Events

 TANDEM: BASED UPON THE UTTAKHAND DISASTER, THIS IS A MANUAL ROBOTICS EVENT THAT WILL TEST ROBOT’S ABILITY TO MANOUVERE THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN AND RESCUE VICTIMS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROBOT TO ASSIST THE PREVIOUS ONE TO CROSS RIDGES.  AUTO-TRAVERSE: AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS EVENT THAT COMPRISES OF TWO PHASES. IN THE FIRST PHASE, THE BOT WILL HAVE TO TRAVERSE A GRID USING THE PRINCIPLES OF LINE FOLLOWING AND NODE DETECTING. THE ROBOT WILL ALSO NEED TO HAVE A LCD DISPLAY THAT SHOWS THE CO-ORDINATES OF THE ROBOT IN THE GRID. IN THE SECOND PHASE, THE ROBOT WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PATH LIT BY LIGHT AND AVOID ALL BLOCKED NODES.  FAST AND FURIOUS: IN THIS DEATH RACE TYPE OF EVENT, THE ROBOTS WILL HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER IN TRAVELLING OVER A ROUGH TERRAIN IN THE SMALLEST TIME.  ROBO-SOCCER: IT IS A SOCCER BASED ROBOTICS EVENT. IT WILL BE A ONE ON ONE SOCER MATCH BETWEEN TWO TEAMS, EACH WITH TWO MANUALLY CONTROLLED ROBOTS.  ROPE GUIDED BOT(RGB): IN THIS EVENT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE TO TRAVERSE A VERTICAL ROPE AND PICK AND PLACE BOOKS IN SHELVES.  THE OBJECT DETECTOR: AN IMAGE PROCESSING BASED EVENT THAT HAS TWO ROUNDS. IN THE FIRST ROUND, THE ROBOTS WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE SHAPE THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED BEFORE THEM. IN THE SECOND PHASE, AN OBJECT WILL BE PLACED IN THE ARENA. THE ROBOT WILL HAVE TO SCAN THE ARENA AND ONCE IT FINDS AN OBJECT, IT WILL SIMPLY MOVE TOWARDS THE OBJECT. ONCE IT REACHES THE OBJECT, IT WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ROBOT WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE TO SCAN THE ARENA AND FIND THE NEXT OBJECT.  ELECTRONICHE: IN THIS EVENT, PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE TO DESIGN AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT ACCORDING TO THE GIVEN PROBLEM STATEMENT.  CODEX : THE PARTICIPANTS CAN MAKE A TEAM OF MAXIMUM 3 PERSONS AND MINIMUMM 1 PERSON. THEY WILL BE GIVEN A PROBLEM STATEMENT WHICH THEY NEED TO SOLVE USING C OR JAVA. THERE WILL BE 2 CODING ROUND - PRELIMINARIES AND FINALS.  X BUG: THE PARTICIPANT CAN MAKE A TEAM OF MAXIMUM 3 MEMBERS AND MINIMUM 1 MEMBER. THERE WILL BE TWO ROUNDS BOTH ON DEBUGGING AND PREDICTING THE OUTPUTS.  CIPHER X : THE PARTICIPANTS CAN MAKE A TEAM OF MAXIMUM 3 MEMBERS AND MINIMUM 1 MEMBER. THE ROUNDS WILL CONSIST OF LOGICAL QUESTIONS, CRYPTOGRAPHY, ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION.  PAPYRUS:  THIS IS A TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATION COMPETITION.  GAME PLAN: A PAPER PRESENTATION EVENT THAT WILL HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS DEBATING AND MAKING A PRESENTATION ON THE PROBLEMS FACING THE INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM.  B-PLAN: IN THIS EVENT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A BUSINESS PLAN OF THEIR OWN AND PRESENT IT BEFORE A PANEL.  STOCK-ON: AN EVENT THAT MIMMICKS THE STOCK MARKET, THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE JUDGED ACCRODING TO THE AMOUNT THEY MAKE TRADING STOCKS.  QUIZ: WHICH TECH-FEST IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A QUIZ? A GENERAL QUIZ WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE DAYS OF SRIJAN.  JUNKYARD WARS: BASED UPON THE EXTREMELY POPULAR SHOW BY THE SAME NAME IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, THIS EVENT TESTS THE SKILLS AND INGENUITY OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN MECHANICAL DESIGN.  TECHNOCADIA: THIS EVENT IS BASED UPON MECHANICAL DESIGN USING COMPUTER AIDED TOOLS(CAD). A PROBLEM STATEMENT WILL BE GIVEN AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO DESIGN BASED UPON THE STATEMENT USING AUTOCAD 2010 OR HIGHER.  MATHEMAGICIAN: THIS EVENT TESTS THE METTLE OF THE STUDENTS IN ANALYTICAL THINKING AND MATHEMATICAL APTITUDE.  JOKERS QUEST: AN ON-DAY TREASURE HUNT COMPETITION IN THE CAMPUS WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO SOLVE CLUES AND FIND A HIDDEN JOKER! IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE EVENTS THERE WILL BE GAMING EVENTS FOR THE GAMING AFFICANDOS.  NEED FOR SPEED  COUNTER STRIKE  FIFA