STEM Utsav 2022 - A Fun Learning Event for Students

Robotix India | USA and AI World School is organising STEM Utsav 2022, a three-month long event, focusing on STEM and Artificial intelligence training for Students of Grades 3 to 7 across India. This event will help inspire students to engage in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Artificial intelligence is everywhere a. The use of artificial intelligence technology will augment human capabilities and effectiveness in the future. Hence, it is essential for students to focus on STEM, AI learning right from a young age.

As a part of STEM Utsav 2022, children will learn about the concept of STEM, develop critical and logical reasoning skills, find solutions to real-world situations, and work practically on STEM projects. They will also learn about AI topics like speech analysis, computer vision, image classifier, language identifier, human finger identifier, impact of AI and AI ethics.

Robotix, a leading name in the world of STEM and Robotics products and AI World School, is offering a 10-session combo AI + STEM package that will focus on hands-on experiential learning along with fun AI projects to help students develop interest in STEM and AI. Introduction to Robotics is also covered. as a part of the package.

A unique offering by Robotix India | USA and AIWS that everyone will look forward to will be the attractive combo package of Physical STEM maker kits and virtual Tutor led AI courses. This is only a limited-time offer.

Mr. Ramana Prasad, the chairman of Robotix India, mentioned that events like STEM Utsav will help students acquire knowledge in STEM areas. He also cited the need for more STEM learning programs like STEM Utsav in the country that will allow students to learn about artificial intelligence, STEM, and coding concepts, and be future-ready.

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SP Robotics Works Collaborates With McDonald’s to Host A (Steam) Creative-Tech Workshop for Kids

Workshop will be hosted in 40+ locations for kids of 7-17 years of age

SP Robotics Maker Lab, a chain of robotics & coding learning centres across India announces its partnership with McDonald’s India West and South, owned and operated by Westlife Development Ltd., to launch the “Creative-Tech Workshop”. The workshop will be a 2 Hour long session that will be held at a nearby McDonald's across 40 locations in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. This STEAM-themed (Science Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) workshop will be loaded with fun activities for children between the age of 7 to 17. During the workshop the students will be provided with a take-away electronics & arts kit and taught about the basics of electronics, circuit building, LEDs, switches, and designing 4+ circuits with fun projects they can learn.

The workshop is carefully curated and aims to develop and strengthen their cognitive skills and instil the habit of practical learning in a collaborative environment. The approach helps develop cognitive abilities and aid them in the speed and quality of their problem-solving skills in children. The objective of the STEAM workshop is to focus on logical thought processes and problem-solving allows students to develop mental habits that will help them succeed in any field.

Sneha Priya, Co-Founder of SP Robotics Maker Lab, said, "Every child is curious in their own way - for example one child might be meddling with remote control cars, one child would break and explore all the electronics in the house. Now the question is how do you better mould the curiosity of these children? We want SP Robotics Maker Lab to be the platform where kids from any part of the country can enhance and develop their creative passion and help them discover themselves in a fun way. Through the workshop, students can explore science and technology, allowing them to discover their passion for the future. Teaching them in a fun and practical way is extremely important to kindle interest and passion which will also boost their problem solving and other essential skills.

SP Robotic Works, a D2C (direct to consumer) company founded by Sneha Priya and Pranavan S, raised their Series A funding of $3M in 2021. They have a hybrid model of learning online or from their Maker Labs (across 27 cities). It has an active community of students in the age group bracket of 7 to 17 innovating and solving problems in a practical way. It has designed reusable learning kits, enabling children to assemble, build algorithms and see their code in action through a robot or drone, making it more exciting and fun.

The workshop will be held in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad across 43 locations in nearby McDonald’s starting from July. The workshop is open for students between the ages of 7-17 years old with a registration fee of INR 1,250/- per student, which includes the take-away electronics+arts kit from SP Robotics and food from McDonald’s and one can register for the workshop on the SP Robotics website (www.sproboticworks.com) or call on +91 89519 44029.

SP Robotics Maker Lab to Open 100+ Offline Experience Centres; Opens Application for Franchises

SP Robotics Maker Lab is India's largest network for students to learn Robotics and Coding. They offer Complete Experiential learning for students of age 7 to 17+ with 10+ Courses in Scratch Programming, Electro blocks, Drone, Android App, Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, etc.

Franchise Investment starts from INR 5 Lakhs upto 20 Lakhs to own a Maker Lab at your locality.

The startup currently has 50 Maker Labs in 20 cities in India

SP Robotic Works, an AI-based edutainment company which provides a platform for young children to learn, build and collaborate in some of the most sought-after technologies in India and around the world, is now expanding its operations by opening 100+ ‘Maker Labs’ in 3 cities by year end. In the quest for building a stronger maker community among school children, the startup aims to create an active and intelligent community of engineers and innovators by equipping them with the tools to learn the latest technologies.

These Smart Maker Labs blend conventional classroom learning with AI-driven methods to assure quality learning. These Labs are equipped with AI-enabled computer systems and Robotic / Drone Kits and other Maker Kits, where the student can also learn with rich animations and real-time concepts. This innovative model has helped the company scale with quality and cost in-tact quickly growing from 0 to 75+ centres in just a year back in 2019 (before COVID).

Pranavan S, Co-Founder of SP Robotics Maker Lab, said, “We are excited to set up these ‘Maker Labs’ so that children after school or during the weekends can spend about two to four hours a week in problem-solving skills and cognitive development. We have this franchise model since we want to collaborate with local partners who share the same vision and ideologies to start a Maker Lab center in their location. Our franchise partners can choose the FOFO (Franchise owned Franchise Operated) model or the FOCO (franchise owned company operated) model with the support of SP Robotics.”

The franchisees can typically invest from INR 5 Lakhs in a FOCO model where the company would take care of setting up the centre and operating it. In a FOFO Model where the franchisee wants to operate the centre, the investment required to setup the centre is INR 15 to 20 Lakhs. The company would support with the setup, guidelines and business training required to operate the centre.

Today SP Robotics Maker Lab has successfully helped over two lakh students learn across 31 cities by providing training in future tech like Robotics, Coding, A.I., Internet of Things, Virtual Reality and Drones in a fun, easy and hands-on learning experience. It aims at building spaces where 10 to 20 children at a time can learn things together, collaboratively, build things, code things, form teams for their future competitions, prepare for competitions, and learn from other's mistakes in a collaborative environment.

SP Robotics provides an early age interaction between the age of 7-17 years with Robotics, Electronics Coding, Drones, VR/ AR, A.I. and tech for children. It aims at encouraging young learners to develop a liking for the practical aspect of the technical field and help boost their cognitive and logical thinking skills.

For applying for franchise, you can visit https://sproboticworks.com/franchise

AI School of India to Teach Robotics, Coding, STEM and AI to Students of Lavale Village, Pune

AI School of India has partnered with FICCI Flo Pune and Oxford Golf Resorts to teach Robotics, Coding, STEM education and Artificial Intelligence to the students of Lavale Village school, Pune India.The inaugural event for working towards the rural transformation of Lavale vilage was held on World Earth Day, 23rd April 2022.

The event was inaugurated by Mr. Saurabh Rao, IPS Divisional Commissioner, Pune and Mr. Ayush Prasad, IAS CEO Zilla Parishad. Assisting them in the inaugural function were Mr. Nilesh Gawde, Sarpanch of Lavale Gram Panchayat and Mr. Marne, Principal of Lavale Village School.

Mrs. Neelam Seolekar, Chairperson of FICCI FLO Pune and Mr. Anil Seolekar, Chairman of Oxford Golf Resorts were also part of the event.

Donations made by Oxford towards the development of the Lavale Village, Pune, India

• Desk and benches for the Lavale Village Government School for 540 students.
• Computer lab with 10 computers having the latest specifications.
• AI, Coding & Robotics Laboratory
• Vehicle for garbage collection

Advanced technologies will immensely benefit the students of Lavale village, Pune, India

• Learning Robotics, Artificial intelligence, and Coding will empower the students of Lavale Village school and make them Future-Ready.
• The advanced tech skills learned by the students of Lavale village will foster creativity, confidence, and competence. It will also help them develop a strong base in Math and Science.

"The objective of this CSR focussed activity is to democratise AI Education so as to impact the future of every school student at Lavale Village" said Mr. Ramana Prasad, the Chairman of AI School of India and Robotix USA | India.

Mr Ramana Prasad also thanked FICCI Flo Pune and Oxford Golf Resorts for choosing AI School of India as their partner. He also appreciated their efforts for the progress of the Lavale Village School, not only in education, but also in other areas like healthcare, sports, yoga, cleanliness and women empowerment

Robotix Products Mesmerize the Parents and Kids at MiniRoo's Whimsical Wonderland Event

MiniRoo has been conducting Pop-Up events in various cities in South India since 2017. This year, The Whimsical Wonderland Pop-Up was held on 2nd April, 2022 (Saturday) at the Hyatt Regency in Chennai.

Whimsical Wonderland is an exclusive Pop-Up for both parents and kids. The purpose of the event was to empower parents to know about top kids’ brands from different places in India. Whimsical Wonderland was conducted in Chennai. It had 50+ brands as exhibitors.

Both the parents, kids, and to-be parents enjoyed participating in this one-day exhibition. They learned, hands-on, about unique products from leading brands in India.

Some top brands that were a part of the MiniRoo’s Whimsical Wonderland

• Robotix
• Yellow Rabbit
• Handful Baby
• MiniBoo
• The Lean Bean
• Shop Bloom
• Zookeeper

STEM learning, coding, and Robotix kits were on display for the parents and kids. The exclusive collection of games and learning kits captured the attention of many parents and kids who were a part of the event.

Everyone was quite thrilled and amazed to see the collection of interactive and experiential learning products on display. The products Robobricks and STEM makers kit allow learners to build, create, innovate, and explore.

Robotix designs products to make the children ready for the future, and train them with industry relevant skills.

If you are thinking what are the benefits Robotix products, explore the list:

• Allow young minds to think out-of-the-box.
• Promote brain development in children.
• Promote spatial skills.
• Develop hand-eye coordination.
• Encourage creativity and thinking.
• Fun learning through effective collaboration between parents and children.

CSTEM Math Kit

For young minds to explore and discover math concepts and its real-world applications.

STEM Makers Kit
Empowering young learners to take their initial steps into the world of Science, Mechanics, and Engineering.

Robobricks
For kids to create interactive models using smart blocks and learn screen-free coding.

Phiro Pro
A platform for children from ages 4-18 for fun coding and robotics.

Mr. Ramana Prasad, the Chairman of AI School of India and Robotix USA and India, was all praise for the great spectacular Whimsical Wonderland Pop-Up event conducted by MiniRoo. He mentioned that such exhibitions generate curiosity amongst parents and kids, and promote scientific learning and development. Everyone gets to see how science and technology has progressed over the years, and what does the future hold.

At Robotix, kids and teens build valuable S.T.E.M skills and 21st-century skills through personalized and interactive learning experience. Students experience learning from world-class products and tools from MIT, USA, and other places like Korea, Japan and Europe. Programmes like Coding, Robotics, App development, and DIY activities will inspire kids to be inventors and creators and develop 21st-century skills. Future jobs in the STEM field are the fastest growing and it’ll be crucial for our kids to be equipped with the right skills to be prepared for the future job market.

Indian Students Secure First Position in South Asia`s Biggest Robotics Competition

Students from Blue Bells Public School, Gurugram and Indraprastha World School Paschim Vihar won the first position at the International chapter of 8th International Robotronics Competition (IRC League) recently held at the BITS Pilani Campus, Dubai. Avish Dahiya, a class 10th student from Blue Bells Public School along with Rohan Dhingra & Rudraksh from Indraprastha World School were part of the Team Robo Ace (S1) that secured the first position.

Touted as South Asia`s biggest robotics competition, IRC League witnessed participation from many renowned teams from countries including Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Singapore and China.

Mrs. Arpita Acharya, Vice Principal, Blue Bells Public School, extended her heartiest felicitations to the Robotics Team for this emphatic win at the international version of the Competition. She says, “ What lies ahead and what lies after are less important than what lies within us, because all innovation and creativity is a divinely reflection of the powers of the mind. Everything can be achieved in life by exploring the inherent powers and then mustering the courage to unravel them. Real education is thus not just the knowledge.On the contrary, it is an empowerment of the mind to ‘create, increate and re-create’ . All innovations are an outcome of man’s this inherent desire to excel. This is what Avish has proved by his magnificent performance and achievement.“

IRC League is considered a beehive of technological advancement in the world aiming to celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and make innovation an area of passion for the young minds of the developing world. It further intends to capture the attention of young innovators by giving them problems and challenges that not only stretch their imagination but also are burning issues.

It was yet another historic moment, a hat trick achievement for the Blue Bells Public School to clinch the First Position and Winners Trophy in the Senior Category at the international version of the game at BITS Pilani Campus, Dubai in 2018. Earlier school Robotics Team have lifted the Winners Trophy in IRC 2015 at Washington and 2016 at Singapore.

The teams competed for the topnotch position and renowned schools of India like The Shriram School, Aravali Campus, Blue Bells School, Gurgaon, SMS, Janakpuri, Indus World School, Indore, Jayshree Periwal High School were just some of the schools participating in the competition.

To recall, in February an Indian student became the proud winner of the Entrepreneurs' Organization South Asia Regional Qualifiers of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) of 2018.

Top Image - Winners of International Robotronics Competition, (IRC) League 2018

In 2018, Demand for AI and Robotics Professionals To Rise By 50-60%

Last month, an Intel report predicted that 70% of Indian organizations will deploy artificial intelligence enabled solutions by end of 2019, which in other words also predicted that India will create more jobs for artificial intelligence and robotics professionals.

Now, with start of fresh year 2018 human resource and search experts estimate a 50-60% higher demand for AI and robotics professionals in 2018 even as machines take over repetitive manual work.

“Machines are taking over repetitive tasks. Robotics, AI, big data, and analytics will be competencies that will be in great demand,” said Shakun Khanna, senior director at Oracle for the Asia-Pacific region.

According to a recruitment startup Belong, there are nearly 7,000 to 10,000 Data Scientists in India currently. Notably, Demand for professionals in the realm of data analysis, including data scientists, have grown by almost 76% in the past few years in AI.

The demand is at the entry level as well as middle to senior ranks across sectors such as business, financial services and insurance (BFSI), e-commerce, startups, business process outsourcing (BPO), information technology (IT), pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and retail.

According to experts, there’s an acute demand-supply mismatch for AI talent across industries. Candidates for AI roles related to natural language processing (NLP), deep learning, and machine learning are thin on the ground, according to the Belong Talent Supply Index. The ratio of the number of people to jobs in deep learning is 0.53, while for machine learning it’s 0.63 and for NLP it’s 0.71.

Only 4% of AI professionals in India have worked on cutting-edge technologies such as deep learning and neural networks, the key ingredients in building advanced AI-related solutions, said Kaul.

The above development was first published in ET Tech.

AI professionals with 10+ years of experience gets $300,000 to $500,000 along with stock options, while in India AI professionals with same experience gets ₹60 lakhs to ₹1.5 crore, according to Belong report.

To cope with shortage of AI professionals in India, Indian collges and educational institutions must include different facets of AI family to their curriculum.

In October 2017, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) has had launched a professional course on ‘Foundations for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning'.

Other academic institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Kharagpur and Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru also have specialised disciplines or centres for artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Last year in October, a report by Gartner also said that artificial intelligence would add 2.3 million jobs by 2020.

Additionally, an another report published last month predicted that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could add USD 957 billion to the Indian economy by changing the nature of work to create better outcomes for businesses and society.

Cloud Mentor is Innovation & Entrepreneurship Incubation Hub for Children

Every country's future depends on the children of the country and their education and its also true that every country, economy and organisation needs inventors and innovators. To fulfill the requirements school are doing their bit however a little extra more is required to influx innovation and entrepreneurship qualities in kids.

Bangalore based Cloud Mentor filling the gap in education that kids do not get in schools, Cloud Mentor is a pioneer incubation platform for children in the age group of 6-18 years. Cloud Mentor's vision and mission is to create the inventors of tomorrow by nurturing the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in today's children.

Cloud Mentors organize workshops for children in various categories to choose from such as Robotic engineering, Gadgets & toys, Mechatron, Everyday engineering, Junkyard inventions, Recycle engineering to name a few and plenty of other categories as well.As of now the incubation hub for kis is only in Bangalore location only.

Cloud Mentor was set up to provide children space to imagine, experiment, invent, engineer and build. Creativity means thinking of new things, innovation is converting those into reality. Cloud Mentor works in close collaboration with the industry professionals to understand the current and future trends in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) domains.

Cloud Mentor was founded in 2011 by Nikhil Gumbhir who is a Doon school alumni and Ex-Infosys employee and co-founder Vrunda Bansode who worked in Bosch, All India Radio and Versaware.

So far Cloud Mentor has worked with more than 8,000 students in different cities. Cloud Mentor also works with schools and institutions in making education more tangible and fun for the children. Cloud Mentor also has its own Engineering Studios and Invention Labs that children can access outside the school for various weekend and vacation courses.

Cloud Mentor Studio is equipped with working models and challenging hands on activities / projects to help you practice your newly acquired skills from our various courses at your own pace.

Cloud Mentor is indeed a first of its kind incubation hub in India, where it provide platform for future entrepreneurs and startups formation especially in India where education seems to be more emphasized on getting score cards rather than imparting knowledge.

Jay Robotix to bring Robotics Education in Schools of India

Jay Robotix Pvt Ltd, a multidimensional robotics firm has today launched a RoboLab at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya School in Nalagonda District, Andhra Pradesh state of India. In a first of its kind initiative Jay Robotix has extended its technical and training expertise of Robotics education to the Government schools.

This Robolab set up by Jay Robotix, with support from the school management and the alumni of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya School, Chalakruthy Camp, Nalgonda will help the school students to further strengthen their academic knowledge by enhancing their soft skills through hands-on practical learning experience. With this initiative the company aims to encourage practical learning in government schools across Andhra Pradesh through robotic labs and make modern education accessible to all and not restricting Robotics to the students of only private schools.

Under this initiative Jay Robotix will provide 10 units of Docile-X robots and upgrade the schools’ computer laboratories with 10 units of licensed RoboGuru trademarked software, developed indigenously by Jay Robotix. The robotics labs will enable around 470 students of the school, to learn the concepts of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) practically by applying the concepts on a Robot. The company has not only set up this Robolab at a highly subsidised cost but will bear the cost of the maintenance of the robots for one full year. It will also provide training to the school faculty on robotics concepts.

RoboLab is an Activity Based Learning (ABL) laboratory consisting of advanced robots which can be used in experiments by the students in a comfortable school environment. Most of the advanced robots have been developed in-house at Jay Robotix by its efficient technical team. Each robot device is accompanied with RoboGuru set along with a detailed curriculum which enlists a description of a comprehensive set of STEM concepts for the students.

JAY Robotix has already set up four Robolabs and is also in the process of setting up Robolabs in other schools.

Commenting on the initiative Mr.Brahmaputra Reddy, Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya school in Nalagonda, said, "We are thankful to JAY ROBOTIX and to our alumni for providing us this wonderful opportunity to our students. The opportunity has come at a very right time for our students as we were keen to further strengthen our technology infrastructure for the students. The lab will provide a great foundation for our students to not only learn Robotics but also excel in other academic areas and gain hands-on practical experience."

On introducing Robotics education in India, Mr. Sudhir Reddy, Managing Director, Jay Robotix said, "It is our vision to enable technology aided processes to enhance our education system. With this initiative we are now extending our support to the government schools; to make robotics accessible for all. We see a huge need in the education sector where practical learning can be instilled in an easy and fun way through Robotics. We are planning to set up Robolabs in more schools and colleges across the country."