DRDO Robotics and Unmanned Systems Exposition (DRUSE)

DRDO Robotics and Unmanned Systems Exposition (DRUSE) is designed to serve as an open platform to popularize and synergize the national talent in the areas of robotics amongst students for conceptualization, design & development of unmanned systems for defence applications

Who can participate

Any Indian Engineering students currently pursuing UG or PG courses in IITs/NITs/IISc or from college /institute/university recognized by AICTE/NAAC.

Participants can participate as a team only with total no. of members varying from 3 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) including team leader.

Registration fee is Rs. 500/- (Rs Five Hundred Only) per team.

Last Date: 15 January 2018

Motivation & Incentive

Award & prize money

• 1st Prize : 1.5 Lakh
• 2nd Prize : 1.0 Lakh
• 3rd Prize : 0.5 Lakh
• National level recognition & visibility for all participants
•  Possibility to work with DRDO on cutting edge technologies

Themes

The theme based Exposition is aimed to harness the potential ideas/concepts/technologies in any form (nascent, under development or developed) available nationwide with Students. The proposed themes are as follows:

1. Mountain Climbing Robot

2. Mobility in Snow bound Area

3. Soldier Assistance vehicle

4. Casualty Evacuation

5. Exoskeleton

6. Surveillance of a Ship

7. Self-Concealing UGV

8. Mobility on water, land and air

9. Underwater Survey system

10. Surveillance in Multi Storey building

11. Battlefield debris clearance

12. Mine detection and clearance

13. Robotic Assistive Device for divyang persons

14. Any other defence applications for Robotics and Unmanned Systems not covered above

What can be exhibited

 Innovative ideas

 concepts through graphics

 Concepts/technologies depicted through

2D/3D models

 Simulation or Animation

 Concept paper presentation

 Mock up/working models

 Prototype

 Posters

Screening of Proposals 

The zonal level of screening shall be carried out at zonal centres shown below : 

Zone States included in the zone 

North J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,

South Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Lakshadweep 

NorthEast Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh 

East Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand West Dadra Nagar & Haveli, Rajasthan, Daman & Diu, Gujrat

Central Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Maharashtra

The national level screening shall be carried out at DRDO Hqr, DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi. 

Further information available at https://rac.gov.in/druse/index/