MineMazeTheMartian

Intheyear2015,thecrewoftheAresIIImannedmission
t
oMarsisonSol18oftheir31sol
expeditiononthesurface,whenasevereduststormforcesthemtoabortthemissionand
returntotheirorbitingvesselHermes.Duringtheevacuation,astronautMarkWatneyis
struckbyflyingdebrisandislostinthestorm;thelasttelemetryfromhissuitindicatesthat
ithaslostpressure,withnolifesigns.Withtheirlaunchvehicleonthevergeoftippingover
inthewind,andtheremainingcrew'slivesinperil,missioncommanderMelissaLewisgives
theordertolaunchwithoutretrievinghim;theysubsequentlyleaveMarsaboardthe
Hermes.
ButnowithasbeenfoundoutthatMarkisaliveinMarsanditisyourresponsibilitytobring
himbackonearth.Youhavetouse

autonomousroboticswhereelectronicgadgetbotsare
preloadedwithprogramssothatrobotscantravelthroughmazeautomaticallyfinding
correctpathtocomeoutofmazeusingelectricalsensors.Afterthisithastocometoits
initialpositioneitherthroughshortestpathwithlesscheckpointsorlongerpathshaving
morecheckpointswhichistracedbythebotusingintelligenceoftheprogrammer.Time
Factorisvital.

Category
Autonomousrobotics
ProblemStatement
Createanautonomouslinefollowingrobotthatcouldsolveagivenmazefromastarting
pointtoanendingpointandagaintravellingbackwithfewtwistsingamingrules.
Numberofparticipants
Eachteamcanhaveamaximumof4teammembers.
Theparticipantscanbeundergraduate,postgraduateorDoctoratefellow.
TheparticipantsshouldholdavalidCollegeIdentityCard.
Tasks
EachTeamhastocreateanautonomousbotcapableoffollowinglines.
Thebotwillbestartedofffromastartingpointofmazeandhavetoreachits
destinationi.e.theFinishingPoint.
OncetherobothasreachedtheFinishPointatimerwillbestartedtonotethetime
requiredtoreachthestartingpoint.

Thebothastocrossfewcheckpointsforscoringmore.
ARENA
Dimensions:8ftx6ft
Twotypesofmazeswillbegivenfortworounds(Dimensions)whichwillbedisclosed
justadaybeforeTRYST,2016.
Awhiteflexwillbeattachedontheboardwhichcontainsthefigureofthemaze.
ThemazewillbedrawnonWhiteFlexwithblacklinesofthickness2cm.Themaze
doesnotcontaincurvedlinesanywhereonlystraightlines.
Themazecanconsistof
LeftorRightsharp90degreeturns.
Crossroadsandperpendicularintersections.
Closedloopsoffoursimilarturns.
Samplehasbeenshown:

BOTSPECIFICATION
Maximumsize30*30*30cm3&minimumsize10*10*10cm3.

Thebotwillbecheckedforsizebeforethestartoftheevent.Thebotwillbe
registeredsuccessfullyifitmeetsrequirements.
Nomajorchangeinbotwillbeallowedaftersuccessfulregistration.
Legokitsarenotallowedfortheevent.
Anykindsofmicrocontroller,microprocessors,arduino,sensors(obstaclesensor,
coloursensors),transmittersandReceiverscanbeused.Thiswillmanifest
intelligencelevelofparticipants.
Nooverheadcamerasareallowed.
AstandardACconnectionwillbeprovidedatthearenawhichcanbeusedbyteam.
Thebotcanbepoweredfrombattery,SMPS,WirelessConnection.
ForVideoTutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zlpAkXrhlc

RULES
Applyyourbraintosolvethemazebyusingprodigiousprogrammingand
autonomousroboticsconcept.
Thebotwillbestartedofffromastartingpointofmazeandgivenenoughtimeto
reachitsdestinationi.e.theFinishingPoint.
OncetherobothasreachedtheFinishPointatimerwillbestartedtonotethetime
requiredtoreachthestartingpoint.
Lessertimetakentoreachstartingpointwillearnmorescores.
Fewcheckpointswillbeavailableonthepathofmaze.Clearingthosewillhelpto
earnpoints.
Ifbotgetsstuckataparticularpointorneedtimeoutthenaftertimeoutbotwillbe
placedfromthestartingpointofthepreviouscheckpointithascrossed.
Maximumtimeoutallowedwillbetwicefor2minuteseach.
Abotcantakerestartformaximum3times.Afterthattheteamwillbedisqualified.
Thevoltagetorunbotshouldnotexceed24VDC.

Wereservetherighttodisqualifyrobotsatanytimeif,inoursoleopinion,we
determinethattheyareunsafeandcoulddamagetopropertyorharmother
people.
Wereservetherightatanytimeandinoursolediscretion,tomakechangestothe
rulesandregulationswithoutpriornotice.
SCORING
SCORE=(100*T)+(50*CP)(25*O)(50*R)
T=timeleftoutbybotforreturnjourney,asmaximumtimeallowedforreturnjourneywill
be15mins.
CP=CheckPointcrossed.
O=TimeOuts
R=Restart
Round1/Dimension1(1D)
Enoughtimewillbegiventomovefromstartingpointtofinishingpointwhile
crossingthroughseveralcheckpoints.
Timewillbenotedwhilereturningbackwhileagaincrossingthroughcheckpoints.
Morescoresmorethechancetogointosecondround(2D).
Round1willbeheldon27thFebruary2016at10:00AM.

Round2/Dimension2(2D)
Mazewillbebitmoredifficult.
Timewillbenotedforbothsidejourney(startingtofinishingpointandviceversa).
ThereisaTwistin2D,whichisasfollows
Longerpathhavemorecheckpoints,butshortestpathhavelessnumberof
checkpoints

Sowhilegoingthroughlongestpathearnmorepoints,Butdorememberthatthere
isalwaysanadvantageofscoringthroughTimeFactorwhiletravellingthrough
shortestpath.
Netscoreisamalgamationofcheckpointscoresandtimeleftoutscore.
UseyourGraymatterofbraintochooseyourwayintelligentlytoturnouttobe
winner.