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Kerala's First 3D Printed Building

Created as a showcase project, AMAZE-28, the single-room summer house, was successfully constructed within 28 days on the grounds of the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra. The 3D-printed building at the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: Shekunj)  The inauguration of Kerala's inaugural 3D-printed structure, a 380-square-foot single-room summer house, is scheduled to take place on October 10 at the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra (Kesnik) campus located in PTP Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram.  Conceived as a showcase initiative, the summer house named AMAZE-28 was successfully finished within a mere 28 days. This impressive project was executed by Tvasta, a construction technology startup based in Chennai, founded by alumni of IIT-Madras, who have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kesnik.  AMAZE-28 is perched upon a concrete foundation atop a gentle elevation within the Kesnik campus. Febi Varghese, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kesnik, p
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Obstacle Avoiding Robot Kit

 Obstacle Avoiding Robot: If you landed on this page, you must be a robotics enthusiast. You must be thinking to learn the robotics. Obstacle Avoiding Robot is one of the most liked beginner level robot. It will teach you a lot of concept about electronics, coding, micro controller and robotics. In this article, I will help you to choose the component for making a obstacle avoiding robot. So, Lets get started.

 Obstacle Avoiding Robot - Kit and Components

Obstacle avoiding robot is a programed movable object (car, four wheel drive, 3 wheel drive) which is intelligent enough to avoid obstacles coming in its path and change its path to reach at the target. I am providing here the list of parts or components so that you can assemble and make the simple object detection and avoiding mechanism of the robot. Obstacle avoiding robot is made up of following type of components:

  • Mechanical Parts/Hardware
  • Electronics Components/Hardware
  • Software/Arduino Code 

So, Lets discuss each part one by one.


Mechanical Parts/Hardware

Obstacle avoiding robot is made up of many mechanical components such as:

Chassis/Frame

Chassis or frame is the  mechanical structure on which you will assemble all other components. It is the main load wearing component. The wheels, battery or power source, electronics circuitry, servo motor, etc. will be installed on the chassis. Chassis comes in various materials like - metal, acrylic sheet, plastic,etc. Some of the suggested Chassis are given below, if you like, you can purchase them from given link. 


Wheels

Wheels are important part required for the mobility of robot. Wheels are coupled with the motors and motor is controlled by the controller for the movement in a particular direction. For three wheel drive robot, one castor wheel with free movement is used. some list of wheels are suggested below.


Brackets/Battery Holder

Brackets are used to mount accessories and other components on chassis or frame. Like for mounting servo motor, mounting some sensor, camera, light, etc. Here some suggested brackets.


Nut-Bolt 

Nut-bolts are required to assemble the various mechanical components. Mounting motors on chassis, mounting brackets for  motor, sensors, camera, etc. 


 Electronics Components

If mechanical hardware is the body of the robot, the electronics components put the life in the robot. for obstacle avoiding robot following components will be needed.  

 I hope these components will help you to make your first robotics project. If you successfully make your obstacle avoiding robot, please do share with us in the comment box below.

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