BWI: robo.in, A Venture of IIT Bombay Alumnus, Launches ROBOCAMP in Bangalore from April 13th

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Source: Robo.in
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:00 AM IST (05:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
Release no: 19591
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robo.in, A Venture of IIT Bombay Alumnus, Launches ROBOCAMP in Bangalore from April 13th
A Summer Camp in the Field of Educational Robotics, Hands on Exposure to Robot Programming

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, April 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- robo.in, a venture of Thinklabs, founded by a group of IIT Bombay alumnus, in the field of educational robotics, today announced the launch of RoboCAMP, a summer camp which aims to offer a wholesome robotic learning system which will help kids learn science and technology in more practical and fun manner. The camp will start from April 13th, 2009 at three venues namely at Cunningham Road, Indira Nagar and Jayanagar.

The camp is targeted at students who are in the age group of 10-18 years. It is a 6 day course in which the children will spend 4 hours daily learning to implement various concepts of science and mathematics in a practical way. Further it will also provide hands on exposure to robot programming, enhance problem solving skills and help logic development. Robotics being a multi-disciplinary field gives the students the advantage of working on all their favourite technical topics on a common platform.

The training will be provided by experts in the field of robot building and programming. The course would include a take away multi sensored reprogrammable Robotic Kit with Software. The kit has been developed after two years of extensive research at IIT Bombay involving more than 300 students, faculty and experts. This robotics kit is an indigenously developed product and will more accessible to students as compared to other international brands which are inaccessible due to their high pricing. Commenting on this issue Fred Rose, Director Technology and Strategy for Honeywell, said "robo.in has developed a product, a low cost robotics platform and associated training class, that has filled a big need in India", once again reinstating the requirement of such a robotics platform. In addition, the program has also been recognized and certified by Indian Innovators Association (IIA).

The robotic kit has two major components i.e. hardware (to build robots) and Cimple, an intuitive robot programming language. The hardware has electronic components such programmable CPU and sensors, also mechanical building blocks to construct the robots. CiMPLE is a C based robot instruction language developed by robo.in to enable kids to make autonomous robot behaviours. Cimple literally means 'C' made 'Simple'. Using this language kids can learn about the nuances of logic building, programming practices as well as different problem solving approaches. Cimple is ideal for kids who have just taken their first steps in programming.

Speaking on the occasion, Gagan Goyal, Founder & Director, robo.in, said "Robo.in's endeavour is to increase awareness, exposure and provide appropriate tools for 10-18 year old, so that they can explore science and technology through fun way of robotics. With 2 years of exhaustive research at our R&D center in IIT Bombay we have come up robotic kit and training program which will enable young minds to learn science and mathematics in practical way."

To participate, or for other enquires, please contact:
Revathi Diwaker at 080 - 2668 4400/55 / 98455 85422 or email to info@robo.in

About ThinkLABS

ThinkLABS is an IIT Alumni company in the field of educational robotics.

ThinkLABS has been in business of robotics education for over three years. ThinkLABS is a constant facilitator in the scientific and technical education of students by providing them requisite resources through wide variety of kits, software based programming tools, basic & advanced level workshops and web based learning resources. Through various products and services, ThinkLABS has reached out to over 30,000 engineering students across the country.

robo.in, a initiative of ThinkLABS, is a venture in the field of educational robotics targeting young students. It aims at introducing robotics to the very roots of our education system. To inculcate practical learning amidst a competitive atmosphere, robo.in brings to you various products, training programs and competitions.

The question which led to the birth of robo.in is 'why the students in India are lagging behind if the robotics scenario abroad is so advanced?'. All they need is a platform to start off. robo.in aims to provide such a platform to the young minds to the country and encourage in them further in the field of robotics.


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