The aim of this project is to develop a wireless controlled multi-terrain vehicle, 'Hovercraft'. A hovercraft is a vehicle that glides over a smooth surface by hovering upon an air cushion. Because of this, a hovercraft is also called an Air-Cushion Vehicle (ACV). The hovercraft creates vents or currents of slow-moving, low-pressure air that are pushed downward against the surface below the hovercraft. These air currents are pushed beneath the vehicle with the use of fans. Surrounding the base of the ACV is a flexible skirt, also called the curtain, which traps the air currents, keeping them underneath the hovercraft. These trapped air currents can create an air cushion on any smooth surface, land or water! Since a hovercraft can travel upon the surface of water, it is also called an amphibious vehicle.

TEAM MEMBERS: Naresh kumar(myself), Vignesh.R, Madhan.T YEAR: 2012

Applications: The hovercraft finds its application during disaster situations, multi-terrain regions,In civil use, they work as small rescue vessels and ferries, and are prized because their speed really shortens a person's commute time compared to your standard steel-hulled ferry. The Navy uses LCACs (Landing Craft Air-Cushion) to transport large amounts of Marine infantry, heavy fighting vehicles, and supplies to invasion beaches. They're very useful because of their high speed, maneuverability, and ability to fly right out of the water and deposit their load directly onto dry land.

The Aim of this project is to develop a multi-functioning Quadcopter which can fly in air, rove on water and roll on land. The AMV was controlled by Ardupilot mega UAV controller board with a Ardu-IMU sensor for balancing the vehicle and a GPS module for locating the position of the AMV in a pre-defined environment. The model was made out of scraps for making it light weight and Eco-friendly fabrication. The communication to the AMV is done by Wireless technology using a 2.5Ghz transmitter and by a bluetooth module communications. Thus the AMV can hover and float while, maintaining its balance and stability. Since its is fabricated out of foam board, it is light weight and resistance to water.

TEAM MEMBERS: Naresh kumar (myself), Vignesh.R, Nethaji.P YEAR : 2014

Applications: Thus the AMV finds its application in hazardous situation and rescue missions by surveillance through buildings, holes or any aerial activities. These functionalities makes it a more reliable and a compact vehicle in all dimensions.

This project was developed by the inspiration of bio-mechanics system. The aim of this project is to design and develop a prosthetic hand which is controlled by human hand gestures. The prosthetic hand is made up of levers controlled by servo motors acting as the actuation system. The system is controlled wireless using Arduino as the embedded controlling unit. The flex sensors are used to feed the resistance created due to finger movements and transmit it to the servo motors using the arduino interface. Thus the human motion is replicated to the prosthetic hand.

This video shows the prosthetic hand controlled using 16 servo micro controller using Servo controller interface and then by gesture control using flex sensor and a arduino interface.

TEAM MEMBERS : Naresh kumar (myself), Santhya kumar, Balakrishnan, Duraivasan. YEAR : 2013