MIT Robocon Tech Team
MIT Tech Team , Pune, India is one of Robocon India teams and the official robotics club of MIT-WPU. It is a team of students from different fields of the MIT WPU Faculty of Engineering and Technology, known for its consistent performance in the Indian National Robocon.
History
It was founded in 2007 by MIT-Pune, now MIT-WPU. The team was established under the guidance of Prof. Ms. S.H. Kulkarni, Prof. Dr. Saket Yeolekar, and Prof. Dr. Vishwanath Karad, who also played a crucial role in mentoring the team. It started its legacy in 2008 when MIT hosted the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Robocon competition and became the Indian National Winner. The Robotics Innovation Lab is one of the initiatives taken by the institute to help students get hands-on experience in the field of robotics. The team competes annually in several competitions, the most prominent of which is ABU Robocon.Departments
MIT Tech Team has the following departments:- Dynamics: It includes designing, manufacturing, fabrication, and the mechanical structure of the bot, along with using SolidWorks.
- Circuits: It involves building electronic circuits, working with microcontrollers and their peripherals, developing firmware, designing power systems, embedded systems, MCUs, and custom boards, along with programming in C and C++.
- Controls:It includes ROS2 for the control and simulation of robots, Computer vision for object and color detection, Gazebo, a 3D robot simulation environment used for testing and validating robotic algorithms and systems, and programming languages such as Python and C++.
- Non-Tech : Event management, marketing, sponsorship, finance, web development, graphic designing, video editing, and content writing.