Measurements Automation and Robotic Systems (MARS) 


The vision of the MARS laboratory is to develop solutions in the area of robotics and mechatronics that will benefit the society as a whole. The focus of the work carried out at MARS is to develop sustainable and ecofriendly solutions which can benefit mankind and improve the quality of life for people in rural and urban India.  The solutions developed will also be made in-house using materials from local vendors and can be scaled globally. The unique objective of this lab will be to develop medical potent solutions using combination of traditional Indian medicine and conventional which will boost immunity for common people to fight against pandemics. Connectivity and fund-raising will be used to make this available to people in rural and urban India. Prototypes developed will be done keeping the reuse and repair principle. This will help the next generation engineers get hands-on experience to develop safe and highly reliable engineering systems. MARS has sensors ranging from IR, soil moisture, LDR, Ultrasound, etc and robotic kits that can be used for real-life applications and future research. MARS will work with local companies to develop new products to their existing portfolio

RWH and Purification 

Underground tank at RCOE of 4500 liters has been treated by Aquapura tablets and water tested by NABL Accredited lab and found to be suitable for drinking 

Automation Series 

Joint webinar by Rizvi Mechanical and Civil department organized in June 2020 titled "Pothole filling design and implementation for BMC in Mumbai"

Latest Achievement : Two papers jointly presented by Mechanical and BioTech Department of RCOE were selected for presentation in a list of 125 papers which were screened from a total of 394 papers shortlisted at IEEE-B-HTC nationwide. 

  1. Simulation Studies of a Novel Formula for Predicting the Radius of Curvature of a Bimetallic Strip - Mannoj Paul Singh R, Amol M Khatkhate and Abizer Danpurwala
  2. Design and validation of a DC geared rack pinion wiper motor for a passenger vehicle (car/rickshaw) - Singh Rajat, Susnerwala Ammar, Patel Vishal, Suthar Hariom, Khatkhate Amol, Bairagi Mina and Maurya Ramkumar
  3. Mathematical modeling and Design Optimization of an Alternative Cost-Effective Rain Sensing Wiper System, Khatkhate Amol M, Bairagi Mina, Maurya Ramkumar, Jasdanwalla Husain, Dhamal Nitin and Shah Varsha
  4. An accurate non-intrusive method for fuel estimation of a passenger vehicle using real-time acceleration data from a smartphone, Mohammed Naved Naik, Amol M Khatkhate, Arnab Ganguly, Husain Jasdanwalla and Jugal Jagtap, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no. pp 1116-1126, May-2020

Best Mechanical Engineering faculty Award 2021 

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Course Instructor

Dr. Amol Khatkhate has done his B.E. from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) and passed in the year 2001. Further he did his dual MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, USA in the year 2006. He has six years of rich industry and research experience working with organizations like National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in the area of SHM for composite aircraft structures and has also completed his postdoctoral tenure at Instituto Superior Technico (IST), Lisbon in the area of SHM from 2009-2011. He has been teaching subjects like Mechanical Measurements and Controls (MMC) and Mechatronics to students. His keen research interests are in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Mechatronics, Robotics and Control Systems and applications of the same to industry and societal problems. He is an active member of SAE INDIA, SSI, ISME (System Society of India) and former member of ISSS (International Society of Smart Structures and Systems). He is a reviewer for the Journal of Mechatronics and Robotics.(JMR) and International Journal of Research and Technology (IJERT) . His active research on Google Scholar can be accessed here
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