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Only 50% of Nairobi's water supply actually reaches the customer!The other half is lost through leakages and illegal connections
The snow and ice in The Eastern Himalayas have shrunk by an astonishing 30% since the 1970s!
For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we save 7,000 gallons of pure water.
2% of the household batteries in the UK are collected for recycling. Councils involved need to step up their efforts to reach their target which is 25% by 2012 and 45% by 2016.
It is estimated that up to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year, more than one million per minute.*
The Future is here. ROBOTS will soon be a part of every household. Just like the mobile phone revolution, there is going to be a ROBOTICS revolution.If you think you can contribute to this revolution by building bots that can find potential applications in everyday life - you belong here. The Robotics Design Challenge is an open invitation to you.
Mail us every minute detail of your bot in a report. The reportmust be in PDF formatand must contain:
1)A Name for your robot – Creative names are welcome.
2)A complete circuit diagram with proper explanation.
3)Working of the bot.
4)Potential applications.
5)A photograph of the bot.
6)Contact details – e-mail ID, mobile numbers, college and department of each participant.
Based on the report, the best 10 bots will be shortlisted and called for display.
The first round will be a display of the bots in a stall that will be provided. You should be ready to answer questions by judges and visitors to your stall.
The second round will be a technical presentation for 10 minutes followed by a questioning session for 5 minutes.
Third round will be a marketing round, wherein the participants have to market their bots to potential customers.
Send your detailed reports in doc/docx/pdf format to robotics@psgkriya.org on or before 31st January.
Points will be awarded based on the following:
Originality of the design.
Applications of the bot.
Presentations made by the team.
Audience vote.
Each team cannot contain more than 4 members.
All teams must provide proper contact details like current e-mail ID, mobile number and college.
