THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From a bike that runs on compressed air to ‘Cocobot’ - a manually controlled coconut harvesting robot - the Tech Top-2011, a national contest for engineering students that started at Technopark here on Friday, saw young talents coming up with innovative products. The sixth edition of the event by engineering students across the country got off with the chief guest G Madhavan Nair, former Chairman of ISRO, inaugurating the event by lighting the traditional lamp. The contest, which is held for identifying and recognising the best innovative talents from amongst the engineering colleges in the country, in its final round showcased 18 projects selected from 216 teams that participated. Innovative Bed for the Aid of Bedsore PatientsThe all-women team from Sahrudaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur, has come up with a ‘Multifunctional Bedcare Unit For Bedsore Patients’. One of the features of the bedcare unit is the automatic movement system which enables a patients to move the bed automatically and by manual intervention. Another feature is the automated heat and cold generation system. To overcome the creation of moisture in the bed as the patient is confined in the bed, the team has come up with a solution which they have named as ‘Automatic humidity detection and removal system.’“The automatic system which comes with a fan is meant for removing the bad body odour, which many a time creates problem for the caretaker and nurses. The bed will cost Rs 30,000, which may go down when it goes for commercial production,” said Binisha Basheer, one of the team members.The team also includes Manju Davy, Heeba V A, Neena Joseph and Nishila Kareem. A Robot to Climb Coconut Trees It’s the unavailability of the workers to climb coconut trees that prompted Jijo Paul and Jiju C James of Amal Jyoti College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, to design a robot that plucks coconuts. “The robot is capable of climbing trees, cutting down coconuts, palm leaves, cleaning the tree tops and spraying pesticides. The system has been designed in such a way that it can be controlled easily using a remote control,” said Jiju C James.The machine can be mounted on to a tree simply by locking two pins and can be operated using a wireless remote from a safe distance by observing the video of the tree top. A camera mounted on the machine transmits the images on to the screen of the remote. “The machine is solar chargeable, which makes it energy conservative,” he added. Bike that Runs on Air Students of the CSI Institute of Technology from Chennai have come up with an air-powered bike which uses compressed air to power the two-wheeler. The vehicle is fitted with two cylinders that use compressed air and it does not require petrol to run the bike. According to one of the team members Anjay Koshy Mathew, the bike can speed up to 35 km/hr and gives a mileage of 20 km and a refill cylinder will costs Rs 30. “It will cost Rs 10,000 to fit this mechanism on the bike,” he said.Pepper Separator With pepper export being a major source of income for the State, the team of students from Amal Jyoti College of Engineering has come up with pepper separator. It is a machine that the team from has come up to separate black pepper berries from the cords or spikes. The principal objective of this invention is to provide an economical simple thresher machine having good efficiency for the small-scale pepper farmers. Solar-powered Vehicle for Physically Challenged The vehicle designed by Arun Chand is for physically challenged people and it runs on solar power. The vehicle, named ‘Helioped’, can be operated by using a joystick that has been used in the vehicle to replace the steering wheel. “It has a maximum speed of 30 km/hr and it can pull a maximum payload of 150 kg. The solar battery can run the vehicle for two hours and it will take two-and-a-half hours to charge the battery,” he said.
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