Geek Speak: Kanishk

14 Aug 2016 POSTED BY Gururag Kalanidhi

Why do kids spend their time in learning ? Could it be because we make them to? Or could it be because their school curriculum forces them to? Or could it be because they want to just try learning to pursue excellence? The answer could lie anywhere between the three reasons. They could even be learning to gain an upper hand among peers. But, not so often do kids learn to maintain a creative edge and replicate the same in the form of a concept that they’d look at as a masterpiece. However, at Kidobotikz, this is usually the prevailing attitude. Kids here learn robotics for myriads of purposes. But the general reason usually is to make sure that they always have a creative edge that churns out interesting concepts and makes them the envy of their peers.

Meet Kanishk, a next gen roboticist. He is in his class 9 at Chettinad Vidyashram. Back at Kidobotikz, he pursues his Advanced level. He has taken part in several robotic competitions to prove his mettle and he has been successful at a few of them as well. Some of his recent successes include taking part in the Singapore Robo Games. He was among a very few students from Kidobotikz who made it to SRG and considers it a proud accomplishment. Back at Kidobotikz, his accomplishments are immense. As recently as April, he contested in Kidobotikz’s triannual robotics extravaganza-

Kidobotikz Robo Games.

His participation was a resounding success with him taking part in several events such as Robo Sumo, Robo Race etc. He finished 2nd in the Robo Race- an impressive feat considering the fact that it’s the most prestigious event at KRG with hundreds of students participating in it. And since it is an open event, he is likely to have contested against pros and won it in style. While his roboting past is truly illustrious, he is not one to sit back and bask upon it. He is already gearing up for the next edition of KRG.

The August edition of KRG, which is about to happen by the end of this week will feature some of the brainiacs in Chennai schools. These young warriors who will ride into the event on the success of their robot designs will truly throw a tough fight for any pro. Kanishk is gonna be up against them and try to establish his dominance yet again. For the same he is planning to take part in the project display event. He has designed a robot that can be controlled using just gestures. This robot which features a receiver can be controlled via an accelerometer board that can be fitted on to the palm. By just moving the arms around the robot can be controlled. The robot will be controlled using just one hand.

For developing the same, Kanishk has taken guidance under Vignesh, a distinguished trainer and Kidobotikz and an integral cog of the training team that is helping students brainstorm their ideas and develop new concepts for display at KRG. Vignesh, who himself is a veteran in robotic events, has won close to 20 robotic event around the city. Here at Kidobotikz, he shares the core vision of democratizing the technology of robotics so that young students can learn them and apply them in their lives.

He is happy teaching his students a trick or two that he applied back in his college days. Vignesh, for whom robotics is very close to his heart, is all praise for his protege who he feels is very sharp and has a knack for coming up with out of the box ideas.

Happy Roboting ! !

Kidobotikz is a leading EdTech startup offering Robotics Courses for students. Moving from a Robotics training Institute which conducted Robotics classes to a “Learn Robotics Online”, Kidobotikz today has 4 levels of Kits which offer Robotics for Kids. If the question on your mind is “How to learn robotics”, then the answer is Kidobotikz.