ROBOTIX 2011: Robotics competition in IIT, India

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Technology Robotix Society invites all robot enthusiasts to [b]ROBOTIX 2011[/b]([url]www.robotix.in[/url]). 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 set to return in 2011 with more challenging events and over 3 lakhs to be given away in prize money. We have autonomous, manual and online coding events for all robot lovers and coders.

Our events this year are

[b]Pirate bay[/b] - 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.

[b]Robocop[/b]- It is an outdoor image processing robotics event. Participants will compete to build a fully automated robot that acts as a law enforcer.

[b]R.A.F.T[/b]- 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

[b]The Negotiator[/b]s- 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.

[b]The Fugitives[/b]- You have to build multiple autonomous robots that catch and disable the "fugitive robots" moving randomly through the arena.

[b]Ballista[/b]- 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.

[url]www.robotix.in[/url]

The ROBOTIX Team