Vicharaka

UG Robotics Club

Vicharaka is the undergraduate Robotics Club of IISc. The club brings together students passionate about building, programming, and competing with robots. Through workshops, competitions, and collaborative projects, members gain hands-on experience with electronics, embedded systems, and automation.

Events & Activities

Introductory session: The first year students were called during the second week of August to showcase the club's past achievements, spark interest and give a lab tour.
Drone workshop: An introductory drone workshop was conducted where students in small groups made quadcopters of their own using kits provided by the club.
Collaboration with IIT Bombay: The club contacted the organisers of the e-Yantra Robotics Competition from IIT Bombay to provide a 10% discount on registration fee to participants from IISc.
Line follower competition: The club built a line follower bot using IR sensors, micromotors and the ESP32 board. A team then went to compete in the Technoxian World Championship and got ranked 16th out of the 220 teams that participated.

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