The lunar trek event was held on 28th of February, the National Science Day, as a part of SEDS India National Conference [SINC ‘09]. The event involved a rover steering through an uneven terrain to drop the given rock sample at the pre-defined destinations, avoiding the provided obstacles. The rovers were tested for their design, maneuverability on uneven terrains, time utilization, weight of the design and the path chosen. Additional tasks were given to all the participants to test their design against some unseen forces and test their adaptability.
The event coming on the heels of the Rover Design Competition held in 2007 is a step ahead in a series of such events planned for the future. The event saw 5 teams from other universites while there were 20 teams from VIT itself. The event was judged by Dr. M. Khalid.
Winners : 1st prize: G.Charles raj, B. Rahul, V.Bhanu Kiran Reddy, B.Uday Kumar
2nd prize: Arun Agarwal, Ajit Kumar , Amit Kumar, Aditya Raj
The event saw 25 teams from various colleges fighting out with their rovers on the rugged lunar terrain for over four hours. While 18 of them could successfully complete the task, 12 teams have also completed the additional tasks too. 5 external colleges including SRMU, MLRIT Hyderabad, NIT Warangal participated in the competition. Albeit many designs were demonstrated successfully by the students on the track, we had to pick out only one winner. Scoring was done, using a pre-set formula which had taken all the factors into consideration. The winning team finished the entire task in mere 38 seconds, including the additional tasks, which is impressive because of the design’s balance between torque generated and the speed of the rover.
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