RULE BOOK
Dimensions and Fabrication
1. Autonomous bot must fit within a cube of 6 inch.
2. If any machine appears to be dangerous to the arena will be disqualified. The final decision is at the discretion of the judges.
3. Each machine brought in by the team must be clearly labeled with the team name and with 'A' (manual) & 'B' (autonomous) for the two machines. The organizers must be able to clearly distinguish from one another the machines brought in by a team.
4. The teams are allowed to use readymade wireless modules/ readymade micro controller boards/readymade sensor kits.
Arena specifications
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(Figure A)Acrylic sheet | (Figure B)Grid |
1. The acrylic sheet will be placed above the Grid at a height of 1 ft and the autonomous bot will be placed on the Grid.
2. Co-ordinate (6,1) is closer than co-ordinate (5,6). The progression of the bot will be from (1,1) to (1,6) ,(2,1) to (2,6),…..,(6,1) to (6,6)
3. If the bot is at co-ordinate (1,5) and the manual bot puts a ring on post 4 in the manual arena, then organizers pc will transmit the co-ordinate then bot has to move to the co-ordinate (2,3). The path taken to the destination (2,3) will be decided by the bot for e.g moving the bot from (1,4)-> (1,5)-> (1,6)-> (2,6)-> (2,5)-> (2,4)-> (2,3) Or (1,4)-> (2,4)-> (2,3)
Power Supply and Propulsion
1. The machines have to use an on-board power supply for autonomous else will be penalized; manual bot may or may not necessarily have on-board supply.
2. The potential difference between any two points on any of the machines must not exceed 24 V DC.
3. The organizers will provide a standard 230V/50 Hz AC power supply. Any extension cords, eliminators, adaptors etc required will have to be arranged by participants themselves.
Game Rules
1. Every match will be of 10 mins and maximum of 5 attempts per team, the best time set to reach the destination will be counted.
2. The robots shall be placed initially at the start zone ie at coordinate (1,1). And the destination is 6,6. The orientation at the start point can be decided by the team. ( Higher nibble in 0x53 i.e. ‘5’ is the X coordinate and lower nibble ‘3’ is Y coordinate)
3. Two teams will play together at one time(There will be two autonomous arena and one manual arena)
4. The Autonomous bot cannot start its journey before the software sends a character ‘Y’, if it does it’s a foul play. The bot is once again placed at the start point (1,1) i.e. next attempt.
5. If the Autonomous bot stray at any point of time i.e. moving to some other coordinate than specified by the software, foul play and will be allowed by the judge to keep the bot at its start point (1,1) i.e. next attempt
6. Baud rate for the CC2500 module will be 38400bps fixed.
Data bits: 8 Parity bits: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None
7. 3 stacks of 5 rings each will be placed at start zone of the manual robot. Stacks will be placed at 25 cm apart.
8. The manual robot can grab just one ring at one time from the start zone.
9. Only after the autonomous bot has reached the destination and transmit the character ‘Z’, the manual robot can place the next ring on one of the cylindrical post.
10. On the competition day all the bots will be collected and will be given 15 mins prior to their turn.
11. Any team that is not ready at the time specified will be disqualified from the competition automatically.
Scoring
1. The competition time for each team starts from the moment the judges give the signal to start.
1. Time taken by the bot to reach its destination will be noted at its each and every destination. 2. The final score will be least time taken by the bot to reach the destination (6,6) + penalty(if any).
Penalties
1. Team which will use external power supplies for the autonomous bot will be penalized, 10 sec will be added to the final score.
2. If the size of the bot (manual or autonomous) exceeds the dimension as specified, 10 sec penalty for each bot will be added to the final score.
General rules
1. Laptops/personal computers are not allowed near the arena. Other Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc devices must be switched off. The organizers hold the right to check for these devices and their usage.
2. The time measured by the organizers will be final and will be used for scoring the teams. Time measured by any contestant by any other means is not acceptable for scoring.
3. During the run, participants cannot touch the robot prior to the permission from the organizers else will be penalized.
4. June 26 will be allocated as a practice session for all the teams.
5. In case of any disputes / discrepancies, the organizers' decision will be final and binding.
Accommodation
All the participants will be given accommodation at IIT Bombay hostel
Certificate Policy
Certificate of Excellence will be awarded to all winners. And participation certificates to all other students.