Robotics steals National Institute of Technology Calicut fest

Robotics was the cynosure of all eyes during Tathva,' National Institute of Technology's techno-management fest on Sunday

Update: 2016-10-24 01:14 GMT
Students participate in the quiz competition Samasya' on the concluding day of Tathva' management fest at National Institute of Technology, Calicut on Sunday.

KOZHIKODE: The final day of the National Institute of Technology’s techno-management fest, ‘Tathva, witnessed nail biting ends to events. As the curtain fell, underlying talents around India were discovered, innovative ideas were heard and technical shrewdness put to the test to ordain the tech-heads of the future. Like previous years, Robotics was the cynosure of all eyes. The astounding creations were marveled at by spectators. To spice it up, robotics events were conducted like Death Race, Collision Course, Dirt Race and League of Machines. It opened up a platform for techie warriors to fight their way out.

“The fun event named League of Machines had more than 20 participants presenting a nerve wracking competition between the robots,” said Sreeraj K, convener of the fest. Other robotic events included transporter where a robot would place a cylinder at a destined spot, Death race where a robot had to overcome obstacles and reach the finishing point and Accelertobotix where robots were navigated by means of hand gestures to approach the end point.

Expanding its horizon to various domains, the fest launched new ventures like Srishti and Interface. Srishti was held as a part of the social initiative. The fest also organised one of the biggest school level quizzes of the state, ‘Samasya’. The first place was bagged by Adit Vishnu P M and Harikrishnan N J from Hari Sri Vidhya Nidhi School, Thrissur.

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