RobotiQ at Quark 2010 « Utkarsh Sinha

RobotiQ at Quark 2010

Quark 2010 is BITS Pilani’s Innovation Festival with competitions spanning technically inclined challenges, the humanities and the sciences as well. And robotics is an integral part for engineering perfection, right from the undergrad level.

Quark this year has 3 robotics events. Each one covering a different aspect of robotics, engineering, electronics and computer algorithms. And with almost a fortnight to go, it is the right time to start building your bots!

King of the Ring

Ever watched Robowars on television? Loved those weapons and all that agility? This event combines that with the world famous Sumo bot event. Create a manually controlled robot with weapons. Chainsaw? Flamethrowers (with deo maybe)? Hammers? You name it! But you cannot damage the other person’s wires. Just get it out of the arena somehow.

Mission Salvation

Here’s the thing: make a micromouse. That is, create an autonomous robot that can traverse a maze and reach its center in as little time as possible. Oh, and when you reach the center, you’ll save the only surviving humans… thus protecting the entire human race from extincion!

3 Ball Pool

Create a pool playing bot. Not in the literal sense. But, a bot that places colored blocks in the correct pocket using an overhead camera. And you get a lot of bonus points if you can “pot the balls” in the sequence we give you on the spot! Enjoy!

If you relish in technical challenges that combine a lot of different branches of engineering, go ahead and register right now. Oh, and I forgot to mention… prizes worth Rs. 60,000 to be won! You can get detailed event descriptions and rules over here: http://bits-quark.org/robotiq

Need help? Contact me or drop a comment over here… I’ll get back to you as soon as possible

If your college hasn’t received an invitation from us, please contact:

Hanu Prateek
Quark Coordinator
Department of Publicity and Public Relations
Mobile: +91 98238 14138
Email: hanuprateek@bits-quark.org

Update: I’ve uploaded pictures of Quark 2010.

challenge, quark, robotics, Technical

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