AcYut : India’s First Indigenously developed humanoid

Our very own AcYut learnt some ‘thumkaz’ & ‘jhatkas’ from the indian bollywood super star! Shakti kapur.

AcYut 1 Dhoom Dance performance at Quark ‘09 at BITS - Pilani , Goa campus

AcYut 2 Dance performance on Pappu Can’t dance

AcYut 1 at RoboOne XIV at Yokohama City, Japan

Finally the team is back from the Sierra Atlantic AcYut Tour India 2k9 (Phase-I). We were away for a countrywide tour ( thanks to our instructors for giving us make-ups ) giving lectures/demonstrations in various prestigious colleges/schools to propagate our mission of creating and spreading awareness amongst the Indian students in the field of robotics and making people aware of BITS-Pilani’s Humanoid Robotics Programme.

Here are some snaps of the tour.

Team AcYut kicked off the first phase of its educational tour giving a demonstration of AcYut I followed by a lecture on Humanoid Robotics at one of leading research institute in India, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.(http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in/broadcast_messages/msg12132.html)

Professors/Students attending the demonstration/lecture at IISc,Bangalore.

Team AcYut at Bishops Cottons School, Bangalore. Around 2000 students had gathered to have a glimpse of the India’s First Humanoid, AcYut I.

Students of Bishop Cottons playing Kung Fu matches with bioloids.

AcYut dancing before the students of Bishops Cottons, Bangalore.

Dance demo by AcYut I at Bishop Cottons, Bangalore.

“The Audience!!” Students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bangalore from class 1st to 6th gathered for the demonstration. This was by far ‘the most enjoyed demo’ by us. The students were so much fascinated by the robots that they couldn’t help but shout “Once more…Once more…”

Budding roboteers ( class 1st to 6th ) at the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bangalore.

AcYut I at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Banglore performing before the students of class 7th onwards.

AcYut I reaches City Montessori School, Lucknow. (The Guiness World Record Holder for being the largest school by the number of pupils in a single city)

CMS Students gathered to attend the demonstration/lecture.

Students of Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), Kanpur having an enlightning session on Humanoid Robotics.

So loads of stuff has been happening since the last post.

The team went to Korea & Japan to give demonstrations ( and learn !).

We completed manufacturing AcYut 2 ( code named sid ). and fitted the new Robotis motors ( thanks to Arun Kanchi @ Force10Networks- BITS Alumnus ).

etc etc.

So while the team gives their end semester exams, i thought i should atleast start with photos .

AcYut demonstration at Robo-One XXIV (14) ‘08

AcYut dance demonstration at the 14th edition of Robo-One during Robo Japan 2008 at yokohama city, Japan on 12th October, 2008.

Live TV telecast of AcYut’s dance demonstration at Robo One 14

Crowd during AcYut 1 ’s Dance demonstration

Team AcYut with the legendery Humanoid maker ‘Sugiura-san’

Team Acyut gets tips and tricks on Humanoid walking algorithms from the god himself. ‘Sugiura-san’ is a legendery name in the Humanoid world and he is known for building the Dynamizer series of Humanoids.  Check out his humanoids at Dynamizer’s Official Website (Japanese).

Finally installed wordpress on the new acyut domain.

Starting to shift acyut.wordpress.com content to the new domain.

So… after a day’s hard work of clearing up the lab ,our work resumed in full swing. The first phase of designing is almost done…. Have entered phase 2 and will then begin manufacturing the parts…. Still a long way to go but then , “well begun is half done…” . Even the moves are being conceptualised  side by side…… watch out for further updates as we surge ahead in our quest to build the perfect humanoid…

Cheers!!!!!!!!

- Arnav

Team Acyut

The things we need to do to make a humanoid……..

Sorry for the long pause.

We are back on campus after an amazing US trip .BTW we stood 6th out of 30 teams in RoboGames 2008 , San Francisco!
Loads of lessons learnt at RoboGames and experiences to cherish …we are now gearing up to make a complete new version of AcYut to participate in RoboGames-2009 . Join us in the long journey ahead.

Cheers

Sushma

Team AcYut

Our whole life now revolves around motors, balance,torque, halfspeedcpu, motor drivers. When you spend 23 hrs 30 mins in the lab, go through those hairy and scary moments when components don’t work, algorithms crash, motors burn and future prospects look bleak, you begin to question is it all worth it ? And then things such as these happen over a night ( watch the videos and photos posted ) .

The ecstasy you experience when a years effort pays off is unexplainable ( I don’t know if this is even a word but am too happy to care ) . The kicks, walk sequence, the “Dho Daala” move ( internal joke )  are all falling in place. This only goes to show that we have finally arrived. RoboGames - HERE WE COME !

To all the alumni who have supported us immensely over the last year, Shammi Kapoor is not far away, nor for that matter Daler’s Bhangra. We hope to live up to your expectations.

Dilip, we will try our level best to imitate the inimitable.
I think I should get back to work. The motors would have cooled by now. More videos soon !

Check this space for updates !

Cheers

Arpit
Team ACYUT

Version 1.05 of the Program used to test and operate ACYUT, before the program is loaded on to ACYUT’s permanent brain