Research-Facilities – IISc RBCCPS

Makery

Makery is RBCCPS’s Maker space and enables us to make prototypes combining mechanical, electronics, software and algorithmic elements.

This lab is equipped with :

Manual and power tools
SMPS power supplies
Batteries (Lead-acid, Li-ion, Li-poly) and chargers
Electronic instruments (Oscilloscope, soldering station, signal generator, LCR meter, etc.)
Development boards (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266)
Modules (communication, motor drivers, display, sensors, analog modules, etc.)
Sensors and actuators
ICs & discrete semi-conductor devices
Electronic passives (Resistor, capacitor and inductor assortment)
Motors (DC, DC geared, RC servo, DC servo, stepper, BLDC) and motor-drives
3D printers

Drone Test Bed

We are developing a custom wind-shape facility which will be setup in IISc’s airfield. This facility will enable emulating different wind turbulence scenarios inorder to test Drones.

In addition, a campus scale drone testbed consisting of a set of Drone Ports is being setup. The drone ports will provide charging, sensing and navigation facilities.

5G V2X Testbed

We are setting up a campus scale 5G network testbed to support research in both the communication technologies as well as applications for V2X: like remote driving, driver assists, driverless vehicles, BVLOS for Drones etc. We have identified this setup at our new campus in Challkere which is spread over 1500acre area and will test it on a 10km road circuit.

Warehouse Robotic Testbed

We have a collection of off-the-shelf robots as well as Makery-made robots. The off-the-shelf robots include:

Turtle Bot

Yaskawa GP8,

TI’s Robot Systems Learning Kit

In addition, we are custom developing a walking robot platform – the Stoch series.

Humanoid Robot

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