Will all the charging stations be switched on at once? At the beginning of the competition, and will follow the cycle mentioned in fig.5 of page 5, till the end of 5 minutes of the competition?

Also how long will the Energy storage station take to measure the charge collected by the bot?

The white line in the competition might give different IR values to which the IR gives with the white line we use for testing. So will there be time for IR CALIBRATION before the competition?
And are we allowed to test our bot on the platform before the competition ?

In the pdf,it is not mentioned what will the voltage of power sources and also, please clarify the difference between the different types of power souces because in page 4 in the pdf,it is written that there will be three types of power sources -regular ,accelerated and fast but In page no.5,Graph of slow,medium and fast is given with their respective activation and deactivation timing,this is really confusing... and also please tell us about nature of energy storage station(ESS),that means, will the potential between the Terminals of ESS will increase with charging or not.
In competition platform,there is no white line towards fast power sources as we have in other types of power sources and also ,distance between energy storage station and it's very near white line is not mentioned,
And please tell us why you have given that the voltage between any two terminal of our robot must not go above 48 volts,why only 48 volts,why not 50 or any other number?

Why you have given that the voltage between any two terminal of our robot must not go above 48 volts, why only 48 volts, why not 50 or any other number ?

It is mentioned in the rule book that for security reasons all robots must have an emergency button for the robot to come to halt instantly.
So, is it enough if the robot just comes to halt or should the power supply to the microcontroller be cut off?

1)The diameter of ENERGY STORAGE STATION is not mentioned anywhere in the rule book .
2)It is given in the rule book that the teams that have been approved can participate in the two qualifying rounds of the competition,also a ranking will be maintained on the basis of the points scored(the total of the two scores) to determine the teams that will qualify for the final round.
So how will the two qualifying rounds be conducted? Are the two qualifying rounds same?

what time will the event start on 4-oct-18?
Cause we have our midsem exams going on, so would like to know if we can reach the venue by 2:00 pm.

Regards,
Sachin.

The distance between energy storage station and it's very near white line is not mentioned.

In competition platform, there is no white line towards fast power sources as we have in other types of power sources. Why ?

We are using a Power Bank(5v ,1amp) to power the mobile base, but the power is not sufficient for both the motors as well as the sensors we are using . As an alternative we could not use a lipo battery with embedded NTC as it is not available for us. So can you give us some suggestions ?

I am not able to access what should be built and how charging takes place etc so can you explain what should we build on

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MYRT_RULES_V1.2 page 15
3.4.3 Emergency Button
For security reasons, all robots, must have an emergency button (in red) that is easily accessible (on top of the robot) to the referee. The referee can press this button in case of a major issue and thereby stop the match. If the referee presses this button the robot must come to a halt instantly.
The organising committee reserves the right to reject any system it deems dangerous.

Answers

The MYRT organization team will give official answer to questions in batches about every weeks.
If enough modifications are made to the rules, a new version of the document will be published and will supersede the previous version.

Welcome on board and good luck !

Good morning
I have a doubt regarding the charging and discharging process by the energy harvesting system
Should It be a wireless charging and discharging or else wired charging and discharging ???

1. Does the limiting resistance vary for a source , or is it constant?
2. In the grading pattern it is given that , if the energy delivered by the fast charging station is completely delivered to the ESS 500 points are awarded respectively 250 points for the accelerated and 66 points for the regular station.So, how do you differentiate between how much energy is being delivered from the 3 different sources to calculate the points

Are we allowed to use an extra microprocessor in parallel to the SAM board to act as a master and control the whole bot?

What is the voltage of the power sources ?

What are the differences between the different types of power souces ?
In page 4 of the RuleBook, it is written that there will be three types of power sources -regular ,accelerated and fast. But in page 5, Graph of slow,medium and fast is given with their respective activation and deactivation timing.

It is given in the rule book that the teams that have been approved can participate in the two qualifying rounds of the competition,also a ranking will be maintained on the basis of the points scored(the total of the two scores) to determine the teams that will qualify for the final round.
So how will the two qualifying rounds be conducted? Are the two qualifying rounds same?

If the Bot goes to an electrode which is not active at that time ,then will the energy harvesting circuit of the robot discharge?
That is, will the circuit of the charging station break when it is not active?

What is the nature of energy storage station(ESS),that means, will the potential between the Terminals of ESS will increase with charging or not ?

Should the bot reach the storage station only at the end or is it at the liberty of the team?

How does the robot charge when I goes to a position of station any example pics

Where will we get a 3.7v lipo battery with embedded NTC?
It is mentioned in schematics of SAMboard that we could short the GS pin if we want to connect a lipo battery without NTC, but we could not find the GS pin anywhere on the board.

The rule book states that each team is required to send a document containing the technical specifications to the organizers. By when is this to be done?
Also, we would like to know a rough timeline of events of the rounds of the competition.
We were also informed that all participants will receive a mobile platform [ the SAMboard] with basic parts on which we can build our robot. Could you please tell us by when are we going to receive the same?

Thank you.

It is mentioned that the robot that delivers the maximum amount of energy will be declared as the winner,then what is the criteria of points?
How are the points awarded for the energy collected?
Should the robot follow the white line?

The diameter of ENERGY STORAGE STATION is not mentioned anywhere in the rule book; can you give it ?