My first robotics competition and win!

Brief

Shaastra is the annual national level tech fest of IIT Madras. The problem statement involved creating two robots, one manual and the other one autonomous.
The problem statement is as shown in the animation. A requirement for the autonomous robot was to have no onboard power supply, The power for the robot shall be tapped from a wire frame placed above the hexagonal tracing lines the ground was from the tracing lines plate.
We managed to bag the third prize in this national level competition with more than 40 teams from around India.

Design files

Sketchup Warehouse Link https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/faa58fa6d11a8eb79842afd94bd8e289/MITVEINZ-bot-for-coldfusion-IIT-Mshaastra-2011.

Sketchup Warehouse Link https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/5e91228f527092c12920716ef940afbb/Autonomous-Line-Following-Robot.

Sketchup Warehouse Link https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/3635d46aeb69caac9842afd94bd8e289/MITVEINZ-manual-BOT.

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