PROJECT K WINNER!!!

Kurukshetra was finally over and my only regret was not to have won anything, nor even participated in many, mainly because of organising two on-the-spot events. Except maybe came fourth in K! Sci-Tech Quiz. (Ya there was cash and certificate). But still didnt have the opportunity to win in any event. We were selected as one of the three finalists from around twenty teams, in Project K! and were counting on it to get some prize. The other two teams were equally good and we were nervous if we would be sent empty-handed after all the hard work. We were asked to display the projects during Kurukshetra when they would announce the results. Finally Kurukshetra was over and the result was not announced yet. It took them a week to decide amongst themselves before they came to a wonderful conclusion, which we were more than happy to hear, forgetting all the delays caused. All the three teams were given first place with the total prize money divided amongst us. No losers (well except those who didn't get selected in the previous rounds). After all, when we show our certificate in the future, who's gonna know there were 3 first places!!!


Our project details -

I-Robot -

Interactive robot. A companion in the house, to interact with. A servant to obey commands. Interfaced with the computer database, to store our daily schedule and contacts. Reminds us of our next appointment by sending a message to our mobile. Controlled by the computer, through RF remote circuit connected to the parallel port. Face recognition using SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform), to recognise the face of the user. Fully voice operated. In stealth mode of operation, when the user is not in the house, it scans the room and sends a message to the user's mobile if there is any motion in its field of view. This can be extended to be a companion for a blind person to guide him through the house to predefined locations, a translator for sign language when interacting with a mute person etc.

P.S. We actually built a working model of all that was mentioned above. Hope there was no doubt in that.