Taking part in this competition for students as part of Robotics Challenge Day 2024, ISRO announced on Twitter (now X) that it is inviting the Indian student community to design and implement a space robot that includes both hardware and software.
The tagline of the competition is "Let's Build a Space Robot". The registration to participate in the competition starts on 20th November and ends on 15th December 2023. Interested students need to register in advance. Prizes are awarded to the top three teams based on the jury's evaluation and the fair play attitude of the teams.
In the space robot challenge, the first-place winner will get Rs 5 lakh, the second-place winner will get Rs 3 lakh and the third-place winner will get Rs 2 lakh. Apart from this, ISRO will also give an incentive prize of Rs 1 lakh each to two contestants.
ISRO Robotics Challenge Day 2024 is scheduled for August 2024 at the URSC Bengaluru campus. The objective of this challenge is to provide a standardized platform for students to learn more about the field of space robotics. That way, bright students can be found and their skills can be used in future space research in the country.
This competition will enable students to enhance many skills like communication, collaboration, research, and problem-solving. This will help them a lot in their studies and later in their professional life. Students will also get help from ISRO to develop future technologies for use in space robotics.
The challenge of the competition will involve identifying, analyzing, and solving complex engineering problems using mathematics and science. Participants will design appropriate experiments and analyze and interpret test and analytical data. Operations in the space sector have always been full of challenges.
ISRO aims to meet these challenges and thereby create interest in space research among students. Space robotics is a promising field in the future. Countries around the world are trying to make many experiments and make their mark in space. However, it is not always practical to use humans for such tasks.
More research would be possible if we could send a robot capable of doing whatever experiments a human would need to go into space instead of humans going there directly. Thus, this move by ISRO can be seen as a step towards the great goal of growing India's space robotics research sector to such a level.
ISRO aims to build robotic rovers by incorporating ideas from the competition and using these robotic rovers in future space missions. India is planning research on the moon and other planets. More information about this competition is available at the link on ISRO's Twitter post.
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