Heythere,

Thisdocumentismeanttobeakickstarterforyourentryintotheworldofrobotics.Thisyearwehaveprojects
spreadoutovervariousdomains.Forthat,youwillneedtoknowbasicsrelatedtothefield.Iamsharinga
fewlinkstoguideyouthrough.Gothroughallofthoseandtakecareoftheprerequisitesofeacharticleas
readingthrougheachwillgiveyouanindepththeoreticalknowledge.

Mechanical
1. http://www.societyofrobots.com/mechanicsbasics.shtml(Enoughconceptstogetstarted)
2. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDtVp9NujTh6ej7PrcUqc56V53mDOuUW(For
mechanisms)
Electronics
1. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/whatisanarduino
2. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/integratedcircuits
3. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analogvsdigital
4. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/logiclevels
5. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/installingarduinoide
6. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pulsewidthmodulation
7. http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Introduction
8. http://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/howdoipowermyproject
9. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serialcommunication
10. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/datatypesinarduino
11. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/i2c
12. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/accelerometerbasics
13. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/analogtodigitalconversion
14. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/pcbbasics

General
1. http://societyofrobots.com/
2. https://learn.sparkfun.com/resources/120
3. http://hci.rwthaachen.de/arduino
4. https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/resources/3/Introduction_to_Basic_ElectronicsW.ppt
5. https://learn.sparkfun.com/resources/29

Butthesearenotexhaustiveandcanneversupplementthepracticalknowledgethatyouwillgetby
experimentingandtinkeringwiththings.Withthis,IamsigningoffandlookingforwardtoseeyouinMaRSfor
Srishti2017.Feelfreetocontactincaseofanydoubts.

Keeprockingandrolling.

NabarunPal
fb.com/pal.nabarun95
20142018

PS:Projectspecificdetailsinthenextpage.

GRAPHITIMAKINGROBOT
Themainaimofthebotistodrawgraphitisonwallsusingspraypaint.Theprinterwillbemountedvertically
onwall.Restisuponyourimagination.
https://cdnlearn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/allaboutsteppermotors.pdf

MARSMODEL
ThiswillbasicallybeamuralwherethelogoofMaRSwillbemechanicallymoved.Nospecificextrasrequired
forthis.

MARTIANHARMONY
Didthisvideo(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc8mQyA2dw0)tookyoubysurprise?
Wearetryingmoreorlessthesamethingintheultimateversion.Thisyearguitarandotherbassinstruments
willbeincorporatedwiththeexistingprototype.
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/hobbyservotutorial
http://www.thebasicsofguitar.com/

NAINA
AlternateandVirtualreailtydomainsaregainingtractiondaybyday.Timeisnearwhenwewillnotneedtogo
tosomewherephysicallyforaparticulartask.Firststepstothathavebeentakenlastyearwithoursketching
VRdevice.Thisyearwewilltrytotakeitastepfurtherandmakeitcollaborativesketching.
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/virtualreality.html
http://www.slideshare.net/sagarsuvarnakar/introducingvirtualreality
https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/virtualreality/gettingstartedvrdevelopment

SKETCHINGBOT
Theconcepthasundergonetwoiterations.Nowwewilltrytocreategeneralcurvesbyemployingalgorithms
whichcandetectthepathtobedrawnthroughimageprocessingandthenactuatethesameusinga2Darm.
Thefinalbotwillbemadeconsideringaindustrialproductpointofview.

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/dip/(ImageProcessing)

Fortheprojectsnotmentionedhere,referthishttps://goo.gl/w04Lf2