Maker of the Month: Ajay Karthick


Hello Roboteers!

Another exciting month has gone by and it’s time for the Maker of the Month blog where we will unveil the next enthusiastic and creative maker from the SP Robotics community for the month of January 2022.

After a lot of consideration and observation through your entries, we finally found a Maker who’s projects stood out from the crowd and the title for the Maker of the Month January 2022 goes to none other than : Ajay Karthick

Ajay Karthick is a KK Nagar, Madurai based Maker Lab student who is really active in our community and creates various innovative and amazing projects on his own from time to time.

Ajay is a hardcore Robotic enthusiast and according to him “Robotics is a field which is a combination of science, engineering and fun where all three come together to help us solve our day to day problems”. Not only is Ajay a brilliant student at school but he is also the Head of the Robotics Club.

Apart from participating in NCRC, project challenges and other competitions held by SP Robotics he has also participated in various competitions like E-Yantra conducted by IIT Bombay, Navyanthram conducted by SSVM College, Indore and many more such amazing competitions.

Apart from School and Robotics, Ajay is also indulged in various extracurricular activities like singing, dancing, building DIY projects, creating origami artwork and loves to create and edit videos in his free time.

His most preferred course from SP Robotics is the Quadrino Course, where he was able to build a gesture controlled robot that followed his hand movements. His dream is to become a Robotic Surgeon where he can use his passion for robotics and at the same time medical science to make a change in society. Hope you achieve your dreams Ajay!!!

Now let’s have a look at some of his amazing projects :

So do you want to be the next Maker of Month?

Here are the 4 easiest steps to be followed if you wish to win the award:

Step 1: Be active in the SPRW Community & App

SPRW conducts various contests via its app and facebook pages. Regularly check the SPRW app and the SP Robotics facebook page for all conducted contests and events.

Step 2: Build a robot just in case

Well, this is the fun part. Just build robots according to the criteria specified in the problem statement. Well, you are also welcome to display your creativity in terms of the features or components used in the robots. If you make maximum use of the components from your kits, you get special brownie points during the selection process.

Step 3: Shoot the Robot- with a camera!

Well, your robot needs to be evaluated by us for you to win. So, take a video of the robot and its features and compile them into a short crisp video. Since it is going to be a monthly event, you are supposed to stick to the deadline. Oh yes, we almost forgot! Share the video with us. Just ensure that the videos shot in a well-lit environment for the robot to appear in its resplendent form! Also make sure you have submitted 3 or more self projects within the span of 30 days

Step 4: Patience earns goodwill!

This is the hard part. We know you will be bristling with excitement after submitting the video. We also appreciate that you will be eager to know how you fared. But, you gotta wait until we screen through all the submissions and finally declare you the winner!

Happy Roboting !!!