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60 universities in Pakistan working on robotics technology
Sunday, February 10, 2013

By Ijaz Kakakhel


ISLAMABAD: Robotics as a discipline of science and technology is being taught at the graduate and post-graduate levels by more than 60 universities of Engineering Science and Technology in Pakistan, official sources told Daily Times here on Saturday.

The research and development (R&D) in advanced fields of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence has also been undertaken by some of laboratories established in the R&D institutes and universities in Pakistan. The official in the Ministry of Science and Technology claimed that there is a technical group engaged in development of automation of industrial processes at the National Institute of Electronics (NIE), Islamabad. The group has developed Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), which are used in automatic industrial controls.

The Centre for Intelligent Machines and Robotics (IMR) at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology has a Research Group, which is undertaking research related to robotics, computer vision and machine learning. The IMR Research Group is conducting basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks; the robotics technology in Pakistan has the potential role in boosting the productivity and competitiveness. The researchers at CIIT are working for projects on visual guided robotic systems for use in surgery, navigation control, mapping and geometric representation of environmental parameters.

National Engineering Robotics Contest (NERC) is an inter universities robotics competition held annually since 2005 at the NUST. The contest is organised by HEC, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers Project with more than 60 Pakistani universities participating in the event, and aims to train individuals for engineering services in Pakistan, and cash prizes are awarded to the winners.

NERC 2011 held at the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME), Rawalpindi from June 28 to July 2. Many universities like FAST, GIKI, LUMS, CASE and UET Lahore participated in the event, where students were encouraged to design, develop and programme their respective robots.

R&D projects on Tele-Surgical Training Robot and Simulators and Development of Intelligent Robotic Wheelchairs are being undertaken by NUST funded by ICT R&D Fund.

International workshops and seminars for knowledge sharing and events at national level for talent hunt among youth in the fields of robotics have been organised regularly at NUST. Specialisation in robotics is a popular choice for students going abroad to study under various scholarships schemes for research and PhD. This field offers job opportunities, and robotics engineers can apply their mastery in diverse fields like modern warfare, surgery, nano-technology and space-exploration.

The official claimed that developing a robot comes with the goal of finding a solution to the problem. Along with the technical know-how, interest in research is essential. This field has promising opportunities, with no boundaries and will continue to grow with the advancement of science and technology in the near future.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
 
I know what purpose these robots will be used for ;)

Don't worry we are more advanced, for ex., i my self own one company, and we provide basic to advance robotic kits and training.
 
Only 60 uni are working for Robotics and we have many universities and more then 100 university is alone in my city Karachi.

100 universities in kaarachi alone .?? thats a big number :what: wat type of education system does akistan have are colleges affiliated to any particular nodal university?? or are they autonomous??
 
Drones are also robotic technology. I think robotic technology can be used for making weapons.

But I do not know if we would be able to be as creative or innovative as the Americans/ The west. We probably need a culture which encourages imagination ,being creative and having an artistic expression . Coming with ideas which are out of the box, and irradiating the worm stuck in our heads which says "That is not possible" " you can not do it" " You failed, stop trying" "That is just ridiculous" " you are mad for thinking that way" etc.

We probably need a cultural evolution or revolution for that. Otherwise I think we might just lag behind.
 
you think he 's kidding ... clearly you haven't studied in a delhi school.......almost all reputed school in delhi have a robotics course ( its a voluntary course) that is well sought after by students . apj noida is especially famous for this as it was the first to introduce one and has gained quite a reputation ....

maybe..its good if true , as far as i know having studied in kendriya vidyalaya which has cbse syllabus and has the highest number of schools in india we had no subjects on robotics till 12th std , infact my engg college in karnataka is the only second engg collg in state to offer an engg branch on robotics and automation ...so all i meant is that the proliferation of robotics in our education system is still gonna take some time before we call ourselfs an expert on it.
 
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