Pesticide usage worldwide has quadrupled over the last 40 years, from an average of 0.5 Kg per hectare in 1961 To 2kg per hectare in 2004!
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.
Only 50% of Nairobi's water supply actually reaches the customer!The other half is lost through leakages and illegal connections
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.
