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Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg, students participated in the Harvester Bot theme in e- Yantra Robotics Competition IIT- Bombay and secured 5th position in the National Finals held at IIT- Bombay on 22-23 March. Initially there were 23,000 participants from the country. After qualifying through 5 rounds and going through elimination rounds , our students successfully made their position as national ﬁnalists. This places them amongst the top 0.5% of the contestants in the e-Yantra National Competition. We are delighted that they have done our college proud. The team consisted of Bhupesh Kumar Verma, Sarita Manjhi, Prakhar Vaishnav, Mohit Patil all of B. E. 4th sem ETC Branch. Through this competition the students learned the use of image processing, path planning, using microcontroller Fire-Bird V atmega 2560, Raspberry Pi 3, communication between Raspberry Pi and Fire bird bot. e-Yantra is a Robotics outreach project an attempt by Prof. Kavi Arya in CSE Dept. at IIT Bombay to teach concepts of "Project Based Learning." This year’s e- Yantra achieves a six-year track record of running a massive (MHRD-funded) National Robotics outreach program. The e-Yanra presents a real-world problem in the form of a game with a rulebook and scoring criteria. For the past 6 years e-Yantra’s National Robotics Competition has been growing exponentially from 4,500 registrations in 2012 to 23,500 registrations (5,932 teams) last year . The competition teaches hardcore engineering skills through a scalable competition. The event was judged by reputed scholars as likes of Vallabh Bhanshali (Chairman, Enam Securities Pvt. Ltd.), Anil Lingayat (Head, Manufacturing, Godrej & Boyce), Prof. Dinesh Singh (ex-VC, Delhi University), Prof. Ashok Misra (ex-Director IIT Bombay) and Prof. SS Mantha (ex-Chairman, AICTE). At the event were also: Meeta Rajivlochan, IAS (Director, RUSA Maharashtra), Dr. Shivprasad Khened (Director, Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai), Romesh Kaul (MD, Mahindra CIE Ltd.), Mahesh Samat (Head, Disney India) amongst a host of other dignitaries and Almost 40+ IIT Bombay faculty across departments have helped evaluate the ﬁnalists of the competition.

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Page 1: Bhilai Institute of Technology Harvester Bot e- Yantra ...bitdurg.ac.in/admin/uploads/press_release_eyrc_English.pdf · Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg, students participated

Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg, students participated in the

Harvester Bot theme in e- Yantra Robotics Competition IIT- Bombay and

secured 5th position in the National Finals held at IIT- Bombay on 22-23March. Initially there were 23,000 participants from the country. Afterqualifying through 5 rounds and going through elimination rounds , ourstudents successfully made their position as national finalists.This places them

amongst the top 0.5% of the contestants in the e-Yantra National Competition. Weare delighted that they have done our college proud.

The team consisted of Bhupesh Kumar Verma, Sarita Manjhi, PrakharVaishnav, Mohit Patil all of B. E. 4th sem ETC Branch.

Through this competition the students learned the use of image processing,path planning, using microcontroller Fire-Bird V atmega 2560, Raspberry Pi 3,communication between Raspberry Pi and Fire bird bot.

e-Yantra is a Robotics outreach project an attempt by Prof. Kavi Arya in CSEDept. at IIT Bombay to teach concepts of "Project Based Learning." This year’s e-Yantra achieves a six-year track record of running a massive (MHRD-funded)National Robotics outreach program. The e-Yanra presents a real-world problem inthe form of a game with a rulebook and scoring criteria.

For the past 6 years e-Yantra’s National Robotics Competition has been growingexponentially from 4,500 registrations in 2012 to 23,500 registrations (5,932 teams)last year . The competition teaches hardcore engineering skills through a scalablecompetition.

The event was judged by reputed scholars as likes of Vallabh Bhanshali (Chairman,Enam Securities Pvt. Ltd.), Anil Lingayat (Head, Manufacturing, Godrej & Boyce),Prof. Dinesh Singh (ex-VC, Delhi University), Prof. Ashok Misra (ex-Director IITBombay) and Prof. SS Mantha (ex-Chairman, AICTE). At the event were also: MeetaRajivlochan, IAS (Director, RUSA Maharashtra), Dr. Shivprasad Khened (Director,Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai), Romesh Kaul (MD, Mahindra CIE Ltd.), MaheshSamat (Head, Disney India) amongst a host of other dignitaries and Almost 40+ IITBombay faculty across departments have helped evaluate the finalists of thecompetition.