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Empathetic Conversational AI

Dr. Asif Ekbal

Aug 26, 2026

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Empathetic Conversational AI

Dr. Asif Ekbal

Aug 26, 2026

5-Day Campus Immersion · Robotics

From a blank sketch to a robot you can drive — in five days.

Design to Simulation: Mobile Robot Development using Fusion 360 & ROS 2. Design, assemble, simulate and drive one robot — on campus, with the exact tools industry uses.

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5 – 9 October 202615 sessionsOn-campusBeginner friendly

Applications open · no payment upfront

Instructor demonstrating a drone to the cohort at TIH, IIT Palakkad

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Block, IIT Palakkad Technology iHub campus

₹20,000 · all-inclusive

Days on campus

Full immersion, not evening Zoom calls

Hands-on sessions

Every one builds on the last file

Robot, end-to-end

Designed, simulated and driven by you

Prior experience needed

ROS, CAD — all taught from zero

The workshop

One robot, built the way industry actually builds them

Most courses teach CAD or ROS. Almost none teach the handoff between them — which is exactly where real robotics projects stall. Here, one robot travels the whole pipeline with you, and every session builds on the file you made in the last one.

Step 1

Design

Sketch and model every part in Fusion 360 — constraints, parametric parts.

Step 2

Assemble

Joints and motion relationships turn loose parts into a machine.

Step 3

Convert

Export meshes and describe your robot in URDF — the bridge to ROS.

Step 4

Simulate

Launch in Gazebo, visualize in RViz, with real physics.

Step 5

Drive

Teleop your robot with ros2_control. Demo it on the final day.

Day-by-day curriculum

Five days will change how you build

Fifteen hands-on sessions. One robot — sketch to simulation.

01Introduction to Fusion 360

02Mobile Robot Design

03CAD to ROS 2 Workflow

04Robot Description & Simulation

05Robot Control & Demonstration

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Day 1

Introduction to Fusion 360

Get fluent in the CAD environment and model your first robot components from scratch.

Session 109:30 – 11:30

Introduction to CAD and the Fusion 360 interface

Sketching, constraints and parametric design

Session 211:45 – 13:00

Part modeling: extrude, revolve, fillet, chamfer

Hole and pattern features

Session 314:00 – 15:30

Creating individual components for a differential drive mobile robot

Day 2

Mobile Robot Design

Turn loose parts into a working assembly with real joints and motion.

Session 109:30 – 11:30

Components, joints and motion relationships

Session 211:45 – 13:00

Designing and assembling the differential drive robot

Session 314:00 – 15:30

Open Q&A on Fusion 360 and your own assembly

Day 3

CAD to ROS 2 Workflow

The bridge most people never cross — take your CAD model into a simulation-ready format.

Session 109:30 – 11:30

Preparing the robot for simulation: mass properties

Coordinate frames and mesh export (STL)

Session 211:45 – 13:00

Organizing robot assets and preparing for URDF conversion

Session 314:00 – 15:30

Ubuntu 22.04 overview and ROS 2 Humble installation

Workspace creation, Gazebo install, required ROS packages

Day 4

Robot Description & Simulation

Describe your robot in ROS 2 and watch it come alive in a physics simulator.

Session 109:30 – 11:30

ROS 2 fundamentals: nodes, topics, services

Packages and launch files

Session 211:45 – 13:00

Creating the robot URDF/Xacro model from your Fusion 360 design

Session 314:00 – 15:30

Launching the robot in Gazebo, visualizing in RViz

TF tree and robot state publisher

Day 5

Robot Control & Demonstration

Drive it. Sense with it. Then demo the robot you built from a blank sketch.

Session 109:30 – 11:30

Differential drive kinematics

ros2_control and controller configuration

Session 211:45 – 13:00

Teleoperation and Python scripting

Simulating LiDAR and IMU sensors

Session 314:00 – 15:30

Final project demonstration and testing

Troubleshooting, Q&A and wrap-up

The campus

Five days inside a working robotics facility

You'll build at the Technology iHub, IIT Palakkad — with its FabLab, motion-capture and testing facilities around you, not a rented classroom.

Motion Capture Lab

Build sessions

Learner using a VR headset with mentor guidance

1:1 mentorship

Large 3D-printed industrial assembly in the fabrication lab

FabLab

Mentor teaching a learner to operate a drone controller

Field testing

Programme leadership

Backed by IPTIF

Delivered with IIT Palakkad Technology iHub Foundation — a Government of India Technology Innovation Hub with a full FabLab and deep-tech research base.

Dr. Saishyam Narayanan

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Rijesh Krishna

Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Binu K Baby

Manager, Technology Facilities

Dr. Rajeswari R

Manager, HR & Administration

Who it's for

Built for people who want to build

Engineering students

Mechanical, ECE, CSE or mechatronics students who want a robotics project they can actually show.

Researchers

Anyone who needs to prototype and simulate a robot before committing to hardware.

Working professionals

Engineers moving into robotics, automation or simulation-heavy roles.

Educators

Faculty who want a repeatable CAD-to-simulation teaching pipeline.

Learning outcomes

What you'll walk away with

Design components and assemblies in Fusion 360

Apply parametric CAD techniques for robotics

Build a complete differential drive mobile robot

Export CAD models for robotics applications

Understand URDF and robot description files

Create ROS 2 workspaces and packages

Simulate robots in Gazebo and RViz

Control a mobile robot using ROS 2

Master the full CAD-to-simulation workflow

Tools you'll use

Industry-standard stack

Autodesk Fusion 360CAD

ROS 2 HumbleMiddleware

Gazebo Classic 11Simulation

Ubuntu 22.04 LTSOS

Visual Studio CodeIDE

Bring a laptop. Installation instructions are shared before the workshop, and setup support is provided on Day 3.

Prerequisites

Start from wherever you are

No prior robotics background is required — these simply help you get more out of the hands-on sessions.

·Basic computer proficiency (Windows or Linux)

·Linux command line helps, but is not required

·Basic Python or C++ is recommended

·CAD or engineering drawing exposure is a plus

·Interest in robotics, automation or mechatronics

·No prior ROS 2, Gazebo or Fusion 360 experience needed

How enrolment works

Four steps. Zero payment to begin.

Apply first — we call you, confirm your seat, and only then share a payment link.

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Name, email and phone. No payment at this stage.

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We confirm your seat and check prerequisites.

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Programme fee per participant

₹20,000

✓GST

✓Food

✓Accommodation

✕Travel

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Fusion 360 & ROS 2 · 5-Day Workshop

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