International Conference on “Robotics, Automation & Communication Engineering for Industry 4.0”
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering organized the International Conference on “Robotics, Automation & Communication Engineering for Industry 4.0” on February 4 and 5, 2022.
Scientists, Academicians, Researchers, Students and Industrialists came together to share their experiences and research work in the fields of Robotics, Automation & Communication Engineering.
Conference started with the inaugural ceremony of lamp lighting and welcoming of the academic luminaries Prof. I.K.Bhat -Vice Chancellor, MRU, Prof. D.S.Sengar- Pro VC MRU, Dr.Kameshwar Singh, Registrar MRU, Dr.Sangita Banga Dean Academics, other Deans and Heads of the departments.
The program was divided into 7 keynote sessions & 8 technical sessions, where more than 90 research papers were received out of which 60 were shortlisted for final presentation. 34 papers were presented in four parallel sessions on the theme Smart Manufacturing & Automotive Industry for Industry 4.0, Internet of Things & Machine Learning respectively.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) D.S.Sengar discussed the importance of Law in the area of technology. He further discussed how law is helpful for patenting a particular technology so that it cannot be copied.
Renowned Professors joined for the plenary session as keynote speakers, to share their knowledge and ideas with the participants:
- Prof. Dr.Rajeevan Chandel, NIT,Hamirpur talked about “Electronics & Communication Engineering for Industry 4.0”.
- Dr. Vijay Janyani, Professor, MNIT Jaipur, on “Photonics & Fiber Optics for Industry 4.0”.Dr. Janyani briefed about the nine pillars of Industry 4.0 and about the evolution of wireless technology.
- Prof. (Dr.) Manuel F.Silva, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal shared his insight on “Digital Twin for Robotics Palletizing system for Industry 4.0”.
- Dr. Silva introduced Digital Twin Palletizing simulator platform to execute the different activities performed by Robots.
- Prof. (Dr.) Michael Short, Teesside University, UK delivered his speech on “Informatics & Control for Energy Management in Smart Manufacturing”.
Day 2 of the conference started with an enlightening session by guest speaker Dr. Neeta Awasthy, Director, G L Bajaj Institute of Technology, Mathura, followed by a session by Prof.(Dr.) Mukul Shukla, professor, MNNIT Allahabad on “ Monitoring & Control of Additive Manufacturing.
26 papers based on Product Design & User Interface were presented in four parallel sessions followed by the address of the keynote speaker Prof. (Dr.) Danilo Pelusi on “Swarm Intelligent Algorithms for Industry 4.0”.
The Chief Guest for the Valedictory session, Hon’ble Prof.(Dr.) D.P.Agrawal, Ex-Chairman, UPSC, stated that the Educational Institutes plays a vital role for making the new generation Industry ready. 6 papers from different sessions were awarded the best paper award.
Chief Guest of the session along with Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Prof.(Dr.) I.K.Bhat, Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) D.S.Sengar, Dean Academics Prof.(Dr.) Sangeeta Banga congratulated the faculty members from Mechanical Engineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering department.