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Programme Starts
1st March, 2025

Duration
05 Months

Programme Overview

Global businesses are being shaped by robotics, which has become a key factor in the present technological revolution. Robotics is being widely integrated in many industries, including healthcare, automotive, and space exploration. This is mostly due to the rapid improvements in technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, robotics, and rapid prototyping. With the burgeoning number of robotic applications in numerous areas of our lives, there is a surge in demand for personnel skilled in robotics, especially involved in the ideation, design, development, production, and operation of robots. IIT Delhi’s Executive Programme in Robotics is designed to meet this demand by providing comprehensive training from fundamental principles to the execution of advanced applications. It is a unique opportunity for individuals seeking expertise in navigating and contributing to the evolving landscape of robotics for enhanced human well-being and productivity.

Programme Highlights

A programme from the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi; IIT Delhi is ranked #1 as per QS World University Rankings 2024 in India in the engineering and technology category

Five months of immersive online lectures

Sessions by IIT Delhi faculty and industry experts

Construct robotic devices mechanically and electronically from scratch

120 Hours of Live online learning

Programme Content

Module 1: Fundamentals of Robotics and Automation

  • Introduction to robotics in industry and society, historical perspectives
  • Classification of robots and overview of current research in robotics, applications of AI/ML
  • Robotics market, current challenges, and opportunities
  • System-level architecture of robots – levels of autonomy
  • Fundamental concepts of robots – components, joints, coordinate systems, workspace
  • Kinematics and kinetics of robots
  • Dynamics of a robot – Trajectory and Path

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn about the state-of-the-art of robotics and the opportunities
  • Understand the principles of design and functioning of robots

Module 2: Sensing and Perception

  • Role of interoceptive and exteroceptive sensing
  • Position, velocity, and acceleration sensors
  • Force and torque sensing
  • Robotic tactile sensors and soft haptics
  • Non-contact sensing using ultrasonic, LIDAR, and RADAR
  • Camera-based robotic sensing and machine vision
  • Computational models and methods for processing sensor information

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn about the fundamentals of robotic sensing in-depth
  • Understand implementation strategies for robotic sensing

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Module 3: Actuators and Motion

  • Role and characterisitics of robotic actuators
  • Electrical motors – servos, stepper motors, and drive mechanisms
  • Pneumatic and hydraulic actuators
  • Soft robotic actuators
  • Electroactive polymers, shape memory actuators, and emerging paradigms
  • Biomimetic actuators, artificial muscle technology and wearable actuators
  • Role of 3D printing and mechanical testing in robotic fabrication

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn how to make a robot move and perform key tasks
  • Understand mechanical and electrical aspects of robotics

Module 4: Modelling, AI, and Machine Learning

  • Localisation, navigation and environment representation
  • Designing of robotic components using CAD
  • Introduction to Robot Operating System (ROS)
  • 3D robot modelling, motion planning, and simulation in ROS
  • Interfacing hardware and sensors to ROS
  • Introduction to the role of machine learning in robotics – software architecture, behaviour-based systems
  • Neural networks and genetic algorithms in robotics
  • Introduction to Deep Learning and applications in robotics

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn how to design and strategize movement of a robot
  • Learn applications of AI and Machine Learning in robotics

Module 5: Embedded Control and Mechatronics

  • Introduction to embedded computing and control
  • Introduction to embedded hardware platforms – Arduino and Raspberry Pi
  • Programming and interfacing of sensors and actuators
  • Wired and wireless communication systems – MODBUS, CAN, and other paradigms
  • Multi-tasking and closed-loop control of robots

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn software development for robotic control
  • Learn about key sensing and interfacing techniques for robotic functionalisation

Module 6: Applications and Future Directions

  • Introduction to biorobotics and bionics – exoskeleton device, prosthetics and surgical robotics
  • Humanoid robots – future directions in automation.
  • Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Collaboration – collaborative robotics
  • Manufacturing automation using industrial robots – the next industrial revolution
  • Safety standards in industrial robotics
  • Roboethics: navigating the ethical use and pitfalls of robotics and AI

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn about a range of robotic applications in research and industry
  • Understand about standards and ethics associated with robotics and AI

Tutorials

  • Designing on CAD
  • 3D Printing
  • Arduino Programming
  • AI/ML in Robotics
  • DIY Robotics
  • ROS Training

Tools

  • CAD Designing Software
  • 3D Printers
  • Arduino
  • DIY Robotics Kits

Hands-on Project

  • Development of one robot per participant, with detailed research, specifications, design, and prototype. A development kit can be purchased as a part of the programme.

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Note: Modules/topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/modified/adapted to fit the total programme hours.

CERTIFICATION

  • Candidates who score at least 50% marks overall and have a minimum attendance of 50%, will receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’.
  • Candidates who score less than 50% marks overall and have a minimum attendance of 50%, will receive a ‘Certificate of Participation’.
  • The organising department for this programme is the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi.

*Only e-Certificates will be issued by CEP, IIT Delhi for this programme.
Note: For more details download brochure.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  • Graduates in any discipline.

Class Schedule

Every Saturday and Sundays:
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (IST)

Meet Our Programme Coordinators

Prof. Arnab Chanda
Associate Professor, Centre for Biomedical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Prof. Arnab Chanda is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi, and a joint faculty at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, AIIMS, Delhi. He is also the founder of a start-up company BIOFIT Technologies LLC, USA. He obtained his PhD from the University of Alabama, USA and has also been a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Prof. Chanda is an expert in biomechanics, robotics, and wearable device development. From an upper-limb exoskeleton device development for rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury, to rapid manufacturing of ultra low-cost pressure measurement insoles for diabetic patients.

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Prof. Chanda has been extensively involved in conception-to-delivery of robotic devices. Recently, his lab developed the first portable robotic slip testing device in the world which can measure the frictional performance of any footwear-flooring combination and prevent the incidences of slips and falls. His research has received a lot of media attention and have been published by The Times of India, NDTV, and The Indian Express.

Prof. Chanda is a recipient of the Early Career Faculty Research Award, and Young Researcher awards from ASME and MHRD and AO Spine International-Singapore. He has 10+ US and Indian Patent applications and has authored 4 Books and 100+ articles in reputed international journals. Dr. Chanda is in the list of top 2% scientists worldwide as per Scopus Elsevier 2023 database. He is also serving as the editor for a book series published by Springer Nature, editorial board member for Nature Scientific Reports, coordinator of the “Executive Programme in Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Management”, and guest editor for several journals such as Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and Engineering Research Express, IOP Publishing.

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Prof. Biswarup Mukherjee
Assistant Professor, Centre for Biomedical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Prof. Biswarup Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT Delhi. His research effort is focused towards developing multi-modal platform technologies that provide the means to non-invasively monitor aspects of neuromuscular activity in real-time, particularly for rehabilitation applications. Development of biomimetic sensors to improve sensorimotor integration in individuals with motor disabilities. He is also interested in developing tools and devices for quantitative assessment of motor skills.

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He obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras, where he developed capacitive and magnetic sensing systems for medical training and simulation applications. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School, where he developed novel medical training models for emergency medicine, ophthalmology, and nursing. He was a Research Assistant Professor with the Department of Bioengineering at George Mason University. He was also an affiliate faculty at the Center for Adaptive Systems of Brain-Body Interactions at Mason. There, he was involved in multiple federally funded projects to develop low-power ultrasound instrumentation and techniques for muscle-activity monitoring for prosthetic and rehabilitation applications.

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Programme Fees

₹1,69,000 + GST

(Instalment available)

Admission Criteria

Admission to the program is based on a comprehensive review of your application.