Humanoid AcYut 3, developed by BITS Pilani mimicked every action performed by its human controller who wore a tele-operated body suit and it was the star attraction in the 9 day IDEEN Expo held at Hanover, Germany on 5-13 September . AcYut danced, fought Kunh-Fu, played soccer, and performed acrobatics exactly imitating its controller. AcYut was a clear favorite at the EXPO as people from all ages and academic background tried out the body suit and watched in amazement as AcYut imitated all their actions intuitively. The Humanoid was developed by the students of BITS Pilani under the guidance of Prof R KMittal.
IDEEN Expo is a biennial event showcasing research projects undertaken by both academic institutions and industries. This year, AcYut was the only Humanoid displayed and its team consisting of Sushma Vallabhaneni, Akash Gupta and Mohamad Ariz was specially invited by the organizers of the Expo. Over 2, 80,000 visitors visited the event and the AcYut Humanoid was on the highlight list for all the 9 days for which the Expo lasted. AcYut was covered very well in various German newspapers and the Live Show on AcYut was telecasted in German National Television IDEEN Expo TV.
Among the large number of visitors who were impressed with AcYut performing, there was the Chief Minister of Niedersachsen state of Germany, Mr Christian Wulff, who visited AcYut twice along with his Cabinet ministers. Satisfied with the performance of AcYut, the Chief Minister said that Humanoid research is just developing in Germany and this technology needs to be pushed for the benefit of both India and Germany. Indian Ambassador to Germany, Mr Sudhir Vyas also accompanied the Chief Minister. After the Expo, AcYut Team was invited by several schools of Hanover for demonstration and the team did visit the George Buechner High School in Hanover which was also well covered in the newspapers of the city. Speaking about the potential of remote control humanoids, the Project Mentor, Prof R K Mittal said said, “ We are planning to develop humanoids for applications such as nuclear power, places affected by earthquakes and natural calamities wherein it is dangerous for human beings to go. The control of the humanoid for these applications can be done only from a distance. For this purpose, the students team has developed a wear-able jacket to control AcYut. The students are working on perfecting the wear-able jacket”. Humanoid team of BITS has participated in the Robogames in San Francisco both in 2008 and 2009. It secured the 6th position amongst 250 teams in 2008 and it won the bronze medal in 2009.
IDEEN Expo is a biennial event showcasing research projects undertaken by both academic institutions and industries. This year, AcYut was the only Humanoid displayed and its team consisting of Sushma Vallabhaneni, Akash Gupta and Mohamad Ariz was specially invited by the organizers of the Expo. Over 2, 80,000 visitors visited the event and the AcYut Humanoid was on the highlight list for all the 9 days for which the Expo lasted. AcYut was covered very well in various German newspapers and the Live Show on AcYut was telecasted in German National Television IDEEN Expo TV.
Among the large number of visitors who were impressed with AcYut performing, there was the Chief Minister of Niedersachsen state of Germany, Mr Christian Wulff, who visited AcYut twice along with his Cabinet ministers. Satisfied with the performance of AcYut, the Chief Minister said that Humanoid research is just developing in Germany and this technology needs to be pushed for the benefit of both India and Germany. Indian Ambassador to Germany, Mr Sudhir Vyas also accompanied the Chief Minister. After the Expo, AcYut Team was invited by several schools of Hanover for demonstration and the team did visit the George Buechner High School in Hanover which was also well covered in the newspapers of the city. Speaking about the potential of remote control humanoids, the Project Mentor, Prof R K Mittal said said, “ We are planning to develop humanoids for applications such as nuclear power, places affected by earthquakes and natural calamities wherein it is dangerous for human beings to go. The control of the humanoid for these applications can be done only from a distance. For this purpose, the students team has developed a wear-able jacket to control AcYut. The students are working on perfecting the wear-able jacket”. Humanoid team of BITS has participated in the Robogames in San Francisco both in 2008 and 2009. It secured the 6th position amongst 250 teams in 2008 and it won the bronze medal in 2009.
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