Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies, Faridabad conducted one week ATAL online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Robotics & Artificial Intelligence (AI) approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

The FDP was commenced with welcome note delivered by Program coordinator Dr. Anita Khosla, Professor, EEE Department She also shared the details of the FDP and benefits of these programs in developing R&D culture in educational institutes and Industry.

The chief guest of the Day Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, MNIT Jaipur having significant experience in this domain apprised the participants about the relevance of the topic in today’s world.

After the Inaugural Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, MNIT Jaipur took one session also on Data driven modelling in Robots. The next session was taken by Dr. Dipankar Deb Professor IITRAM Ahmedabad. He explained about Adaptive Backstepping controller design of Quadrotor Biplane for physical delivery. Mr. Manoj Gupta and Mr. Tarun Nagar delivered wonderful sessions on Robotics using automation using hands on training.

Dr. Monika Aggarwal Professor IIT Delhi shared her expertise on Quantam Machine Learning followed by a session from Dr. Rajesh kumar on  development of Robotic arm. The FDP will also cover Robot Dynamics and Kinematics, trajectory optimization for Robotics using AI, Internet of things, Modelling and Simulation Techniques for  Dynamic  Systems, IoT, Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Modelling and control of Robotic Manipulators .

.Around 150 participants from Industry and various institutes from Pan India have registered through AICTE Portal. Eminent speakers from IIT’s, NIT’s and Industry will share their expertise during FDP. To enhance the knowledge of the participants and to have better understanding of the subject hands-on sessions have also been incorporated in design and modelling of Robots and Artificial Intelligence.

It will help participants to apply advanced techniques in their research work and related activities.