Line Following Robot

Competition Details

Rs. 5,000

Rs. 3,000

Rs. 1,500 per Team

the robot should be fully autonomous and should not have any human interference.
Maximum measures of the robot should be 30 x 30 x 30 cm and the maximum weight should be 5 kg.
Robot must not damage the arena and not poses danger to other participants and the spectators.
Using voltages greater than 24 Volts in robot is prohibited.
Robot must have start and stop button(s).
Robot must not contain any flammable or hazardous material other than battery.
Except for the battery pack, the handler shall not make any addition, removal, replacement or change to the hardware of the robot during the contest.
The robot must be battery-powered.
Power sources that are considered dangerous or unsuitable by the contest Officials shall not be permitted.

it is mandatory for all participating teams to get their robots examined by judges and organizers before the start of competition at allotted time slots.
After Examination approved robots shall be allotted with a sticker. No robot shall be allowed to run in arena without the sticker.

The maximum time allowed for each round would be 8 minutes; no extra time shall be allowed to robots what so ever.
2 minutes will be given for the team to setup the robot on the arena.
Each team should be present at the arena venue at their allocated time. Failure to do so will result in disqualification.

There would be total of three rounds in this event.
The 1st round will be held on day 1. It is an elimination round called as “Qualifier” for the day 2 rounds. The team can call for a maximum of 2 restarts at any point in the round for any reason keeping in mind the time limit of eight minutes which will keep running including two minutes of calibration time.
The 2nd and the final round will be held on day 2.
2nd round is checkpoint-based round. No team will be eliminated in 2nd round.
Score secured from 2nd round will be added with score, scored in final round. The robot securing Maximum points will be declared as winner.
In 2nd & final round the team can call for a maximum of 2 restarts at any point in the round for any reason keeping in mind the time limit of eight minutes which will keep running including two minutes of calibration time.
In case of calling restart the scores will be reset and the team has to start from the starting point for that particular round.

After crossing each check point teams will get 20 points in 2nd & final rounds.
After completing the map of 2nd round you will get 10 points in final rounds.
After completing the map with the shortest time you will get 10 bonus points in each of the rounds.
After completing the map with shortest path you will get 20 bonus points in each of the rounds.

Contestants will be given maximum 2 minutes to calibrate their robot/sensors on the actual arena/game field.
. The Contest Judges Rights:
The Contest judges may stop any robot at any time if they feel that it is performing, or is about to perform, any action that is dangerous or hazardous to people or equipment.
In all matters of interpreting the rules before and during the Contest and in any issues not covered by these rules, the decisions of the Contest Judging Committee will be final.
Disqualification:
If any robot found attempting to damage the game field.
Performing any act that fails to comply with the spirit of Fair Play.

The line would be of black colour and red colour on a white non- glossy background (panaflex).
Lines with dead ends and checkpoints shall be indicated by red color.
The line width would be 3cm.
There could be empty space between lines or there could be some broken lines.
Tracks will be uploaded soon on our event page.

The organizers reserve the right to make changes to any of the above in the interest of fair play and sportsmanship, and to ensure that all competitors have an enjoyable competition.
In the event of ambiguity, the organizers’ interpretation of any clauses of the rules shall prevail.

Ashar Ali

Contact: +92-332-3531277

Email: syedashar97@gmail.com