ROBO RACE

Themes Details

Robo Race also called line follower robotics competition is one of the oldest competitions that is used to held in CUST. In this competition a robot has to follow the line from start to end in a minimum time without going off the line. Previously A LINE FOLLOWER ROBOTICS COMPETITION held in 2019 in which more than 28 teams participated to show their skills in the field of critical thinking, programming and robotics

Track

• The track is called dual race track. Two teams will compete with each other on the same time. Robot which finishes first wins the round. If a robot does not reach the end then it will be decided on the checkpoints mentioned on the track and on the basis of the rules mentioned above.
• Field Dimensions: 28ft x 10ft.
• Line width=3cm.
• Track could be modified in case of all the robots not completing the track.
• A,B,C,D are the check points contacting equal marks (1 point each).
• Details of track are given in rulebook
• Modied track is given below:

Robot Specifications

1- LEGO MINDSTORMS kits for school & college category

• NXT 2.0 or NXT 2.1 or Ev3
• RCX Brain
• Logic Based Robots are allowed.
• Dimension of robot=30cm x 30cm x 30cm (LxWxH).
• There are no restrictions on the weight of the robot.

2- Microcontroller or Microcontroller kits for university category

• Only programmable microcontrollers are allowed (Arduino, pic, atmel, raspberry pi etc).
• Logic Based Robots are allowed.
• Dimension of robot=30cm x 30cm x 30cm (LxWxH).
• There are no restrictions on the weight of the robot.

Rules

• 3 Members per team.
• The robot must be completely autonomous once the operator starts it.
• There are no limits on weight of the robot.
• In addition there are no restrictions on the sensors used by the contestants. The robot can also touch the lines on the ground in order to detect them; however it must not at any point damage the track. If the track gets damaged then the robot will be dis-qualified.
• There are no restrictions in using readymade kits and modules, although effort put on making the robot is taken into account while judging the robot by the jury.
• 1 Point will be given on crossing every check point.
• If any robot stops working or if there is a technical fault, then it should be picked up by one of the team members and restart from the start point, as preferred by the team members, this will be counted a retry.
• Maximum three retries are allowed, the minimum time will be counted.
• The jury may stop any robot at any time if they feel that it is performing or about to perform any action that is dangerous or hazardous to people or setup.
• Teams will be given 1 minute for setting up the Robot at the start point.
• Robot can start at the instant when the start signal is given and a whistle is blown.
• Once the Robot moves, team members will not be allowed to touch the Robot or enter in the Contest Arena. Team member wil raise his hand to notifty if he wants a retry
• Time will start once the start signal is given and the whistle is blown.
• Time duration for robots is 9 minutes. They can take 3 retries within this time period.
• The robot should not jump over, fly over, climb, scratch, cut, burn, mark, damage, or destroy the walls of the maze.
• Any type of hard coding done in robot at the moment could be penalized.
• NEURAL NETWORK algorithms to train your robot in the live competitive round is allowed.
• NEURAL NETWORK algorithms to train your robot in the live competitive round is allowed.

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