CONTENTS

01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. The Contest Theme Outline of the contest Arena: structure and specification Specifications of Robots and Building Blocks Structure of tournament Game Procedure Competition Task and general Restrictions Retries of Robots Deciding the Winner Cautions in Robot Design and Development Violations and Disqualification General Rules Safety Issues of Robots Registration Contacts

01. The Contest Theme:

The goal of the contest is development of two cooperative recyclerobots(one manual and one autonomous) helping in recycling the waste of the urban and rural areas in a more efficient and proper way to keep the environment clean. We at ROBOSAPIENS want to have some finest Recyclopse to manage the proper recycling phenomenon overcoming the impediments due to under-developed roadways of the rural areas and enjoying the smooth curve of the city highway.

02. Outline of the contest:

The game will start with both the robots of RED and BLUE teams in their respective start zones. Each team consist of no more than two Robots: one Manual and one Autonomous Robot. The Autonomous Robot is a line follower, which is intended to take the rural waste to the recycling plant supplied by the manual robot. The Autonomous Bot starts moving as soon as it gets the Rural waste block. The manual robot will also have to load the urban waste cube over the Autonomous robot while it will be moving. This additional urban waste cube should be put on the Autonomous robot only while it is moving, carrying the rural waste cube. The Manual Robot initially has to pick the rural waste cube from the common starting zone following the path NH-1.Then it should place the cube on the Autonomous robot at the exchange zone from where the Autonomous robot will follow the line to place the waste on the recycling plant. At the same time while Autonomous robot will be moving, manual robot should carry the urban waste cube from the urban waste zone and will dump on the moving Autonomous robot so that it can recycle properly on the recycling plant. Once the Autonomous robot crosses the city border line manual robot will not be allowed to dump the city waste over Autonomous robot. When the Autonomous robot reaches the recycling plant, a team member unloads the waste blocks as well as brings back the Autonomous robot to its starting

point. After passing the rural waste block for the first time to the autonomus bot, manual robot has to follow the pathway (NH-2or NH-3) to pass the rural waste blocks to the Autonomous robot. Time limit for the game is 5 minutes. The team that will deposit more waste will be declared as a winner.

03. Arena: structure and specifications

a) The Field consists of a game area having the dimensions of 4800 mm x 3800 mm and surrounded by a wooden fence with a height of 100 mm and a thickness of 6mm

MAIN ARENA

Dimensional View

Bridge

b) The game field is divided for two teams by a wooden fence. c) White lines drawn on the pathway of the Autonomous robot(black painted surface) is made of shiny sticker with width of 30mm e) The Game Area Consist of Rural Waste Zone, Urban Waste Zone, Starting Zone, Cubic blocks, Prismatic Blocks, Path Way(NH-1,NH-2,NH-3 and NH-4) ,Check posts, checkpoints, restart zones, Exchange Zone, City border line, Bridge. f) Dimensions of Rural waste zone, Urban Waste Zone consisting of cubes are 800mm x 300mm and 500mm x 500mm respectively and that of the dumping zone is of 500mm x 400mm. g) Common urban waste zone is at a height of 50mm and having surface width 100mm. h) Pathway NH-1 is of 400mm width, pathway NH-2 is along the bridge, pathway NH-3 is along the check posts which consists of width 600mm and 1000mm upto the rural border line, then manual robot has to travel the distance of 2000mm having width 500mm following a zig-zag path to avoid collision and the pathway NH-4 is along the way in which the Autonomous robot will move which is having width of 400mm. i) Height of the bridge 150mm which is placed along the path NH-3. Width of this path is 50mm j) Second Restart point is at a distance of 900 mm distance from the dump zone and the first one is the position where Autonomous robot will start.

k) Rural line will be there at the bending of the path NH-2. City border line will be at a distance of 1500mm from the starting line of the Autonomous robot. Dumping line will be at a distance of 200mm from the dumping zone. l) Checkpoint 1 will be there at a distance of 50mm from the starting line of the Autonomous robot for the manual robot. Check point 2 will be at a distance of 750mm from the starting line of Autonomous robot. m) 3 cylindrical check posts will be there at path NH-3 having diameter of 30mm and length 100mm.

04. Specifications of Robots and Waste Blocks:

A). Robots:
i). Manual Robot: At the start of match the dimensions of robot should not exceed 300 mm x 300 mm x 300 mm. After the match starts there is no limit on dimension of robots. The weight must not exceed 4kg. ii). Autonomous Robot: At the start of match the dimensions of robot must not exceed 200 mm x200 mm x 200 mm. The weight must not exceed 4kg.

B). Waste Blocks:

i). Cubic Blocks: There will be 5 cubic blocks each having dimension 70mmx70mmx70mm in the rural waste zone and holes having diameter of 50mm will be there. 3 cubic blocks on the urban garbage zone having dimension 50mmx50mmx50mm. 2 cubic blocks on the common urban garbage zone having dimensions 50mmx50mmx50mm. It will be provided with holes having diameter 30mm. ii). Prism blocks: There will be 2 prism blocks on the common urban garbage zone having dimension 50mmx50mmx50mm and a hole of 30mm will be there.

Prismatic Block

Cubic Block 50x50

Cubic Block 70x70

05. Structure of tournament:

a). All the willing participants are required to send an abstract at robosapiens@cognizance.org.in before 28th Feb. 2012. Best 50 teams will be given a chance to compete in the event. b). The tournament will be held on a knockout basis of top 32 teams as decided through preliminary round. c). For the preliminary round, the teams will have to complete all tasks in the arena. Total points scored by each team (details in 9.0) will be recorded. To qualify for knockout round, teams would be selected based on their earned score. d). In case of tie at preliminary level, points earned by autonomous robots will be considered. And if it is still a tie then total time taken by each team to achieve the last check point (which bots would have achieved) will be considered. e). For the knockouts, matches will be like: 1st team vs. 32nd team, 2nd team vs. 31st team and so on in order of increasing scores. f). The team which will cover the recycling procedure sequentially in a more efficient way will be declared as a winner. g). In case one of the team is disqualified, the match will be considered complete, with the other team declared as winner. h). The match may be stopped in between if the referees judge that continuation of the match is impossible.

06. Game Procedure:

A). Length of a game:
i). Each match lasts 5 minutes at most. ii). In any of the following cases, the match ends immediately (even before 5 minutes). Disqualification is announced in the game. When the referee judges that the game cannot continue.

B). Setting of robots:

i). One minute is given for setting of robots before the game starts. ii). At most four members of each team can engage in setting of robots. iii). Any teams that fail to complete setting of the robots within one minute can resume the setting again once the game starts.

C). Deployment of the robots and team members at the start of the game:
i). Manual Robot must be started in Manual Start Zone. ii). Autonomous Robot must be started in Autonomous Start Zone. iii). At most only 2 people can perform the task of starting and bringing back the Autonomous Robot. After starting the Autonomous robot, the team members who perform the starting action must not touch it again without the permission of referee.

07. Competition Task and general Restrictions:

1) The manual robot will have to start from the manual starting point. It has to pick the rural waste cube from the rural waste zone. 2) It should follow the pathway NH-1 to reach the exchange zone where it has to unload the urban waste cube on the Autonomous robot. 3) Only one rural waste cube is allowed to be picked at a time by the manual robot for every turn. 4) After receiving the block, Autonomous robot will start from the Autonomous starting zone. 5) The manual robot at the same time has to pick the urban waste cube from the urban waste cube zone and it will load the waste cube over the moving Autonomous robot. At the instant of loading the Autonomous robot should not be stationary nor out of its zone. 6) Once the Autonomous robot crosses the city border line manual robot is not allowed to load the waste over Autonomous robot. 7) Autonomous robot, on reaching the recycling plant should stop and one of team member should unload the waste and bring it back to the

starting zone for restart. 8) The manual robot can go back to its starting position following path NH1 at any instant after loading the Autonomous robot. 9) Then after picking the rural waste it should follow either path NH-2 or path NH-3 to reach the exchange zone. 10) Hitting to the check posts should be avoided. Penalty of points will be awarded for hitting check posts at NH-3. 11) There will be a stack zone where manual robot can stack the rural waste cube blocks but not the common rural waste cube. Manual robot can pick more than 1 urban waste cube at a time but their stacking is not allowed. 12) Manual robot can only unload the urban waste blocks when the Autonomous robot is in motion on its prescribed path. 13) For the deviation of the line by the Autonomous robot it will have to take a restart and the points for each urban waste cube hence loaded by Manual robot will be less. 14) Points will only be earned by the manual robot after crossing the checkpoint 1 with the rural waste block picked from the rural waste zone.

08. Retries of Robots:

a). A retry can be made only after the referees permission. Team members are allowed to touch the robots while preparing for a retry. b). Retries of a robot or several robots at the same time can be made as many times as necessary within the 5 minutes of game play. c). A retry of Manual Robot will be made at Manual Start Zone only. d). A retry of Autonomous Robot will be made either at Autonomous Start Zone or from any of the check post which Autonomous robot has cleared before retry in the same run. e). Even if the manual robot fails to successfully carry the waste cube blocks and drops it on the pathway it will be allowed to carry the block from the pathway.

09. Deciding the Winner:

The team that earns higher score is the winner. The score of each task is described as follows:

1). Autonomous Robot crosses the: a) Check point 1 [10 point] b) Restart line 2 [10 point] c) After crossing city border line [15 points for each cubic block at urban waste zone and 20 points for each block at the common urban waste zone]. d) After reaching dumping line [15 points for each cubic block at urban waste zone and 20 points for each block at the common urban waste zone]. e) If the Autonomous robot deviates the line to be followed it will have to take restart from its starting position and the points for each cubic blocks of the urban waste zone and the common urban waste zone will be considered as 5 and10 points, respectively. 2). Manual robot successfuly crosses the Checkpoint 1 [20 points for crossing the checkpoint after picking rural waste block] 3). For hitting the checkposts penalty of 5 points will be there. Now, If the manual robot pick a rural waste cube and crosses the checkpoint 1 then points gained = 20 For loading the rural waste block on Autonomous robot= 10 points If the number of blocks from the urban waste zone and common urban waste zone picked and unloaded over Autonomous robot be A and B respectively and it crosses the first check point and then reached the city border line then the points gained will be 10+(15xA)+(20xB). After crossing the restart point 2 and then the dumping line points gained will be 10+ [(15xA)+(20XB)] Then, total points gained on one run will be: 30+20+2[(15XA)+(20XB)] = 50+2[(15XA)+(20XB)] If the Autonomous robot fails to follow the line then it will have to take restart and then if it completes the whole task then points gained will be 50+2[(5XA) + (10XB)]

The game result:

The game result is announced at the end of the 5 minute match, after the referee checks and confirms the completed tasks. The Match will end when: End of 5 minutes. One of the teams is disqualified. All rural urban waste cubes are transported to the recycling plant.

10. Cautions in Robot Design and Development:

a). The autonomous robot should fit within a box of dimensions 200 mm X 200 mm X 200 mm before starting of the match and weigh less than 4kg. b). The manual robot must be able to fit inside a box with dimensions of 300 mm X 300mm X 300 mm and weigh less than 4 kg. c). If any of the machines uses an externally placed power supply, the external power supply is not included in the size constraint. However in case of onboard power supply, the machine along with the power supply should fit in the above mentioned dimension box. d). The machine must use only mechanical power or mechanical power converted from a source of electrical energy. e). During the game the machine is allowed to expand its parts provided it does not damage the arena in any way. f). In case of electric power supply, the voltage at any point must be lower or equal to 24V DC during the game. g). The organizers will provide a standard 230V/50 Hz AC power supply. Any eliminator, adaptor, etc required will have to be arranged by participants themselves. No special demands will be entertained. h). The machine must be controlled by wired/wireless remote control mechanism at all stages of the game. i). For wireless mechanism the teams are advised to have dual frequency remote control to avoid frequency interference. j). In case of wired mechanism the wire must be slack at all point of time during the game. Please ensure a fairly long wire considering the arena dimensions. The participant must also make sure that wires do not entangle with the opponents wire. k). The machine should not leave spare parts in the arena at any stage. This can lead to a time penalty or may even lead to disqualification.

Note: Devices like hot air balloons/rockets which assist the machine in movement in any way are not permitted. Any kind of assistance for locomotion through walls is prohibited. Also use of Lego parts, readymade assembly from toys will lead to disqualification.

11. Violation and Disqualification:

a). No team is allowed to hinder the functioning of bots of opponents team. Failing to do so will straight away lead to disqualification. b). No team is allowed to touch directly or indirectly the bots of opponents team. Failing to do so will straight away lead to disqualification. c). During the match, the team members are not allowed to touch the machine or the arena without permission of referee. Failure to do so will lead to disqualification. d). Any kind of assistance through edges for locomotion will lead to a disqualification. e). Any kind of damage to the arena will attract disqualification. f). The teams will be asked to get ready 15 minutes before the start of their match. If a team is not ready within the stipulated time, the other team will be declared as the winner. g). Judges have the right to disqualify any team if they feel the team is not playing with fair interests.

12. General Rules:

a). All the students enrolled in high school, undergraduate, postgraduate (excluding PhD.) program at any recognised institute (identity card will be checked) are eligible to participate. b). A team can consist of a maximum of 4 members. c). Each team must declare a name for their team at the time of competition. d). The machines you build will be first checked for size and safety. The machine should not cause electric power breakdowns. e). The machine must not contain any combustible, corrosive, or otherwise dangerous materials for safety reasons. No explosive compression or decompression, either internal or external is permitted.

f). Judges have the right to disqualify any machine whose working mechanism or game strategy is considered hazardous in any way. g). In case any kind of dispute arises the judges decision will be considered final and binding to all and no argument will be entertained. h). Under any circumstance, organisers can change the rules and it will be the final decision.

3. Safety issues of the robots:

a). All robots must be designed and manufactured as to pose no danger of any kinds to any persons in the venue. b). All robots must be designed and manufactured as to cause no damage to any robots of the opposing team or the Arena field.

14. Registration:
a). Register on the Cognizance web-site first. It is compulsory for all participants to register there to participate in any event in Cognizance. The last date for registration is 20th Feb 2012. b). All the willing participants are required to send an abstract with team details at robosapiens@cognizance.org.in before 28th Feb 2012. c). Team Details include: Team Name Team Members Names (Highlight team leaders name) E-mail IDs Contact Numbers College Name with contact details Branch, Year City

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