The Robotics Society of India ( abbreviated RSI ) is an academic society founded on July 10, 2011 aimed at promoting Indian robotics and automation activities. The society hopes to serve as a bridge between researchers in institutes, government research centers and industry.

History

Over the few years robotics activities in India has moved well beyond the traditional areas of industrial applications, atomic energy, etc. and has entered newer domains of education, rehabilitation,entertainment, and even got placed into homes in a certain sense. Indian robotics researchers have similarly grown from a handful to over a hundred engaged in research labs, education, industry, atomic energy, etc.To further augment robotics activities and to provide aid in promoting close cooperation among its members, the Robotics Society of India was formed on 10 July 2011 in the evening at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi following the workshop on Haptics & Virtual Reality.The society wishes to act as an academic center of robotics in India in order to contribute to the field of robotics in cooperation with academic societies of related fields both in India and abroad.

Objectives

• Encourage interaction between robotics researches in India (academic/R&D Labs/industry).
• Hold joint workshops and conferences at the national level.
• Associate with other organizations involved in Robotics like IEEE,ASME etc.
• Publish a newsletter, proceeding, Journals, etc.

Conferences

The Robotics Society of India plans to organize conferences that focus on robotics and automation in India. Hopefully a Journal devoted to robotics in India will also be started in future.

External links

• Robotics Society of India homepage