ROBOTIX 2011:Robotics competition in IIT,India

Technology Robotix Society invites all robot enthusiasts to ROBOTIX 2011.
Robotix is Asia's largest college level robotics fest held in IIT
Kharagpur
during its techno-management fest Kshitij from 28th-31st Jan 2011. Robotix
2010
was a success with a participation from over 450 teams with over 2.5 lakhs
worth
prize money being distributed.Robotix is said to return in 2011 with more
challenging events and over 3 lakhs to be given away in prize money.
Our events this year are

Pirate bay - This is a manual event that takes you right into the pirates'
playground. Through the course of three exciting rounds, the bot will have
to
traverse through different type of terrain, climb mountains and release
fellow
pirates.
Robocop- It is an outdoor image processing robotics event. Participants
will
compete to build a fully automated robot that acts as a law enforcer.
R.A.F.T- An event that tries to help in the major challenge that is flood
relief.The task is to build a manually controlled robot or a group of
robots
which can navigate a raft on water and retrieve people
The Negotiators- This event requires the participant to write and submit a
computer program, which will be pitted against programs written by two
other
participants in a game of negotiation.
The Fugitives- You have to build multiple autonomous robots that catch and
disable the "fugitive robots" moving randomly through the arena.
Ballista- Participants have to build an autonomous robot capable of
detecting
and shooting projectiles avoiding any detection by the enemy.

Further details are available on our website.If you have a doubt please
post it
on our forum.
www.robotix.in

The ROBOTIX Team
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