e-Yantra Robotics Teacher Competition
eYRTC
e-Yantra Robotics Teacher Competition is an annual competition conducted by e-Yantra for teacher teams from colleges that have already established e-Yantra labs through e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) to:
Introduce new concepts/technology in the field of robotics and embedded systems.
Incentivizing teachers for creativity and enthusiasm.
eYRTC - 2015
- Theme
- Restaurant Assistant (Order Taking Robot)
- In this theme,we explore automating a basic task – taking orders from customer tables and giving it to cooks. Theme replicates the restaurant floor on a small scale having nine (09) customer tables and it serves three (03) different types of food such as Indian, Chinese, Italian. For each type of food, there is one cooking zone associated with it. Each food type is represented by flags of different colors and shapes.
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The robot has to do the following:
- Take the order from each table
- Place the orders at their respective cooking zone and
- Display the table numbers with their ordered food, on the LCD
- Participants
- 244 teachers from 61 teams
- Regions
- Gujarat
- Bhopal
- Kakinada
- Punjab
- Guntur
- Indore
- Pondicherry
- Bengaluru
- Sivakasi
- Finalists
- 08 Teachers from 2 Teams
Winners
College |
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Mar Ephraem College of Engineering and Technology |
V. V. College of Engineering |
eYRTC - 2014
Overview
- Theme
- Valet Parking Robot
- In this theme, we designed a parking lot consisting of nine slots. Each slot is designated as either reserved for residents (indicated by a red flag) or available for visitors (indicated by a green flag). Each slot can be either “occupied” or “available”.
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The robot has to do the following:
- Detect the type of the slot (Resident or Visitor) and the state of the slot (Occupied or Available),
- Park itself at the appropriate available slot closest to the OUT sign (Exit) and
- Display the slot numbers that are available, on the LCD.
- Participants
- 252 Teachers from 63 Teams
- Regions
- Chennai
- Coimbatore
- Kolkata
- Noida
- Salem
- Trichy
- Finalists
- 52 Teachers from 13 Teams
Winners
Position | College |
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1st | Ideal Group of Institutions, Noida |
2nd | Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Salem |
3rd | Agni College of Technology, Chennai |
Special | Government College of Engineering, Bargur |
Special | Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Polytechnic |
Special | Birla Institute of Technology |
Special | Central Calcutta Polytechnic |
Position | College |
eYRTC - 2013
Overview
- Theme
- Minesweeper
- Identifying hidden objects placed in an unspecified general area is a challenging and interesting problem. Such tasks are essential in Defense and Disaster management applications, where time is a critical factor and the venture might be dangerous for humans. In this theme, ‘Minesweeper’ we challenge the teams to identify the location and the total number of mines (blocks) placed at random positions in the arena.
- Participants
- 140 Teachers from 35 Teams
- Regions
- Delhi/Chandigarh - 13 Colleges
- Ichalkaranji - 11 Colleges
- Mumbai/Pune - 5 Colleges
- Shimoga - 6 Colleges
- Finalists
- 44 Teachers from 11 Teams
Winners
Position | College |
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1st | D.Y. Patil Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pune |
2nd | D.K.T.E. Society's Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji |
2nd | Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi |
3rd | Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shimoga |
4th | Cluster Innovation Center, Delhi |
4th | Miranda House, Delhi |
Position | College |
eYRTC - 2012
Overview
- Theme
- Bhool-Bhuliya
- Bhool-bhuliya is a random maze with a start point and an end point. There are several paths emerging from the start point, but only one path takes you from the start point to the end point. The challenge is for the robot to start at the start point and reach the end point without any human intervention.
- Participants
- 64 Teachers from 16 Teams
- Finalists
- 44 Teachers from 11 Teams
Winners
Position | College |
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1st | Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Nerul, Navi Mumbai |
2nd | St. Francis Institute of Technology, Borivali, Mumbai |
3rd | Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai |
Position | College |