Obstacle Robot Race
The task for this race is for the robot to successfully reach (touch) the end (border plank) of a flat racing area with obstacles in the shortest time.
Participants will compete for the following awards:
- Fastest Robot, First Runner up and Second Runner up
- Two awards for competing with ‘Honours’
Rules & Regulations:
- A team must bring to the venue a working robot that must fit inside the starting red coloured block of size 1×1 square foot at the beginning of the race.
- The height of the robot is unlimited.
- The race is started by a count followed by a whistle. The participants may switch on their robot by a simple contact switch, any time after the whistle.
- Once switched on, the participant cannot have any contact with the robot.
- The robots must be battery-powered. No other energy sources (fuel, compressed air canisters, anti-gravity devices, etc.) are permitted.
- Remote controls of any kind are not allowed.
- Each team will be represented by two participants only.
- The robot can have autonomous guidance on board only. No homing beacons will be allowed to be placed on or outside the finish line.
- The competition will be conducted in ambient (indirect) sunlight, and several sources of Infrared light may be present.
Objectives:
- The task for these races is for the robots to successfully reach (touch) the end (border plank) in the shortest time.
- If no robot reaches the finish line in 5 minutes, the one closest to the finish line will be declared the winner.
- Robots moving out of the playing arena, before reaching the finish line, will be disqualified and removed from the race.
- Once the race has begun, robots can take any path to the finish (End). This includes going over the obstacle planks placed midway.
- The robots are allowed to hinder any competing robot in any way.
The Playing Arena:
- The playing arena is a wooden plane of dimensions 11 x 20 feet, painted in White colour.
- The border of the playing arena is made from a 1-inch-thick wooden plank and is 4 inches high. It will be painted in White colour.
- Before the race starts, the robots are placed in a 1×1 square foot area at one end of the arena.
- This starting square is painted in red colour. A race with twenty obstacles will be placed randomly on the racing arena. These are one-inch-thick wooden planks, 12 inches long, placed in front of the starting area.
- These planks (shown by the green lines in the diagram) are painted green.
- The obstacles (wooden planks) are 4 inches high and fixed rigidly onto the playing arena.
