Line Follower
“Follow the track-line,
Or give the road fine. ” ……………….
Now autonomous and manual are on the same battle field to reach a goal. Let’s see, who is better in controlling - your hand or your brain?
Problem Statement :
The robot has to follow a white line on a black surface to reach the destination without touching the boundary stick. Your robot can be either Autonomous or Manual. The boundary sticks on both sides of the line will be at some distance which is proportional to the width of your robot.
Arena Specifications :
1. The arena will be a 2m x 2 m plywood board painted black.
2. There will be a 2cm (width) white guide line on the black surface. Length of the track will range between 4 m to 8 m.
3. The track will have arbitrary shape but no acute angle turns will be present. End of the track will be a simple discontinuation.
4. Some sticks will be placed on both sides of the white line. The distance of a stick from the line = d and say the width of your robot = w. Then d= [(w + 12)/2] cm.
5. The arena will have 6 inches boundary wall around the arena, painted black, to minimize the effects of ambient light.
Robot Constraints:
1. The robot can be either manually controlled or fully autonomous.
2. The robot should fit in a box measuring 20 cm X 20 cm X 30cm (length x width x height).
3. The Robot weight should be within 2 kg.
4. External power supply: 220V 50 Hz ac power supply lines will be provided. Connecting wire of length 12ft should be brought by the participant.
5. Internal power supply: 12V battery maximum can be used.
6. Complete toy car base cannot be used. (But gearbox from toy car can be used.)
7. Manual Robot may be wired or wireless control. In case of wired robot wire of length 12ft should be brought by the participant.
Rules & Regulations:
1. The robot will be disqualified if it damages the arena anyhow.
2. Before placing the robot, it must be specified whether it is autonomous or to be controlled manually. External control is not allowed on an autonomous robot.
3. Normal illumination available in a classroom will be provided. Any extra illumination or light sources, if necessary, will have to be arranged by the participants.
4. If required, participants may ask for turning off the lights in close proximity with the arena.
5. A boundary of solid bars will surround the path .Robots should not touch the bar or else points will be deducted.
6. If there arise any dicey situation the decision will directly go to the coordinators.
7.Students pursuing their studies in any discipline and also students passed out in 2008 are allowed to participate.
Scoring-pattern:
1. Total Score = 1000 - (Time in seconds) - (50* collisions with the boundary stick).
2. If the robot can not reach the end of the line within 10 minutes then the time count will be infinity.
3. Maximum of 3 restarts allowed. Each restart will incur a deduction of 20 points.
4. The robot has to follow the given track. Taking any kind of shortcut will lead to its disqualification.
5. Maximum time limit for each robot to perform is 10 minutes.
Team member:
4(maximum) and can be from different colleges.
Prizes:
1st Prize: - Rs.7000.
2nd Prize: - Rs.4000.
3rd Prize: - Rs.2000.
Certificates of appreciation and participation will be awarded.
Free accomodation will be provided.
*The prize money are subjected to changes.
Coordinators:
Azharuddin Shah:+91 9232776672
Soumyajyoti Ghosh Chowdhury: +91 9734372149
Sankalan :+91 943366653
Mail us at : techfest@iemcal.com (*mention the name of the event as subject).
For further queries or doubts (link): www.dzyan08.blogspot.com.
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