HRI for semi-autonomous vehicle, cognitive load estimation (“human/operator state” might be a broader term?) |
| ROS/ROS2 Software Stacks | Robot programming using ROS/ROS2 |
| Machine Learning for Robots | ML based Control for Grasping and Manipulation |
| Robot Sensor and Actuator Systems | Integrate new sensor and actuator system to a robot’s perception system |
| 3D Design and Prototyping for Robotics | 3D CAD design, URDF model creation, 3D printing of part and attachment to a robot |
| Drone piloting | Learn to fly drones in IISc testbed |
| Multi-sensor odometry | Wheel, IMU, GPS, Lidar, wireless, and combinations by filter-based fusion |
| Visual navigation | Tag-based, landmark-based, feature based, direct methods, deep learning based, monocular and stereo methods |
Robotics and autonomous systems are an integral part of Industry 4.0 and robotic automation will see an exponential growth in the future. The shortage of skilled labor in transport, agriculture, and supply chain management; operations in hazardous environment like mines and waste processing and recovery; remote monitoring, space explorations and defense will drive the future of robotic automation solutions. Co-design of Cyber and Physical components of such systems and their safe operation along with humans in unstructured and uncertain environments will be key characteristics of such systems.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems have also changed over the last decade – with the confluence of AI/ML with cheap sensors/Actuators and Battery technologies
With substantial investments by the Govt of India and Govt. Of Karnataka in this area at IISc through the AI & Robotics Park Initiative (ARTPARK), as well as investments from companies like Cisco, Nokia, Garrett etc. via CSR grants – IISc has started developing state of the art experimental facilities in Connected Robots and Autonomous Systems. These facilities to not only support our research, but also develop rich experiential/laboratory-based training programs for the students.
Robotics and Autonomous System has always fascinated our UG students as evidenced by their keen participation in many robotic competitions. However, there is no comprehensive course program in this domain in the country that can train then in the foundational aspects as well as the experimental aspects of the subject.
RBCCPS under Div. Of Inter-Disciplinary Sciences, is in a unique intersection of Div. Of EECS and Mechanical Sciences and hence can offer such training spanning both the disciplines – and will be the pillar of this program. ARTPark (AI & Robotics Technologies Park) has been incubated by RBCCPS and will provide laboratory support.
Graduates will have a good exposure to foundational and applied topics in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Hands on exposure to engineering with robots – including mechanical prototyping, ROS/ROS2 programming, AI/ML based programming, VR/AR and other HCI Technologies, 5G and WiFi6 experimentation, indoor and outdoor ground, and aerial robot experiences, will make them well rounded and prepared for many industry problems. They will be able to contribute effectively to create innovative technologies and products in the emerging AI & Robotics applications in industry 4.0, medical, agriculture, mining, defense, smart cities etc.
Good theoretical and practical grounding will prepare the graduates of this program to participate in innovative experimental research in Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
Students with UG/PG background in EE, ECE, CS, Mech, Aero and related fields
Industries in Robotics and Autonomous Systems like: ABB, Bosch, TCS, Wipro, GE, Defense PSUs, Amazon, Flipkart, Target, Nokia, Google, CAIR, ADA, NAL, Intel, Siemens, etc. and many startups
Research Labs in academia like in IISc and IITs.
As per IISc Norms
Admission intake as per IISc norms.
