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Sport | Robotics-related games |
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Founder | Technology Robotix Society, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
First season | 2001 |
No. of teams | 1,000+ |
Country | India |
Venue(s) | Kshitij, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
Official website | www |
Robotix is an annual robotics and programming event that is organised by the Technology Robotix Society at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur). [1] It is held during Kshitij, the institute's annual techno-management festival. Participation is open to college students. [2] The event gives contestants an opportunity to showcase their talents in the fields of mechanical robotics, autonomous robotics and programming.
Robotix started in 2001 as an in-house event for the students of IIT Kharagpur. Kunal Sinha, Saurabh Prasad and Varun Rai created the event for IDEON,[ expand acronym ] the school's techno-management festival. The inaugural event hosted eight teams. In 2003, the IDEON festival was reorganized and renamed to Kshitij. Robotix is now organized under Kshitij.
Event participation has increased over the years: Robotix 2006 had 220 teams, Robotix 2007 had 546 teams, and Robotix 2008 had over 1000 teams.
Robotix celebrated its tenth edition in 2010 with an array of challenging problem statements. Robotix 2011 conducted a water surface event, R.A.F.T., in which over 250 teams participated.
Events during Robotix are conducted under three categories: manual, autonomous and programming/online. In the manual events, the participants handle the robot by using a remote control. The remote system may be wired or unwired. The robot then has to perform the specified task, which is usually something mechanical. In the autonomous events, the robots act independently; participants are not allowed to control them during their run. These robots typically use programmed micro-controllers to make decisions. Some events involve more than one robot, and can be a mix of autonomous and manually controlled robots. In the programming events, the participants are given a problem statement and submit code to solve the problem; the competitors are also allowed to submit their solutions online.
The manual and autonomous events are further classified by competition type. In the solo runs, the robot team performs the tasks without other competitors in the field; they are evaluated on marking criteria such as time elapsed, goal completion, and efficiency. In the tournaments, two or more teams participate at a time, and only one team advances to the next round.
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Robotix 2020 was held from 17–19 January 2020. [3] The events of the 2020 edition were:
Robotix 2019 was held from 18–20 January 2019. [7] The events of the 2019 edition were:
Robotix 2018 was held from 19–21 January 2018. The events of 2018 edition were:
Robotix 2017 was held from 27–29 January 2017. The events of 2017 edition are:
Robotix 2016 was held from 21–24 January 2016. [17] The events of 2016 edition are:
Robotix 2015 was held from 30 January - 2 February 2015. [23] The events of 2015 edition are:
Robotix 2014 was held from 31 January – 3 February 2014. [24] The events of 2014 edition were:
Robotix 2013 was held from 1–4 February 2013. [25] It features the following events:
Robotix 2012 was held from 27–30 January 2012. [32] It consisted of the following events:
Robotix 2011 was held from 28–31 January 2011. Over 450 Teams participated. [33] It featured the following events:
The tenth edition of Robotix was held from 28–31 January 2010. [35] Over 1000 Teams participated. All events had an X in their name to indicate ten years. The competition featured the following events:
Robotix 2009 was held from 29 January – 1 February 2009. [37] It featured the following events:
Robotix 2008 was held from 31 January – 3 February 2008. It featured the following events, two of which were not disclosed beforehand:
Robotix 2007 was held from 1–4 February 2007. It featured the following events:
Robotix 2006 was held from 2–5 February 2006. It featured the following events:
Robotix 2008
1st Prize: Sobhan Kumar Lenka (DRIEMS)
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