Robotics Club IITD

30/08/2026

Building an Autonomous Delivery Drone: Pixhawk & ROS 2 Stack! 📦🚁

Phase 1: Hardware & Calibration

Autopilot & Setup: Powered by PX4 Autopilot on a Pixhawk Orange Cube+, calibrated via QGroundControl (compass, gyro, accel, level horizon, ESC power).

Flight Control: Configured motor mapping and RC flight modes (Stabilized, Altitude Hold, Land).

Phase 2: Bio-Inspired Soft Gripper

Design & Material: 3D-printed using flexible TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) based on the Fish Fin Ray Effect.

Payload Handling: Passively conforms around fragile, multi-shape packages for secure pick-and-place without dropping.

Phase 3: Gazebo SITL & ROS 2 Pipeline

Simulation: Zero-crash testing using PX4 SITL in Gazebo Classic.

Middleware: Real-time PX4 to ROS 2 (Humble) telemetry via Micro-XRCE-DDS Agent and MAVROS.

Autonomy: Custom Python mission package for automated waypoint navigation.

Status & What's Next 🎯

Current Status: Hardware fully assembled/calibrated, manual pick-and-place validated, and SITL simulation fully functional.

Next Up: Completing full dynamic autonomous mission planning via MAVROS & ROS 2.

30/08/2026

Meet our 18-DOF Hexapod, designed and built from scratch! 🤖🕷️

Phase 1: Classical Control

Hardware & Sim: Fusion 360 CAD modeling, custom power board, 18 Waveshare SC15 serial bus servos, PyBullet physics simulation, and an onboard ESP32 Servo Driver Board over Bluetooth.

Kinematics: Driven by Inverse Kinematics (IK) & Bézier curves for smooth trajectory generation (10 walk styles + real-time RC control).

Phase 2: Reinforcement Learning

AI Trait: Self-learning movement trained via PPO (Proximal Policy Optimization).

Curriculum: Progressive reward training from standing → walking/turning → uneven terrain → crab-walking.

What's Next?

Scaling to a 24-DOF Hexapod, developing approximate mathematical solvers to compute complex movement equations on higher degrees of freedom.

Bringing mechanical design, hardware electronics, and machine learning into a single system. ⚡

08/06/2026

On June 6th, the IIT Delhi campus was buzzing with the incredible energy of aspiring engineers! We were thrilled to host JEE Advanced students for Open House 2026 and give them a firsthand look at the cutting-edge innovation thriving within the Robotics Club, IIT Delhi.

Our team had the opportunity to demonstrate the practical application of cutting-edge robotics engineering through several core club projects. We presented live demos of our Pixhawk drone, Hexapod, AMR with SLAM integration, 2D Plotter, Robotic Arm, Obstacle Avoidance systems, and Micromouse. Explaining the mechanics, control systems, and real-world applications to such an enthusiastic crowd was incredibly rewarding.

To all the JEE Advanced students who visited us—congratulations on your journey so far, and we hope to see many of you joining our club and tinkering alongside us very soon! A huge shout out to our dedicated club members who worked tirelessly to make these live demonstrations flawless.

27/03/2026

CAD-A-Thon 2026 has been an incredible journey of creativity, precision, and innovation ⚙️✨
From brainstorming ideas to executing complex designs, participants truly pushed their limits and showcased exceptional talent.
A huge congratulations to our winners:
🥇 Dharminder Singh (Aravali)
🥈 Mudit Agarwal (Karakoram)
🥉 Aditya Bansal (Girnar)
Your dedication and skills have set a benchmark for excellence 👏
And a big shoutout to everyone who participated and made this event a success!

17/03/2026

🚀 *CadAThon 2026 – Speed. Design. Dominate.*

Ready to turn your ideas into reality at lightning speed? ⚙️💡

The *Robotics Club, IIT Delhi* brings you *CadAThon*, a hands-on *CAD workshop + Speed CAD challenge* designed for makers, builders, and innovators!

📅 *Date:* 22nd March
📍 *Venue:* CSC, IIT Delhi

🔹 Learn the *design practices of CAD in Robotics* in an interactive tutorial
🔹 Put your skills to the test in a *1-hour Speed CAD Competition*
🔹 *Top performers earn ECA credits (as well as goodies) and CAIC points for their hostel* 🏆

Whether you're a beginner or someone who loves designing robots and mechanisms, this is your chance to *learn, compete, and build faster than ever*.

⚡ *Design fast. Think faster. Win big.*

*Note: The competition is a Freshers only event (2025 entry) but workshop is for all. Registrations will be considered on a first come first serve basis. Only the first 65 registrations will be considered.*

Fill in the registration form to participate in the competition:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaSgQFNnQij_wZFrQvGzwKSt-B3RLS9Nd2EFAqw1v0XqLrxg/viewform?usp=dialog

02/03/2026

♟️ ROBOGAMBIT | TRYST’26 🤖

The Robotics Club and ARIES brings to you RoboGambit, a strategic robotics challenge as part of TRYST’26, in association with IHFC.

Just like chess, every move matters. This competition will test both your software skills and hardware abilities through two stages:

Round 1 – Software Round 💻
Participants tackle the challenge using algorithms and simulation.

Round 2 – Hardware Round 🔧
Selected teams advance to implement their solution on real hardware.

📢 Problem Statements Launch: 2nd March 2026

🏆 Why participate?
• Represent your hostel in a robotics showdown
• Work on real robotics problems
• Compete with some of the best minds on campus
• CAIC points for the winners

If robotics, strategy, and competition excite you, keep an eye out for the problem statement release tomorrow.

Join the WhatsApp group for more updates!

https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hq2Sb5maJxqKKBNoaugJxT?mode=gi_t

Make your move. ♟️

27/10/2025

🏁 Mechatronic Mastery is here!
Form your dream team (4–8 members) and gear up for IITD’s Inter Hostel Robotics Challenge 🤖⚙️
Problem Statement drops tomorrow at 5 PM — stay tuned!

07/10/2025

🤖 Step into the Future of Robotics!
Curiosity is the only prerequisite — we’ll take care of the rest. ✨
Join us for an immersive CoppeliaSim Workshop by the Robotics Club, IITD, and learn how to bring robots to life in a simulated world!

🗓 Date: Oct 9 (Wed)
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Venue: LH325

💡 What’s in store?

• Get started with CoppeliaSim, a powerful robotics simulation platform.

• Design, code, and simulate your own robots.

• Learn how sensors, motors, and control systems work together.

• Interact with mentors & robotics enthusiasts.

Whether you’re a beginner or a robotics enthusiast, this workshop is the perfect place to explore, experiment, and create.

Bring a charged laptop with coppeliasim installed. You can checkout the installation guide from the following
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1paWEwkldVM5TXu0flIqt0moVZtqZNXem/view?usp=drivesdk

Join Fresher's Robotics Group🤖 to interact with your fellow tech/robotics enthusiasts
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Erth3VSpIm0Eoo4bHJxiig?mode=ems_copy_t

See you on Oct 9th at 6 PM!
For queries, contact:
Mahesh (+91 70625 85537)

17/10/2021