Assistive Technology Laboratory

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CONTENTS

OBJECTIVES

GOALS

GENESIS

ABOUT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB

CIVIL WORKS

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN SO FAR

FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS BY ATL VISITORS

INTERACTION WITH SEVERAL CENTERS FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED IN

INDIA

MOUS

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING SUPPORT

BENEFIT TO ATL STUDENTS

BENEFIT TO FACULTY

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

SUPPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES

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CONFERENCES/PUBLICATIONS

FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS AND FACULTY

NUMBER OF PRODUCTS WHICH ENTERED THE FIELD OR

CLIENT

EFFORTS TOWARDS PATENTING OR COMMERCIALIZATION

FEEDBACK FROM CLIENTS

IMPACT ANALYSIS

Objectives : The primary mission of Assistive Technology Lab is to ensure that students,

employees, and the general public with disabilities have appropriate technologies needed to access services offered by the Institute.

To facilitate the students to work on genuine projects with intra and inter disciplinary knowledge in order to serve the society.

To encourage students to show case their talent in global arena by participating in competitions like RESNA, NASA Create the Future Design Contest, Intel Cornell Cup, Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest, ITsAP etc., which will also extend their range of knowledge.

Goals :

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To create a Center of Excellence to faciltiate Masters and PhD works which are interdisciplinary

Make commercially successful products which can be either improvement in existing technology or a low cost device. In this process several projects can be gaurded with IPRs and patents.

Genesis : The Assistive Technology Lab (ATL) is established on August 6th 2009 in collaboration with University of Massachusetts, Lowell to utilize the skills of every engineering department for a very unique and noble cause of designing projects by the students of BVRIT to benefit the differently-abled and also for the development of Assistive Technology. The foundation stone for Innovation Park is laid by Padmavibhushan Prof. C. R. Rao on March 17th 2010.ATL gained its physical structure at Innovation Park on July 29 th 2011 which is inaugurated by Prof Alan Rux and team from University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA.ATL was setup in a very peaceful and ambient atmosphere of Innovation Park equipped with high end personal computers with Internet connectivity and sophisticated electronic components.

Team from University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA

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ABOUT ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB :

The Assistive Technology Lab (ATL) in Padmasri Dr. B. V. Raju Institute of Technology (BVRIT), Narsapur, Medak dist, Andhra Pradesh which is in collaboration with UMass, Lowell is a part of Sri Vishnu Educational Society and is a vision of Mr. K. V. Vishnu Raju, the Chairman of BVRIT, to utilize the skills of every engineering department of the college for the development of Assistive Technology.

During his visit to many universities in the United States, one thing that ignited his mind was the Assistive Technology Program at University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Assistive Technology Lab in BVRIT is thus a result of his progressive thinking, which paved the way for a MOU between the University of Massachusetts and BVRIT. He initiated the program by inviting Professor Alan Rux, founder of the Assistive Technology Program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA to BVRIT.

The Chairman of SVES found a suitable person our then Principal (BVRIT), Col.T.S.Surendra, to coordinate Prof.Rux's program in India at both our Engineering Colleges (at Narsapur and Bhimavaram). Prof.Rux conducted a workshop on "Assistive Technology" from 6 - 21 August, 2009.

Assistive Technology Lab works for a very unique and a noble cause of designing projects by the students of BVRIT to benefit the differently-abled. This is a small but definite step to mainstream people with disabilities into society.

Assistive Technology Lab at BVRIT is setup in a very peaceful and ambient atmosphere with high end personal computers with Internet connectivity and sophisticated electronic components like CRO, RPS, micro-controllers and also imported electronic components that are unavailable in India, thus ensuring high productivity. According to Prof. Alan Rux, engineering students all over the world should be encouraged to undertake various projects in the field of Assistive Technology and make its impact felt.

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CIVIL WORKS

SNO ACADEMIC YEAR AMOUNT SPENT IN RS.

1 2012-13 15,89,5532 2011-12 26,78,6933 2010-11 14,31,7374 2009-10 19,36,999

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PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN SO FAR

2009-10

S.no Title of the project

1 Biometric Watch

2Patient Monitoring System

3 Reading assistance for dyslexic

4 Multipurpose sound DB meter

5 Balancing Shoe

6 Voice activated Keyboard

7 Voice Based Home Automation

8 Smart Stick

9 Voice Activated Alarm System

10 Juke Box For Visually Impaired

11 AEGIS

12 REFLEX

13 Intellipad

14 Eye Mouse

15 Voice ActivatedWheel chair

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2010-11

Sno Project name

1 Mechanical Limb Support

2 Robo leg

3 Easy writer

4 Mobile operated text to speech

5 Walker

6 Easy chair

7 Multipurpose wheel chair

8 ATL automation

9 Speech therapy

10 Light operated keyboard

11 Web site design

12 Automatic kid

13 Multifunctional interface kit

14 Crawler mobility system

15 Talking web

16 Speech Recognition

17 Mind Mouse

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2011-12

Sno Name of Project

1 MIND MOUSE

2 AUTOMATIC PAGE TURNER

3 ELECTRIC CAR DESIGN

4 REFLEX

5 HAND GRIPPER

6 E-CAR

7 WALKING STIMULATOR

8 SINGLE FOOT CONTROLLED MOUSE

2012-13

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S.No Name of the Project

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1 Electronic Knee

2 VIRTUAL MOUSE

3 ALERTING DEVICE FOR DEAF

4 MOTORIZED WHEEL CHAIR BY USING SIP&PUFF TECH.

5 PRESSURE ACTIVATED ROBOTIC ARM

6 SMART WHEEL CHAIR

7 HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM

8 RF BASED ALERT SYSTEM

9 SMART VISION

10 ASSISTIVE AID FOR SPEECH IMPAIRED

11 HAND GRIPPER

12 AUTOMATED BELT SYSTEM

13 BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION DEVICE

14 WALKNG STICK WITH HEART ATTACK DETECTOR

15 POWERED WHEEL CHAIR

16 HANDY TALK

17 SENSOR FOR DEAF

18 ANDROID POWERED WHEEL CHAIR

19 BACTERIA & VIRUS DETECTION

20 BARCODE SCANNER FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED

21 EMAIL ACCESS FOR VISUAL LY IMPAIRED

22 EMAIL ACCESS FOR THE BLIND

23EYE BLINK AND ALCOHOL SENSORS & MOBILE APPLICATIONS

24 TALKING BOX

25 ELECTRONIC LEARNING TOOL

26 ALCOHOL DETECTOR

27 SAFETY SCREEN PROPOSAL

28 Electronic Knee Braces

29 Electronic Knee Braces

30 Talking Cash Counter for Visually impaired

31 Talking LCD Display for Visually impaired

32 Splitter Box for Visually impaired

FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS BY ATL VISITORS

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“Most impressive work. Students will also be very keen to do such good work”. 

-  Dr. Atul Negi, University of Hyderabad

“Thank you for hosting the TI India Analog Design Contest 2010 Award Ceremony at BVRIT campus. We appreciate your proactive help. Congratulations to the winner of BVRIT and SVES”.

- Dr. C. P. Ravi Kumar, Technical Director of University Relations, Texas Instruments

“Very impressive set of technologies being developed. Keep it up, taking it to the markets, creating ventures”.

-  Prof. Santosh Pande, Georgia Tech University

“The institute has created a good environment for the process of learning and probably. I will also provide some design ideas to be taken up by the students. I'm fortunate to visit this facility”.

-  Dr. T. C. Sarma, Former ISRO Scientist, Cheif R& D, Areca

“Very interesting work, thank you for the excellent show case of your work. I hope we merge together to work for this noble cause”

- Ms.Catherine Holloway, UCL, U.K

“Excellent and simple solutions for disabled people”- Ms.Stephanie Ureh, Germany

“Fantastic Work, useful in Indian Context!”- Smt.Smita.S, IIT Roorkee

“Quite useful ideas and society serving. Students and Staff are lucky to be a part and parcel of the activities at ATL”.

- Dr. K. Rajanna, Prof.& Principal, PREC, Wargal.

“Excellent! Very impressive work and extremely useful to many people. Keep it up!”.

- Dr Ganesh, Dr. Sunil, Progress Softwares.

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“I am glad to see the excellent equipment that is being developed to help the disabled people. This is good humanitarian work. I hope you will continue the good work you are doing . The hands on training provided by the institute is extremely commendable. Good Luck!”

- Prof. C.R.Rao

“Certainly abling the challenged. Very philanthropic, may this tribe increase and wishing commercialization. Every single usage of this technology will make it fulfilling”.

- Shri.P.Ramakanth, eSoft Consulting Ltd.

“Excellent Projects being undertaken”- Mr. Richard king-TCS

“A very good initiative with social relevance which can encourage students to really engage in these type of activities keep it up!”.

- Shri. Vivek Gadgil- CEO, L&T Metro Rail

“Very Interesting!”- Mr. J.V.R.K. Prasad-Infotech

“Unique design-very creative use of available materials, electronics case may be more durable for extended use! Nice use of controllers”

- Ms. Jamie Osborne, MIT-USA.

“These students are getting unique opportunity to create technologies and products that truly serve the community. It is an excellent exchange of education centered on the best outcomes for the society.”

- Mr. Michael O Mensah, PhD, Dean Kania School of Management, University of Seranton, PA

Very impressed with the innovation happening here with passion and purpose. Wish the young team good luck. Very well guided by dedicated Principal. - Mr. M.D. Vel, MD, Indian Foods, Madura,

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I am happy that I made a visit here. I met quite a few passionate people who are set to create wonders in the future. I am really delighted to see the amount of time spent by students in furthering their knowledge, working with real world and trying to serve real world issues. Great job BVRIT

- Mr. Siva Kumar, GSS Infotech

Simple but path breaking innovations which can make life easier for so many! Great get up to encourage student to voluntarily contribute towards making the life easier for the differently abled.

- Mr. Radha Krishnan MK, Mr. Bhaskar Y, Mr. Biju Krishnan, TATA Power

It is my pleasure to visit BVRIT. Students are doing exemplary work in the field of new technologies which help physically challenged.

- Mr. D Sridhar Babu, Minister for Civil Supplies

Thoroughly impressed with all that I have seen, I congratulate the college management for providing these facilities .I am sure the future of our country is here and next world beating technology is on its way.

- Mr. Kiran Kumar, Value Labs

A great initiative taken up by the BVRIT for bringing up the research orientation among UG Students and creativity will get enhanced with technology transfer to society.

- Dr G Tulasi Ram Das, JNTU, Hyderabad

Very impressive work. With little more efforts and modifications the products can be really useful for many disabled.

- Mr Bevla, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

The idea is beautiful, to make them commercially viable at affordable prices would help.

- Mr Avinash Mohanty, SP, Medak

Excellent environment for budding scientists. Whole heartedly wish many scientists and innovators to graduate from portals of BVRIT.

- Mrs. Vanitha Datla

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ASSIST + FEEDBACKS FROM VISITORS

“Good App”- Mr. G.Chinna, Consultant, C.V University “Very Good App”- Mr. D.Sai Krishna- GITAM University “Fair”- V.Raghvendra, Programmer, Infotech “Awesome App”- Ms.V Yamini, HR, eAbyas Info. Sol. “A Promising App For the Society”- Mr. Jandhyala N Murthy, GRIET “Extremely Innovative Effort”- Mr.Ashok Kumar

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INTERACTION WITH SEVERAL CENTERS FOR DIFFERENTLY ABLED IN INDIA

Sweekar Upkaar, Hyderabad Enable India, Bengaluru Ability Foundation, Chennai Shilpi Kapoor, Barrier Break Foundation, Mumbai Abhilasha Foundation, Hyderabad

MoUs

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University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA Blaze Automation, Hyderabad

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING SUPPORT

Design Strada, Hyderabad

Indian Institute of Biotechnology

BENEFIT TO ATL STUDENTS

Through ATL the students of BVRIT has great future which helps them to reach

good heights in this competitive world. There are few students who set an example

to every student in BVRIT.

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1. Swetha Ravi Kumar(2009), she completed her B.Tech from EEE Dept, and

MS from Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Sweden now working at Fraunhofer

Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE as Project Manager.

2. Subhashini Pakalapati(2008), Pursed her B.Tech from BME Dept, MS

from UMASS-Lowell with funding, now working in Texas.

3. Srikanth Kallakuri(2010), he has completed his B.Tech in ECE stream and

MS from carnegie mellon university and now he is working as Research

Assistant at Advanced Telecommunications Research Lab, Japan.

4. Aravind Reddy Nayani(2010), done his B.Tech from EEE Dept, now

pursuing MS from Sanjose State University. Former employee at

Convergys, He has established a startup named THINK LING Labs which

has R&D on smart meters, power electronics.

5. Karthik Puvvada(2010), completed his B.Tech form ECE stream, Pursuing

his MS from Vanderbilt university with funding.

6. Spoorthi rao, pursued her B.Tech from IT Dept, pursuing her MS from

Penn state university.

7. Nitin Menon(2012), B.Tech from BME Dept, pursuing his MS from

Southern Illinois University Carbondale with Funding.

8. Akhila Murthy(2012), B.Tech from BME Dept, she’s working as Research

Assistant at CSIR-Chandigarh.

9. Rakesh(2013) – got highest pay package at FMC in 2012

10.Durga Spurthi(2012) – received full funding at UMASS for her MS Program

11.Ramya Bobba -

12.Y Mahesh (2011)– got offers from 5 companies in India

13.Chandana Mandal (2009) – placed at TATAPOWER

14.Smruthi Reddy (2009) – placed at TATAPOWER

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15.Ms Subhashini K, Mr Nishanth S visited UMASS Lowell during April 2013.

They also presented their project titled ‘Biobot’ at Intel Cornell Cup and

own People’s Choice Award worth 1000 USD.

16.Mr V L Prabhash Kumar, 3rd year CSE student won paid internship at

MagikMinds based on the Android Powered Wheel Chair project developed

by him in ATL.

17.Students of “Electronic Knee Braces” project were selected for Idea Summer Carnival Internship at BITS Hyderabad. This is a 6-week internship program which offers training on how to develop a project into a commercial product.

BENEFIT TO FACULTY

Deepthi J, Incharge of ATL, BVRIT-N, visited UMASS, Lowell to learn about the best practices adopted at ATL UMASS. She also accompanied students to Intel Cornell Cup. She got an opportunity to visit Purdue University to know about EPICS course.

Faculty publications info to be included

ATL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

ITsAP(The IT & ITES Industry Association of A.P.) recognizes the best Software Services Companies, Software products and (student) Entrepreneurship at its ‘Annual Awards & Software Products Showcase & Conference’.

The following students won the Student Entrepreneurship Award in the 2009 edition of the Conference held on 12th march 2010 at HICC, Madhapur, Hyderabad for their product ‘’Smart Stick’ developed for the visually impaired. a. Mr. Y.Mahesh - ECEb. Ms. Harsha priya - BMEc. Ms. Sushma - CSE

The above team were also invited to present their prototype at the IIT Delhi Tech Fest Project Expo ( Anusandhan) in March 2010. They won accolades and their efforts were recognized.ITsAP Young Entrepreneur Award 2010 for a project titled – ‘Smart Stick’

Second Prize at TI Analog Design Contest 2010 for a project titled – ‘Quadriplegic Tilt Communicator with Monitoring System‘

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Secured 11th position at NASA Create the Future Design Contest 2010 organized by COMSOL and TechBreifs for a project titled ‘Mind Mouse’.

Eleven teams from ATL were certified as Microsoft Student Partners in 2010

Imagine Cup 2010 : 3 teams of BVRIT got selected to the second round (Semi-finals) as detailed below. Students participated from more than 100 countries. a. “Smartstick” – Harshapriya - BME & Y.Mahesh – ECE. b. “Home automation “ - Raghuveer ECEc. “Voice automated wheel chair” – Harsh – EEE.

Note : BVRIT hosted the ‘Dream Spark Yatra’ under the aegis of Microsoft in March 2011. 1000 students from all over the State participated. Mr. Shyam Kumar (III CSE) has been selected as a Microsoft Student Partner (MSP).

NASA Create the Future Design contest – 2010: This is an online international contest. The 2010 ‘Create the Future Design Contest’ sponsored by COMSOL Inc., PTC & Tech Briefs Media Group ( Publishers of NASA Tech Briefs) recognizes innovation in Product Design in 6 categories viz. Consumer Products, Machinery & Equipment, Medical, Safety & Security, Sustainable Technologies & Transportation. The following students participated :

a. Pragya Jayakumar – BME & Ramya – BME for mind mouse. b. Prithvi - Patient Monitoring Systemc. Pragya & Ramya finished in the eleventh position the World Over in the

Medical Category.

JNTUH – Tech Fest – 2010: Prithvi – ECE got the first prize for his Patient Monitoring System.

International Conference BEATS ( Biomedical Engineering & Assistive Technologies): It was held at NIT Jalandhar in December 2010. Two papers submitted by our students got selected by an International Review Committee and were published in the Conference Proceedings. Details of the paper published and presented are :

a. Mind mouse by Ramya,Niketan Kapila,Spurthi Vavilala b. Voice automated wheel chair by Shyam Kumar (III CSE)

Texas Instruments Analog Design contest 2010 : Texas Instruments – India conducts TI Analog Design Contest annually to encourage System level design

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projects using TI’s broad range of high performance analog integrated circuits. In the first round, they select 20 teams from the all the entries from India and award a cash prize of $1500 to each team. These top twenty teams will compete in the final round to win the Engibous Prize for their innovation. The first prize amount of $10,000, the Second prize amount of $7500 and third prize amount of $5000 will be awarded to the final winners.

Three teams from BVRIT have participated in the TI Analog Design contest 2010. The teams are : 1. Nitin Menon & Akhila – III BME – “Quadriplegic tilt control monitoring

systems”, where the tilt of the head actuates the wheel chair, the direction of movement of the chair being dependent on the direction of tilt

2. Anwesha & Gopi Krishna & Ahok Naidu – Speech and Touch based smart home infrastructure for physically challenged.

3. Bhargava & Manisha – Multi purpose voice activated alarm system. 4. Nitin Menon & Akhila won a prize amount of $1500 in the first round and US

$3750 in the final round. They were adjudged the first runner up jointly with Amrita school of Engineering, Coimbatore for their innovative product. A News release from TI says: “BANGALORE, INDIA: IIT Madras and Kalasalingam University, Tamil Nadu jointly won the Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest for Indian Universities for the year 2010.

The students from IIT Madras and Kalasalingam University won a prize of US$ 5,000 each and lifted the Tom Engibous Shield for their entries Low Cost Integrated Wireless Health Monitoring System With Emergency Response and Electronic Toll Collection with Short Messaging Service respectively, said a press release.

The teams from IIT Madras and Kalasalingam University also won a prize of US$ 5,000 each for their entries.

Undergraduate students from engineering colleges across the country participated in the TI Analog Design Contest. The teams from Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore and Padmasri Dr. B.V.Raju Institute Of Technology, Hyderabad, jointly won the First Runners-up trophy and a prize amount of US$ 3,750 each, the release added.

“I feel very excited to be a part of this celebration of Innovation. The budding engineers showcased remarkable grit and talent, even though it was their first deep dive into real engineering design and prototyping”, said Ashok Hattangady, industrialist in the space of Energy Efficiency and Technology Adviser”.

Imagine Cup 2011 : The theme of the Contest is “ Imagine a World where technology helps solve the toughest problems”. This global competition is

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conducted annually by Microsoft to address the ‘Millennium Development Goals’ laid down by the UN. Over 600 teams registered for the competition from all over the world out of which 147 teams qualified for the second round (semifinals) . 28 teams were shortlisted from India and 3 of these are from BVRIT. The projects selected include:

a. Voice activated automated Wheel chair - E.Lakshman Shyam kumar , Srujana & Srikala (III ECE)

b. Roboleg - Sravani, Shruthi.Aishwarya ( III ECE)c. Mind mouse – Ramya,Niketan Kapila,Spurthi Vavilala

Consolation Prize at TI Analog Design Contest 2011 for a project titled ‘Blind Navigator’.

Sixteen papers were presented at BEATS 2012, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Assistive Technologies. Among them ‘Assist +’ received Best Technical Session Paper Award.

ITsAP Best Software Product Award 2012 for a project titled – ‘Assist +’

ITsAP Student Innovation Category Award 2012 for a project titled – ‘Patient Care’

Consolation prize at Mechanica 2012 - IIT Madras for a project titled – ‘Electric Vehicle ‘

Secured 15th position at NASA Create the Future Design Contest 2012 organized by COMSOL and TechBreifs for a project titled ‘Automatic Pneumatic Screw Gun’.

‘Electronic Knee Braces’ project won Second Prize at SRAJAN 2013, IEEE Student Branch Event at MANIT, Bhopal

‘Biobot’ project was selected as one of the top 30 finalists for Intel Cornell Cup conducted during May 3rd – 4th 2013 at Walt Disney, Orlando, USA. This project won ‘People’s Choice Award’ worth 1000 USD at Intel Cornell Cup.

Supplementary Activities:

Workshop on ‘Assistive Technology’ in 2009

Distribution of products for Disabled on ‘International Day for People with Disabilities’ in 2010

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Workshop on ‘Mindstorm Lego Robo’ in 2010

Orientation program about ‘Prospects of doing MS in USA and Life at UMASS Lowell’ in 2011

National Conference on Assistive Technology in 2011

Workshop on ‘Analog Discovery Kit’ in 2012

Training program on ‘PICKIT3’ in 2012

ATL Course Training Program in 2012

‘ATL Minicourse’ in connection with training on microcontrollers and PCB Designing in 2012

Distribution of products for Disabled on International Day for People with Disabilities in 2012

Resource persons from Blaze Automation delivering classes to students during ATL Mini course

International Day for people with Disabilities was observed at ATL-BVRIT on Dec 3rd 2012. Chairman SVES Sri K V Vishnu Raju garu and all Governing Body members graced the occasion and distributed Wheel Chairs , E-sticks and Talking Boxes to clients from nearby villages.

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Distributing Wheel Chair to the disabled people on Dec 3rd 2012 at ATL-BVRIT

CONFERENCES/PUBLICATIONS

BEATS 2012The following papers have been selected for BEATS 2012, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Assistive Technologies held at NIT Jalandhar during Dec 6th-7th 2012:

1. Electronic Knee Braces

2. Smart Alert System for Hearing Impaired

3. Talking Kit

4. Assistive Aid for Speech Impaired

5. Email Access by Visually Impaired

6. Android Powered Wheel Chair

7. Remote Assistance for Physically Challenged

8. Low cost Electronic Knee

9. Walking Simulator

10.Vibrating Sensor for Deaf

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11.Bacteria Virus Detection

12.Pressure Activated Exoskeleton

13.Assist +

14.Traffic Simulator

15.PCG Technique for Human Heart Sound Analysis using Adaptive Filter

16.Smart Wheel Chair

17.Virtual Mouse

18.Electronic Learning Tool

19.Safety Screen

20.Barcode Scanner for Visually Impaired

21.Electric Car for Paraplegic

IJECE, International JournalA Paper titled Assistive Aid for Speech Impaired has been selected for publication in International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IJECE with impact factor of 0.9372.

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