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XELATE
Task:
It
's2030.Humanshav ecausedi rr
eper abledamaget oear t
h.
Zendor s,asuperiorali
enr acedeci dest osaveear thfrom
destructi
onbutonl yifwepassat estofwor t
hiness.Theyhav e
offer
edusachancet opr oveourcompet ence.Ar epr
esentati
ve
i
st obechosenwhowi l
lbesuckedi nt
oanunknowngamei na
vir
tualwor l
d.Ms.Mar v
el stepsupf orthejob.Thesur pri
se
comesdownhar donherast hegamet ur
nsoutt obe" LUDO".
Sheknowsshei sveryunluckyandt hedicerarel
yt ur
nsinher
favour.Sheisindesper ateneedofy ourhelptowi nthegame.
Youneedt oshowcasey ourf antasticimagepr ocessingskil
ls
tobuildanaut onomousr obot .Thewei rdZendor sonlyhave
threerulesinthi
st wist
edgameofLudo.

1.Movei
naclockwisepath.
2.Jumpt
otheclosestmatchingposi
ti
oneacht
ime.
3.Compl
eteafullr
oundthroughthemaze.

Pl
ayasi
fyourl
i
fedependson,
i
tbecauset
odayi
tdoes.
..
.

Ar
ena:
 Thedi
mensi
onoft
hear
enawi
l
lbe225cm x225cm di
vi
ded
i
na9x9gr i
d.
 Eachbl
ockoft
hegr
idi
sther
efor
e25cm x25cm
Ar
enaDescr
ipt
ion:
 Therear
e2pat hs(
innerandoutersquare)andther
ear
e4
connect
ingpat
hsofdiff
erentcol
oursjoi
ningthem.
 Botcanchangefrom outerpat
ht oi
nnerpathorviceversa.
Boti
sallowedtomov eintheclockwisedi
recti
ononly.
The
por
tionofthear
enainblackcolourisrest
ri
ctedforthe
movementofthebot.
 Therewi l
l be3shapes( square,cir
cleandtr
iangl
e)of2
di
fferentcolours,di
sti
nguishingeachblockin6diff
erent
ways.All shapecoloursmi ghtchangebuttheywil
lbe
di
stinguishableeasil
y.Theposi t
ionofshapesinthegri
d
wil
lnotbet hesameast heindi
cativepi
ctur
es
 Adicehavi
ngt
heseshapesandcol
orsont
her
espect
ive6
si
deswill
bepr
ovidedt
otheteam.
 Ontheouter mostpat
hther
ewillbe4arrowsattheendof
connect
ingpat hspoi
nti
ngi
nclockwisedir
ect
ion.These
arr
owsmar ktheStar
ti
ngZonewherethebotwillbe
pl
acedinit
iall
yonanyoneofthearrows.
 Thecent
reoft
hear
enai
sthehomezone.
 Thebothastotr
aver
set
hearena,
compl
eteaf
ull
round
andfi
nishatt
hehomezone.
 Avi
deofeedfr
om theov er
headcamerawil
lbeprovidedt
o
t
heteam.Theteam'scomputershoul
dautonomously
i
nst
ructt
hei
rbotthroughoutt
hearenausi
ngthisfeed
Gamepl
ay:
Qual
i
fyi
ngRound:
Per
for
mfi
rst3st
epsofGamePr
ocedur
e(onedi
cer
oll
).

Fi
nal
Round:
Car
ryoutt
hef
ull
taskasspeci
fi
edbyt
hegamepr
ocedur
e.

GamePr
ocedur
e:
1.Thebotisplacedatoneoft heSt ar
ti
ngZones.
2.Team wil
lrol
l t
hediceprovidedandmanual lyi
nputt heshapeand
col
ourappearedont hediceint hebot’
scode.
3.Thebotmustt henf i
ndtheclosestblockwhichitcanr each
fol
lowi
ngacl ockwisepath.Ift
woposi ti
onswithther equir
edcol
or
andshapear eatthesamedi stancefrom t
hebott hent hebotmay
chooseeit
her.
4.Anl
edonthebotmustcl
ear
lyi
ndi
cat
ewheni
tismov
ingandwhen
i
tst
ops.
5.Assoonasthebotst
opsmov
ingandwai
tsf
ori
nput
,thet
eam can
thr
owthedi
ceagain.
6.Thiscont
inuesti
llbothascompl
etedaful
lroundar
oundthe
centr
e.Thenitshouldmovetohomev i
atheconnecti
ngpat
hst
hat
i
tstart
edon.
7.Onreachi
nghomet
hebotshoul
dsi
gnal
thati
thasf
ini
shedt
he
t
ask.
Exampl
e1:

Herethebotst
artsonthegr eenstar
ti
ngzone.Thedi
ceshowsared
squar
e.Soforthist
urnthebotshouldmov etothecl
osestr
edsquar
e.
Thati
sthemar kedsquare.Notethatint
hefi
rstdi
cethr
owthebot
shoul
dmov eforwardsonly.
Ex
ampl
e2:
Supposey
ouhav
ecompl
etedoner
oundandy
ougett
hef
oll
owshapeon
thedi
e:

Sincethepat
htowar
dshomedoesnothavet
hisshapey
ouhav
etonot
perfor
m anymoveandwai
tfort
henexti
nput
.

Not
e:Theboti
ssupposedtowai
tift
hei
nputshapeandcol
ouri
snot
f
oundonthest
epstowardshome.
Exampl
e3:

Eventhoughboti
sclosertotheyel
lowtri
angl
etothetopri
ght,i
tshoul
d
gotothedesti
nat
ionatthebottom l
eft
.Thisi
sbecausetherul
esare
cl
osestmatchi
ngshapet hatcanbereachedwit
haclockwisepat
h
Exampl
e4:

Nowsupposeont
henextt
hrowy
ougett
hef
oll
owi
ngshape.

Nowsi ncetheshapeispr
esentonthel
i
netowardshomethebotmust
mov eontheconnecti
ngpathtowar
dshome.Thenitwi
llwai
ttil
li
tget
sa
yel
lowsquar eandwil
lmovetothehomezone.Thi
sisthevi
ctory
condit
ion.
Scor
ing
Awar
ds:
 Pointswil
lbeawar dedtotheteam onthebasisof(numberof
bl
ockstraversedcorr
ectl
y*100)/t
imerequi
redtotraverse(
the
aboveconstanthere100,canbechangedduringthetimeofevent
).
 100poi
ntswillbeawardedt
othet
eam oncompl
eti
onofpr
obl
em
stat
ementsuccessf
ull
y

Penal
ti
es:
 Incasethebotmovest
oanyincorr
ectposi
ti
on,whichi
snot
accordi
ngtoappear
eddi
ceposit
ion,20poi
ntswil
lbededuct
ed
from t
hetot
alscor
e.
 Incasethebotdoesnotmovetothenearestspeci
fi
edblock
(
goestothefart
hercor
rectbl
ock)
,20pointswil
lbedeductedfr
om
t
hetotal
score.
 I
ncasethebotmovesanti
clockwi
se,
40poi
ntswi
l
lbededuct
ed
f
rom t
hetot
alscor
eforeachturn.
 I
fthebotdirectl
ymovestothehomeblockorcr
ossesitwit
hout
tr
aver
singthewholearenaaccor
dingt
otherul
es,100point
swil
l
bedeductedfrom t
hescore.
Ev
entRul
es:
 Therobotshouldworkpurel
yonimageprocessing-based
pri
ncipl
es.Eachteam wi
l
lbegiven20minutesforcalibrat
ionand
40mi nut
esforthefi
nalr
un(thi
sdoesnotincl
udet het i
mef or
quali
fyi
nground).
 Onl
ytwopar
ti
cipant
sar
eal
l
owedneart
hear
enaatal
lti
mes.
 Theparti
cipant
smustbr
ingt
hei
rownl
apt
ops,
adapt
ersand
bat
ter
ies.
 Therobotshoul
dbest ar
tedbyasi
ngl
ecl
i
ckorsi
ngl
ecommand
i
ssuedbyparti
cipant
.
 Onl
y3r est
art
sar
eal
l
owedi
nthef
inal
roundwi
thapenal
tyof200
poi
nts.
 Thef
inal
codesmustbesubmi
tt
edt
otheev
entcoor
dinat
or.
 Thear
enawouldbeset
upinambi
entl
ight
ingcondit
ions.Asampl
e
pi
cofthear
enawouldbemadeav
ail
ablepri
ortotheevent.
 Itwi
l
lbetheparti
cipant
'sresponsi
bil
it
yift
hereisanydata
misi
nter
pret
ati
onofi mageoft hear
enatakenbyt heov
erhead
cameraduetoobstruct
ionbyt hebodyoftherobot.
Note:
Theactualcol
oursonthearenamaybesli
ght
lydif
ferentf
rom t
he
onesspeci
fi
ed,duetoambientl
i
ghtandtext
ureofmateri
als.
Rul
es:
El
i
gibi
l
ity
:

Al
lst
udent
swi
thav
ali
dident
it
ycar
doft
hei
rrespect
ive
educat
ional
inst
it
uti
onsar
eel
i
gibl
etopar
ti
ci
pat
eint
heev
ent
.

Team Speci
fi
cat
ion:

 At
eam mayconsi
stofmaxi
mum of5member
s.Member
sofa
t
eam canbef
rom di
ff
erenteducat
ional
inst
it
uti
ons.

RobotSpeci
fi
cat
ionsandFabr
icat
ion:
 Ther
obotshoul
dfi
twi
thi
naboxof20cm X20cm x15cm.
 ThePotent
ialDi
ff
erencebet
weenanyt
wopoi
ntsont
her
obot
mustnotexceed24VDC.
 Teamsar eal
l
owedtouseready
mademicrocont
rol
l
erci
rcui
tsand
gearassembl
i
es.UseofLegoki
tsi
spr
ohibi
ted.

Camer
aSpeci
fi
cat
ions:

 Thecamerawil
lbeaC270hmodelofLogi
tech.Youcanf
indt
he
speci
fi
cat
ionsoft
hecameraher
e:
ht
tp:
//www.
logi
tech.
com/
en-
in/
product
/hd-
webcam-
c270h
Gener
alRul
es:
 Team shoul
drepor
tatt
hear
ena30mi
nut
esbef
oret
hest
artof
theev
ent.
 Ther
obotshoul
d,i
nnoway ,
causeanydamaget ot
hearena.Any
ki
ndofdamagewil
lleadt
oimmediat
edisqual
i
ficat
ion.
 Part
ici
pantsshouldnotdismantl
et hei
rr obotsbef
orethe
completi
onofthewhol ecompeti
tionast hedevi
cesmightneed
tobeveri
fiedbytheorganizer
satal aterstagetoensuret
hatthe
part
ici
pantshavenotviol
atedanyoft her ul
es.
 Theorganizer
sreser
vetherightt
ochangetherul
esasthey
deem f
it.Changeinr
ules,
ifany,wil
lbehi
ghl
ight
edonthe
websi
teandnot i
fi
edtotheregist
eredpar
ti
ci
pants.
 Thedeci
sionoft
heor
gani
zer
sshal
lbef
inal
andbi
ndi
ng.

Cer
ti
fi
cat
ionPol
i
cy:
 Thet
opt
hreet
eamswi
l
lbeawar
dedacer
ti
fi
cat
eofexcel
l
ence.
 All
teamsqualif
yingt
hef
ir
str
oundwi
l
lbeawar
dedacer
ti
fi
cat
e
ofpart
ici
pat
ion.
 Di
squal
i
fiedt
eamswi
l
lnotbeconsi
der
edf
oranycer
ti
fi
cat
es.

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