PurpleLeap has partnered with Robhatah to provide robotics education courses to 1500 students across 30 colleges in 12 Indian states. The courses will be taught using new Robotics Centers of Excellence equipped with robotic kits. The basic Robologics course teaches engineering concepts over 40 hours, while the advanced Roboxpert course specializes in communication and control over two semesters totaling 80 hours. The partnership aims to enhance students' career prospects in robotics, a growing $100 billion industry.

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PurpleLeap Partners With Robhatah To Launch Robotics Education
29 September 2010 , Padmaja Shastri
The initiative will provide specialized courses to students in 30 tier two and tier
three colleges across 12 states
Banglaore-based PurpleLeap, an entry-level talent management company
which is part of the Pearson-Educomp Group, has tied-up with Singapore-based
robotics education specialists, Robhatah to provide robotics education to in tier
2 and tier 3 engineering colleges in India. During the first year of this initiative,
1500 students in 30 colleges across 12 states in the country will be trained in
the highly specialized courses. The plan is to set up Robotics Centres of
Excellence – high tech labs that include robotic kits – in each of these colleges.
“Just as how computing technology has touched every aspect of our lives today,
robotics will play a huge role in making our lives easier tomorrow. We see this
as a significant area of job growth and development in the decades ahead,” said
Amit Bansal, chief executive officer of PurpleLeap. Worldwide, robotics, a $
100 billion industry with an annual growth rate of over 40 per cent, is being
increasingly recognized as an innovation enabler. It has consistently
demonstrated its importance in a wide variety of applications in diverse fields
such as healthcare, education, agriculture, transport, manufacturing, national
defense and security.
“We are happy to announce our partnership with PurpleLeap in India. Given its
well-connected network, our education will enhance the career prospects of
many students in the country,” said Janesh Janardhanan, chief executive officer
and Co-founder, Robhatah.
The programmes offered under this partnership are split into two levels - basic
and expert. Robologics is the basic level, spanning 40 hours and can be
completed in one semester. It introduces students to different engineering
concepts like micro-controllers, electrical circuits, sensors, motors, gears and
embedded programming. At the end of the course, a student will know the
techniques to design, build and control a robot.
Roboxpert, which follows this, is a specialisation course of over two semesters,
totaling 80 hours. The course details the concepts of communication and
control in the field of robotics application. Its content includes wireless
communication concepts using Zigbee protocol, PID controller and vision-
based control of mobile robots.
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“We are confident that Robhatah content will bring the student up-to-date on
the global developments in robotics technology,” said Bansal.
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