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India's First Humanoid Robot Makes Silicon Valley Appearance
A team of 5 students from BITS Pilani is coming to the Silicon Valley to participate in Robogames 2008. This student team has created India's first humanoid robot called ACYUT.
Watch Acyut in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhxYAeBOROs

BITS-Pilani Alumni Association (BITSAA) and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) are co-hosting a reception on June 17, 2008 at TiE Office, Santa Clara, CA for the robot. The students will display their robot and its prowess on the soccer field and the dance floor!
Please join us for a fun and informational evening to learn about this achievement and participate in a panel discussion on the emerging cross border collaboration between leading universities and businesses in India and the US.
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This initiative has been led by the BITS Pilani '76 batch who have made it possible for this team to showcase their talent among the world's best at RoboGames 2008 (www.robogames.net).

Left to Right: Prof. RK Mittal, Harsh Sinha, Sushma Vallabhaneni, Samay Kohli, Prayag Mukherjee and Arpit Mohan
EVENT DETAILS
Date and Time: June 17th , 6 - 830 PM PST
Venue: TiE Silicon Valley Office,
2903 Bunker Hill Ln, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (View Larger Map)
HOSTS
Raju Reddy (BITS-Pilani '76), CEO, Sierra Atlantic
Viggy Mokkarala (BITS-Pilani '76), Executive Vice President, Envestnet Asset Management Inc
PANELISTS
Prof. Krishna Saraswat (BITS-Pilani '68), Professor, School of Engineering Stanford University
Patrick Kane, University Alliance Director, Cypress Semiconductor Corp
Samay Kohli, Team Leader, BITS Pilani ACYUT project
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