PROBLEM STATEMENT (PRELIMS)


The autonomous robot will have to track a black line on a white surface and has to complete the track in shortest period of time, starting from the start point to the finish point. There will be some checkpoints in the track, which the bot has to indicate by glowing LED light.


FINAL ROUND:-The problem statement, the track and the point system of the final round will be disclosed to teams after the prelim round is completed.

GENERAL RULES

1.Each team can have a maximum of 5 members. No same member can take part in two teams.

2.The members of a team can be from different college or university.

3.Team members need to bring their ID cards.

4.Each team can present only one bot.

5.Prelim will be held on the first day of Tech-fest. Qualified teams need to come on the next day for the final round about which they would be informed.

6.The co-ordinators can change the rules in case of special cases.

BOT SPECIFICATIONS

1.Bot dimension must be such that it fits in the cube of 20cm x 20cm x 20cm. Individual parameters to be measured with a tolerance of 10%.

2.The bot must be an autonomous robot, no remote or controller should control the robot.

3.The participants will be provided with a 220V, 50 Hz single phase power supply.

4.A bot may weigh up to 4Kg but not more than that.

5.Use of IC engines is prohibited.

6.The robot has to be designed and developed by the team itself, commercially available modules (like sensors, development board, etc) can be used, but the bots cannot be constructed using readymade Lego kits.

7.Damage to the arena will lead to disqualification.

EVENT DESCRIPTION(PRELIMS)

1.The line will be black on a white background.

2.The bot has to reach the destination point from the starting point.

3.The bot with minimum time of RUN leads the score board.

4.Total of 5 min time is allocated per team.

5.A team can take as many RUN as possible in their allocated time of 5 minutes.

6.Each new RUN has to begin from the starting point only.

7.Between two consecutive RUN the clock will not pause.

8.Only one 2minute technical time out is allowed.

9.The bot has to stop at each checkpoint, unable to do so the team will be penalized.

10.The line will be of 3cm maximum.

Contact Person

Spot Registration

Jishnu Mukherjee
Phone Number:+91-9903993719

Address

B.P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology

Main Campus: Poddar Vihar,137,V.I.P. Road, Kolkata-700052
Phone No.: +91-33-40619174/75
Website: www.bppimt.ac.in


Salt Lake Campus: EN-31, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091


City Office: 87, Park Street(Opp St. Xavier's College, Beside Park Street Police Station) Kolkata-700016