A-MAZING!

Navigate a complex maze efficiently using a self-made robot, overcoming obstacles and avoiding dead ends.

The primary goal is to develop a robot that can effectively solve a predefined maze while adhering to competition rules and demonstrating the team's technical ingenuity. The competition tests the robot's ability to:

1. Navigate autonomously through intricate pathways.
2. Avoid obstacles and dead ends.
3. Reach the maze exit with optimal pathfinding in minimal time. .

A-MAZING is a thrilling maze-solving competition where participants pit their custom-built robots against each other. The event challenges participants to showcase their engineering and programming skills by navigating robots through a labyrinth full of twists, turns, and surprises. Robots will be judged based on the total time taken to solve the maze.

1. A team can include up to 5 participants.
2. All team members must be enrolled in the same college.
3. Each team needs to designate a team leader during the registration process.
4. All important communications will be directed through the team leader.

1. The maximum size of the robot is 15cm x 15cm.
2. The robot must start after pressing the 'ON' button.
3. All types of controller hardware are allowed, except Wi-Fi modules.
4. External devices like laptops, PCs, tablets, or single-board computers connected to the robot are not allowed.

1. 1 The maze will be wooden with smooth surfaces.
2. Maze dimensions: o Height: 3 inches o Entry and exit space: Approx. 20cm
3. The maze will have right and left-hand loops, bend paths, and a single color for walls and floor (white/light shade).

1. Each team will guide their robot through the maze to find the exit in the shortest possible time.
2. Robots will encounter multiple rounds of non-identical mazes.
3. The final winner is determined by the least total time to solve the maze.
4. Team members will be allowed only five times to touch or reset their robots position during the run.
5. This will lead to a time penalty and the timer will not stop during this course of action.

1. Number of human interventions.
2. Number of penalties.
3. Time taken to complete the track.

##General Rules:

1. The maze must be solved autonomously by the robot.
2. No Wi-Fi modules or external devices are allowed near the bot during operation.
3. The total time taken by the robot will be the basis for evaluation.
4. Extraordinary situations like hardware malfunctions or the bot getting stuck may result in retries if deemed reasonable by the committee.
5. Decisions by the TECHFEST committee will be final in all cases.