1st "Robo Workshop using Lego" Successfully Organized at IBA
The 1st workshop of the "Robo Workshop using Lego" seried was successfully conducted at IBA on Jan 16-17, 2010. The workshop was attended by 24 A-Level/Intermediate pre-Engineering students of 9 schools and colleges. The students were taught how to build robots and how to control and program robots movement using the inputs they receive through their sensors. The students participated in "Robot Building", "Maze Solver", "Sumo Wrestling" and "Battle Royal" competitions. The photos and videos of the activities and the competitions are available on the workshop's Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/robo-workshop-using-Lego/249197312727
Robotics Workshop for A-Level/Intermediate Students on Jan 16-17, 2010
The Artificial Intelligence Lab @ IBA is pleased to announce a Robotics Workshop for A-Level/Intermediate students on Jan 16-17 (Sat-Sun). The last date of registration is Jan 05, 2010. Seats are limited and will be served on first-come first-serve basis. For details, please visit the workshop website: http://ailab.iba.edu.pk/robotics/
Destructor won Lego Robots Sumo Wrestling and Battle Royal Competition
The Destructor robot designed by Taimoor Zubair won both the Sumo Wrestling and Battle Royal competitions held in IBA on October 6, 2009. Other robot participants included Spidor (designed by Ammar), Undertaker (designed by Taahirah) and Bhola (designed by Sajjad). The photos and videos of the competitions have been posted on the Photos and Videos sections of this website.
Sumo Wrestling and Battle Royal on October 6, 2009
The Sumo and Battle Rolyal competition will be organized on October 6 at 2 PM. The location is room B4, CCS block. For details, visit the competition website: http://cse460robotics.wikispaces.com/sumo
Sumo Wrestling and Battle Royal Coming Soon to IBA
The competition is organized during the first week of October. The details will be posted soon.
Two New PhD Students Joined the AI Lab
The AI Lab welcomes Ms. Asma Larik and Ms. Saleha Raza on joining the AI Lab as PhD students .
Internship Opportunites @ AI Lab
Click here for mode details.
"Introduction to Game Programming and Robotics" course to be offered in Fall 2009
The course introduces the fundamentals of game programming and robotics. This is a programming intensive course and students are required to spend a significant amount of time in developing interactive games and creating virtual simulation environments to be used in conjunction with robots. Students will get hands on experience of XNA Studio Express, Microsoft Robotics Development Studio, and Lego Robots. The main focus of the course is on the processes, algorithms, and mathematics necessary to create 3D computer games and to build autonomous robots for various tasks. The course provides great opportunity to students to expand their programming and engineering skills even if they are not interested in pursuing careers in robots or video games development.
Prerequisites: CSE142 and (CSE307 or MIS302)
Students of "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" class participated in Robotics competition
A Lego Robots based competition was organized among the students of "Introduction to AI" class on May 02, 2009. Groups of students were given the task of taking Lego robots out of a maze. Students were required to program the robot in a way that it can handle/avoid different obstacles using its various sensors (ultrasonic, touch, light, etc.). For photos of the competition, click here.
Osama Khan won the Lego Robot competition held in Saudi Arabia
Osama Khan, a student of IBA BS(CS) program, was part of the team that won the Lego Robots competition held in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The competition was part of LEC 2009 that was attended by 80 professionals, teachers and students. Among the participants were students from Al-Ahliya school (winner of "First Lego League 2008), King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minearal Sciences, New York Institute of Technology and students from several schools of Middle East region.
Mr. Robert Rasmussen, Chairman TUFTS University-Center for Educational Outreach, was a guest speaker during the conference. He also conducted workshops on the use of Lego robots in different areas of study.
Towards the end of the conference, a competition was held in which teams were assigned the task of creating robots that can travel on a Mars-like surface and record data regrading the altitudes, light, sound, limits, etc. Osama Khan was part of the team that won this competition.
