Robotics competition for Class VI to XII

Jay Robotics, a robotic company, has announced Robokid 2013, a state-level completion across more than 250 schools in Andhra Pradesh. The registrations for the competition which aims at increasing awareness amongst the student community about the field of robotics are open till May 10. The competition is for students of Class VI to XII. Post registrations, the students will be entitled to an eight-hour training module free of cost on robotics to learn the basic mechanisms of operating a robot.

Registered students will also get a licensed version of Roboguru software to make learning easier and bring a practical approach to all the Science & Maths concepts. It is a software, where you could drag and drop the options into the editor, execute the code and see the movement of robot in the simulator. This same code could be applied to a live robot and it will obey the commands in real time environment.

Students can register online individually or in teams of one to four by providing their school name and other details with a registration fee of Rs 850 per student. Prizes worth Rs 1.5 lakh are in store for the student teams that emerge as the winner and runners. Also, schools of winning team will be awarded seven lakh worth robotics lab and also the school with maximum nominations will be awarded seven lakh worth Robotics Lab.

Sudhir Reddy MS, (PhD) Robotics, founder and director Jay Robotix said, "Robotics in India is currently witnessing a surge and hence there are a lot of opportunities in this field which the students will be able to tap in future. The training they will receive in the competition will prove to be vital not only for studies but in their all round development as well"

For further information, log on to www.jayrobotix.co.in