Projects

Cilampi 2.0 : Out-Pipe Inspection Robot

The Out-Pipe Inspection Robots (OPIRs), namely Cilampi I and Cilampi II, are designed for climbing vertical ferromagnetic pipes. Cilampi I can carry a payload of 1.45 kg, while Cilampi II can carry a payload of up to 7.6 kg, including its weight. The adhesion force of a single magnetic wheel is 4.34 kg, and for two wheels, it is 8.33 kg.

Cilampi 1.0 : Out-Pipe Inspection Robot

The Out-Pipe Inspection Robots (OPIRs), namely Cilampi I and Cilampi II, are designed for climbing vertical ferromagnetic pipes. Cilampi I can carry a payload of 1.45 kg, while Cilampi II can carry a payload of up to 7.6 kg, including its weight. The adhesion force of a single magnetic wheel is 4.34 kg, and for two wheels, it is 8.33 kg.

SEVILI 2.0 – an assistive robot to assist medical frontline in COVID-19 isolation wards

The robot was successfully deployed at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, Chennai and Chengalpattu Government Hospital. The core team members are Faculty: Dr. D. Dinakaran and Dr. M. M. Ramya. Research Scholars: Mr. S. Karthik Kumar, Mr. Jaise Jose, Mr. G. Rajesh and Mr. Sugin Elankavi Rajendran. Students: Mr. Lena Sekar, Mr. D. Akash and Mr. P. Sivaprakasam. Technical Faculty: Mr. Vinayagamoorthy and Mr. Rajasekar. Centre for Automation & Robotics (ANRO) feels proud in making a social impact. 

SEVILI – an assistive robot to assist medical frontline in COVID-19 isolation wards

The robot was successfully deployed at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, Chennai and Chengalpattu Government Hospital. The core team members are Faculty: Dr. D. Dinakaran and Dr. M. M. Ramya. Research Scholars: Mr. S. Karthik Kumar, Mr. Jaise Jose, Mr. G. Rajesh and Mr. Sugin Elankavi Rajendran. Students: Mr. Lena Sekar, Mr. D. Akash and Mr. P. Sivaprakasam. Technical Faculty: Mr. Vinayagamoorthy and Mr. Rajasekar. Centre for Automation & Robotics (ANRO) feels proud in making a social impact. 

Kuzhali 2.0 : In-Pipe Inspection Robot

The developed In-Pipe Inspection Robot (IPIR) can move through pipelines with varying diameters. It can even navigate through pipeline junctions such as L-Branch, T-Branch and curved pipes without issues. It can also avoid motion singularity in curved pipes and maintains an even distribution of forces acting on its wheels due to its unique wheel arrangement.

Kuzhali 1.0 : In-Pipe Inspection Robot

The developed In-Pipe Inspection Robot (IPIR) can move through pipelines with varying diameters. It can even navigate through pipeline junctions such as L-Branch, T-Branch and curved pipes without issues. It can also avoid motion singularity in curved pipes and maintains an even distribution of forces acting on its wheels due to its unique wheel arrangement.

In this Research, Magnesium Metal Matrix Composite was fabricated and machined to find the influence of cutting speed and feed rate on various machining aspects like cutting forces, chip morphology, surface roughness, cutting temperature and tool wear. It was observed from the results that cutting force, surface roughness and tool wear are greatly affected by varying the input parameters. 

The objective of the project is to design a shell and tube heat exchanger with single-segmented baffles and Analyze the flow and temperature field inside the shell using Autodesk Simulation CFD 2015. In this work, we achieved a high heat transfer rate and reduced fouling.