<p>Visitors to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on its ‘Open Day’ on March 23 will be welcomed by a dog-like walking robot.</p>.<p>The Open Day is when the public can interact with the researchers on the campus, besides watching experiments live between 9 am and 5 pm.</p>.<p>The Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered robot on display — developed in-house at the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems and christened “Stoch” — can walk on different terrains.</p>.<p>Also vying for the visitor’s attention will be projects on AI, machine learning and live demonstration of drones. Prof Y Narahari, divisional head at IISc’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, said the robot is just two feet in length.</p>.<p>“Stoch has 12 joints (three per leg) to generate motion similar to a quadrupedal animal (a dog or cat),” added Dhaivat Dholakiya from the Institute.</p>.<p>The prototype of the self-operational robot which the Institute has developed could also be used as a rover on the moon, Prof Narahari revealed. “We have used Reinforcement Learning and AI-based technique to generate these walking behaviours,” Dholakiya said.</p>.<p>“In a nutshell, we’ve tried to make the robot learn the walking behaviour by itself using the algorithm.”</p>.<p>The unmanned aerial vehicles show by the department of aerospace engineering is expected to draw more crowds this time as well.</p>.<p>IISc said at least 1,000 of its 4,500 students are involved in organising the Open Day. Visitors will be engaged in science lectures, demos and exhibitions.</p>.<p>A special children’s zone has been planned at the old aerospace building. Parents and teachers are barred at this area.</p>.<p>The IISc, taking cue from the recent fire incident at Aero India, have decided to stay on high alert.</p>.<p>They have sought permission from the department of fire and emergency services to station a fire extinguisher on the campus. </p>
<p>Visitors to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus on its ‘Open Day’ on March 23 will be welcomed by a dog-like walking robot.</p>.<p>The Open Day is when the public can interact with the researchers on the campus, besides watching experiments live between 9 am and 5 pm.</p>.<p>The Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered robot on display — developed in-house at the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems and christened “Stoch” — can walk on different terrains.</p>.<p>Also vying for the visitor’s attention will be projects on AI, machine learning and live demonstration of drones. Prof Y Narahari, divisional head at IISc’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, said the robot is just two feet in length.</p>.<p>“Stoch has 12 joints (three per leg) to generate motion similar to a quadrupedal animal (a dog or cat),” added Dhaivat Dholakiya from the Institute.</p>.<p>The prototype of the self-operational robot which the Institute has developed could also be used as a rover on the moon, Prof Narahari revealed. “We have used Reinforcement Learning and AI-based technique to generate these walking behaviours,” Dholakiya said.</p>.<p>“In a nutshell, we’ve tried to make the robot learn the walking behaviour by itself using the algorithm.”</p>.<p>The unmanned aerial vehicles show by the department of aerospace engineering is expected to draw more crowds this time as well.</p>.<p>IISc said at least 1,000 of its 4,500 students are involved in organising the Open Day. Visitors will be engaged in science lectures, demos and exhibitions.</p>.<p>A special children’s zone has been planned at the old aerospace building. Parents and teachers are barred at this area.</p>.<p>The IISc, taking cue from the recent fire incident at Aero India, have decided to stay on high alert.</p>.<p>They have sought permission from the department of fire and emergency services to station a fire extinguisher on the campus. </p>
