INTRODUCTION

TheLostintheJungletaskrequirescompetitorsto:
ManagetheMobilityandAutonomousObjectManagementSystemofaPlayAreaMonitor
Robot
ChildrenhavelefttheSocietychildrenplayareatoplayinthetreesoftheJungle.PlayArea
MonitorRobotmustbringtheseChildrenbacktothechildrenplayarea.
DESCRIPTIONOFPROJECTANDTASKS
ThetwoLostintheJungleCourtseachprovide:
TwoSidebySideIndependentchildrenplayarea/JungleEnvironments
TheChildrenintheRedSchoolYardarePositionedinTreesOnREDChildCarriers
TheChildrenintheBlueSchoolYardarePositionedinTreesOnBlueChildCarriers
AllTeamsofCompetitorscanexpecttohaveEvaluationTestRunsinBOTHofthe
Independentchildrenplayarea/JungleEnvironmentspresentintheirAssignedCourtand
willneedtopreparetoretrieveBOTHRedandBlueChildCarriers.
Note:
TheCompetitionJunglePatternswillbesetbytheMobileRoboticsExpertJury
Panelbasedontheoptionspresentedinthisdocument.
TheJungleTreesare5,7,9,11and13cmtall
. TheChildrenarerepresentedbydowelsoflength40mmanddiameter20mm.
TheChildCarriersare110by110by25mmwithanUndertheCarrierOpenSpaceof110
by90by15mm
TheChildPocketsinthecarrierswillbe5mmdeepandhaveadia.2mmgreaterthana
ChildDowel.

IndependentChildrenPlayArea/JungleEnvironmentElements
TheChildrenPlayArea
TheChildrenPlayAreaisa500by500mmspace.
Thisareaincludesa50mmTapeLineallaroundtheChildrenPlayAreaPerimeter.
TheChildrenPlayAreawillbeeitheraRedoraBlueVinylSheet.
TheRobotStartPosition
RobotsstartintheChildrenPlayAreadirectlyinfrontoftheSociety.
TheRobotMUSTbe100%InsidetheChildrenPlayArea(TapeLine).
TheStartoftheTaskRobotOrientationisaCompetitorDecision.
PlacementofChildrenintheTrees
InthePocketsofChildCarriersOnly
ChildCarrierswillalwaysbeplacedintheCentreoftheTreeTop
ALLTreeswillhavea25cmlongTapeLinepositioned5cminfrontofthetree
OneedgeoftheTapeLinewillbealignedwiththeCentrePointoftheTree

TheJungle:
TreeswillbeplacedintheJungleasIndividualStandAloneTreesandasClustersofTrees
involvingvariousnumbersofTreesineachCluster.(ReferAboveFigure)
SomeoftreeswillhaveNOChildreninthem.
TheCompetitionJunglePatternswillbesetbytheMobileRoboticsExpertJuryPanelbefore
competition.

Dimensionsofthetrees:

ChildCarrier:


ChildCarrierconsistsofChildCarrierTOPandTwoChildCarrierLegs
TheChildCarrierTOPconsistsofsolidwoodenplateofdimension110x110x25mm
Thereare5pocketswithdiameter22mmand5mmdeep
Colourisflatblueorred
TheChildCarrierLegsareofdimension110by15by10mm
LegshavethesamecolourastheCarrierTOP
ThechildrenplayareaMonitorRobot
TheRobotmayconsistsofaanycontrollerinterfacedwithLabView/anymachineconstructed
withanycontrollerwiththebasicequipmentofdistancesensors,Camera,linesensors,
Gyroscopeetc.
CanuseFirebirdasamachineandcandesignyourowngripperassemblywithanymaterialand
canbeinterfacewithFirebird.
TherobotmusttransportChildCarriers.Thistaskrequiresanadditionalobjectmanagement
tool:i.e.Gripperassemblyetc.
Competitorsarefreetodesigntheirmachineandselectanycontrollerandgripperassembly.
ProjectModules:
TherewillbeonlyonemodulesfortheRegionalcompetition.
Module1:IsolatedAutonomousObjectManagementinvolvingtheGripper,ChildCarriers
andavarietyofTreeswiththePlayAreaMonitorRobot.
Description:

ThestartpositionoftherobotisthecentreofthePlayAreaoppositeofoneofthetree.
Therearefivetreeswithheight5,7,9,11and13cm.Thesequenceisfixedandwillbesetby
theExpertJuryPanel.
Thereisatapeoflength25cmleadingtoeachtree.
ThereisaChildCarrierwithwithnochildrenoneachtree.Thecolourofthecarriersisblue.
Thetaskis
oNavigatemonitorRobottowardsfronttree,stopmomentarilybyglowingRedLEDonthe
robotandtaketurntoleft/rightaccordingtotargettreepositions,moveyourrobottothattree,
stoprobotinfrontofthattree,pickthechildcarrierandplaceitbacktotheplayarea.Againpick
secondcarrier(placedonanytreebyJury)andreturntotheplayareacompletely.
oCarriersmustbecompletelyinsideofthePlayarea,i.e.donottouchtheborderlineofthePlay
area

oAttheendtherobotmustbecompletelyoutsideoftheschoolyard.
oTherobotmustworkcompletelyautonomously,i.e.theprogramrunsontherobot
controlleronly.
PresentationandMarking:
Allteamwillmustwriteacode/programfortheirmachinefromthescratchduringpreparationtime.
After3.5Hrspreparationtime,allteamsmustgivetheirfirsttestrunof10min.
AfterfirsttestrunEachteamwillagainget3.5Hrsforcodemodificationafterwhichteamsmustgivetheir
secondtestrun.
Duringpreparationtime(3.5Hrsofcodedevelopment),teamsareallowedtobringtheirmachineonthe
fieldfortestingtheircodes,cancarryoutsomemeasurement(distancebetweentrees,lengthofblackline
etc.)anynooftimes.

Teamswillhave2TestRuns
Teamshaveatimeslotof10minutesforeachTestRun.
A10minuteTestRunTimeSlotconsistsof:
o02minutesofPreparation
o08minutesEvaluationTestRun
Twoteamswillbegintheir10minutesTestRunatthesametime.
EvaluationwilltakeplaceafteraTestRunhasbeencompleted.
TheMarkValuewilldependonthenavigationofrobot,stoppingatproperposition,glowing
LEDathalt,NumberofChildCarriersbringingbacksuccessfullyinplayarea.

Scoresin2testrunwillbeaddedandwillbeconsideredasafinalscoreforthatparticularteam
formodule1.

ChildCarriersmustbe100%inthePlayareaforaTeamtobeawardedamark.
ThesamplebelowshowsaPerfectTaskCompletion.

ALLChildCarriersandChildrenhavebeensuccessfullyreturnedtotheSchoolYardandthis
TeamwouldqualifyforaTimeMark.

ThesamplepicturebelowshowsaPartialTaskCompletion.

Marksareawardedonlyfor:
ChildCarriers100%inthePlayArea
NoofchildrenthePlayArea
MarksareNOTawardedfor:
ChildCarrier100%OutsidethePlayArea.
ChildrenOnaChildCarrierbutOutsidethePlayArea.
ChildCarrieronlyPartiallyinthePlayArea
ChildrenwhohaveFallenOfftheChildCarriers
ThisTeamwouldNOTqualifyforaTimeMark.
INSTRUCTIONSTOTHECOMPETITOR
CompetitorsareexpectedtodemonstrateTrueFairPlayandCooperationatalltimesbutmost
particularlywhentheyaresharingthecourtspacesduringtheirpreparations.
GiventheChildCarriersintheSidebySideJungleareDifferentColours(RedandBlue)
CompetitorscanuseCameraBasedColourAnalysistolocateChildCarriersintheJungle.

CompetitorsmustpreparetohaveTestRunsinBOTHsidesoftheCourt.

MarkingSchemeforPreliminaryRound:

Aspect
ID

Description

Marks

LeavesStartingpointcompletely

10

NavigatemonitorRobottowardsfronttree,
stopmomentarilybyglowingRedLED

20

TargetTreeSearchSuccessful

20

Carrierpickedandiswithingripperarm

20

Carrierplacedcorrectlyonplayarea

20

Monitorrobotiscompletelyoutofplayarea

10

Violations Remark

Note:Jurywilldecidenooftreesinthefield.(max3treesinfield).Sameprocesscanrepeat(
step3,4and5)forsecondandthirdtree,thatmanyadditionalmarksyouwillget.
EQUIPMENT,MACHINERY,INSTALLATIONSANDMATERIALSREQUIRED

TeamsmustbringnecessarymaterialandtoolsrequiredfortheirrobotinaContainer.
Materialprovidedfromtheorganizers:
SolderGuns,SolderingMetal,Cutter,Drillingmachine,PersonalComputer.