Sustainable Water bodies

Sustainable Water Bodies: Maintaining the water bodies like Rivers, lakes and canals are the most important measures to be taken for the efficient usage of rain water in any sustainable cities. The well maintained water bodies will helps the city to support the agriculture, farming and in turn increased the yield economically. Therefore continuous monitoring and maintenance of such water bodies becomes mandatory for any sustainable cities. There are various maintaining measures taken to preserve the healthier water bodies, one such process is called Dredging. Dredging is a process of removing the soil accumulations, sediments and debris from a water body and transporting it to the other location. Dredging will increase the storage capacity of a water bodies and also increases the efficient flow of water from one place to another place through its proper channel.

Objective

Students should build a wired/wireless remote controlled movable robot, which can able to perform the given task within a specific time.

General Rules:

Each team should consist of 3 students.
A team should have students only from Grades 4 to 6.
The Robot should be designed as per the given dimension and perform the complete task within the given time.

Robot Dimension (Max): Length x Breadth x Height = 35cm x 35cm x No Limit

Game Rules:

In this category, students should build a wired/wireless remote controlled dredging bot which can move from one end of the canal to the other end by removing the soil deposits and waste debris in its path. The robot shall perform the dredging by removing the soil/debris from the canal and collect it on the sides of the canal i.e crest. The canal banks present on both the sides of the water route is called as Crest.

Prelims:

In prelims round, all the teams must dredge only the Canal B.
The objective of the robot is to dredge waste sediments (mud, metals, paper, wood, logs, etc.) from the Canal B and move it to either of the Crests 1 or 2 which are present in the sides of the canal respectively.
The robot must start from the Start Zone and navigate through the Canal B to clear all the sediments till the END of the Canal.
Waste or Soil deposits must be moved completely to the Crest 1 and Crest 2 without spilling back to the Canal B or into the other two canals.
Scoring will be based on the checkpoints given in the Canal. Teams which dredges till the maximum checkpoints will get the maximum scores
If any soil sediments/debris falls back into the Canal B or into the Canal A and C, it leads to the Negative points.
Robots can either be wired or wireless based on the team’s preference.
No external interference is allowed with the robot while it is in motion during the competition.
Total time for the task is 5 minutes.
The game starts once the referee gives the whistle.
Touching the robot in middle of the game and pulling/pushing the robot with cable or any external material is strictly prohibited.
Judges decision will be the final.

Finals:

Only the shortlisted teams from the prelims will compete in the Finals.
In finals round, all the teams must dredge the Canals A and C.
The robot must start from the Start Zone and dredge either Canal A or C based on their preference. After dredging the first canal, the robot should travel back into the cleared canal and start dredging the next canal from the START only. Lifting the Robot to the next canal by hands is strictly not allowed.
Same as prelims round, Canal should be thoroughly dredged and all the sediments must be placed in either of the Crests 1 or 2. The dredged soil or debris should not fall back inside the cleared canals.
Negative points will be given if the soil/debris is not placed properly in the Crests or falling back inside the canals.
Scoring will be based on the checkpoints given in both the Canals A and C. Teams which dredges till the maximum checkpoints in both the canals will get the maximum scores.
Total time for the task is 7 minutes.
The game starts once the referee gives the whistle.
Touching the robot in middle of the game and pulling/pushing the robot with cable or any external material is strictly prohibited.
Judge’s decision will be the final.