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My experience at Young Technology Scholars:

In March 2022, I was selected for the highly prestigious two week stem based summer program; "Young Tech Scholars', hosted by Plaksha University based on problem solving and real world engineering. 
I learnt how technology plays a critical role and is used to solve complex and real world problems.

My YTS journey was not only full of learning but also a lot of fun. This camp gave me the wonderful opportunity of meeting some like minded peers and forging lifelong friendships. We bonded at outdoor sports sessions, over lunches and dinners and spent our evenings singing and dancing in our dorm rooms after classes.

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My Project!

Updated: Oct 16, 2023

During the course of the camp, I worked on the EMG project which is also known as an electromyogram. I closely studied the pattern of muscle movements and the sounds inside when the human fist is clenched.


I built a working model of an EMG device from cardboard. It has 2 small servo motors inside it and several jumper wires connected it to the EMG sensor. All the components like lamp, resistors, motors and the button in the circuit are connected to the ESP32 microcontroller on the breadboard. The ESP32 microcontrollers gives instructions or commands to the motors to perform specific tasks in this case "monitor muscle movements to generate graphs that showed heart rate''. the picture below shows the model of my EMG device.



 
 
 

Important parts of the device

Updated: Oct 17, 2023

We started our EMG project by learning how to operate an ESP microcontroller. We used Arduino to code the motor which helped the robot move in and out when the fist was clenched. The jumper wires are used to connect the microcontroller on the breadboard.



I made use of an LED to display the "Count of the number of times the fist is clenched'. the threshold value was placed at 10, once it reached that value the graph of the heart rate was generated. The count was programmed using Arduino.




 
 
 

At YTS, I learnt how to code using advanced algorithms which helped enhance my critical thinking and programming skills. The theory lectures entailed concepts of mathematics and physics used in technology. As my final team project, we made a working model of an electromyogram device which helps to monitor heart rate by the fist movements. Below is a timeline and overview of my project

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