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Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

PHASE IV


Presenter Name ‎Mohit Ludhiyani and Ankit Wala,
EE2 MTech 2nd year
Cluster EE2
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Topic: Bringing Quadrotors in Physical and Virtual world together for cooperative control experiments.
Venue: GG 301
Session Chair: Apurva Joshi
Date: 24/03/2017 at 3.30 PM to 4.30 PM
Pre-Requisite: None
Abstract: Cooperative control of Quadrotors deals with the problem of controlling a multiple Quadrotor system to fulfill a common goal. Such coordinated control has a potential impact in numerous civilian, homeland security, and military applications. Testbeds are indispensable tools to verify various algorithms, required for such control. This talk presents an experimental testbed based on ROS(Robotic Operating System) and a communication strategy that brings physical and virtual quadrotors together in the same domain to perform experiments on a large scale.
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Presenter Name Neeraja Sahasrabudhe
Post Doc, Control and Computing
Cluster EE2
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Topic: Compressive Sensing and Applications
Venue: GG 302
Session Chair: Apurva Joshi
Date: 13/01/2017 at 4 to 5 PM
Pre-Requisite: None
Abstract: The standard Compressive Sensing problem is that of reconstructing a signal or vector from the measured information. The observed vector y∈C^(m) is related to the original (sparse) vector x∈C^(n) via a linear transformation given by Ax = y. Under certain conditions, the theory of Compressive Sensing enables us to reconstruct x from y up to a high degree of accuracy. In this talk, we will discuss the mathematical aspects of the problem, namely, what kind of matrices A∈C^(mxn) are suitable for the linear measurement process?What is the minimum number of measurements m required for a “good” reconstruction? etc. We will also discuss some applications of Compressive Sensing to high-dimensional gradient estimation and sparse regression.
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Presenter Name ‎Dwaipayan Sardar‎,
Final year M.Tech, Vision and Image Processing Lab
Cluster EE2
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Topic: Haptic Technology: The reality of virtual touch
Venue: GG 302
Session Chair: Priyadarshini Kumari
Date: 03/02/2017 at 3.30 to 4.30 PM
Pre-Requisite: None
Abstract: The likes of Google cardboard and Oculus Rift have made the notion of Virtual Reality popular amongst the masses. In this talk we’ll introduce and explore the world of haptics: the sense of touch and interacting with virtual environments using haptic technology. We will discuss why this field is important, and how haptic technology is challenging. We shall focus on understanding what it is like to touch virtual granular particles like sand, and what it takes for a stable and smooth interaction.
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Presenter Name ‎Aseem Borkar,
Research Scholar, Systems and Control
Cluster EE2
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Topic: Collision-free Trajectory Planning for Multi-agent Coverage and Target Detection
Venue: GG 303
Session Chair: Apurva Joshi
Date: 10/02/2017 at 4PM to 5PM
Pre-Requisite: None
Abstract: The talk dicusses a trajectory planning strategy to simultaneously address multiple surveillance objectives such as complete area coverage, periodic surveillance, and guaranteed detection of a rogue element attempting to exit the area of interest. For agents with identical sensing capability, the proposed strategy defines a time-varying multi-agent formation on a Lissajous curve, which completes the aforementioned tasks in finite time with collision free paths for all agents in a 2-D rectangular region. This obviates the need for sensing and communication for collision avoidance among agents. A sufficient upper limit on agent dimensions that ensures collision free motion is derived. An algorithm is developed for choosing the number of agents and optimal Lissajous curve for a prescribed rectangle and agents’ sensing capability. The optimal Lissajous curve is chosen to minimize the time period for repeated coverage and maximize the upper bound on agent size. The proposed algorithm has been validated through computer simulations and experiments using differential drive robots.
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Presenter Name ‎Mohit Ludhiyani and Ankit Wala,
EE2 MTech 2nd year
Cluster EE2
Email-id:
Topic: Bringing Quadrotors in Physical and Virtual world together for cooperative control experiments.
Venue: GG 301
Session Chair: Apurva Joshi
Date: 24/03/2017 at 3.30 PM to 4.30 PM
Pre-Requisite: None
Abstract: Cooperative control of Quadrotors deals with the problem of controlling a multiple Quadrotor system to fulfill a common goal. Such coordinated control has a potential impact in numerous civilian, homeland security, and military applications. Testbeds are indispensable tools to verify various algorithms, required for such control. This talk presents an experimental testbed based on ROS(Robotic Operating System) and a communication strategy that brings physical and virtual quadrotors together in the same domain to perform experiments on a large scale.
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