Hallmark Public School, Panchkula to bring Tricity on High Tech Robotics Map

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 10^th February:- Hallmark Public School, Panchkula in collaboration with Lego Robotgenius the training partner & Techtronics India Pvt. Ltd organizing Robofest 2015 from February 11 to 13 . It is noteworthy that what students learn under STEM subjects- Science, technology, Engineering & Mathematics can be integrated very well in autonomous robotics, Hallmark, as per their vision statement –'Each Endeavouring, All Achieving', has decided to extend this opportunity to learn this academic skills based tech-sport to other students of various eminent schools as well.   Robofest 2015 will kick off at the Hallmark School campus on Feb 11 with instructor lead training on Lego Mindstorm Robotics Kits. Terms like – 'Robot', 'Robotics' & 'Artificial Intelligence' will be explained. The teams will construct the robot – 'Edu Bot' & next would be introduction of NXT-G software.  

Jivtesh Garg, Director, Hallmark Public School said, that there are no registration charges & teams will be given Lego Mindstorms Robotics Kits & training to design, build & program Robots for the challenge – 'Pathfinders', free of cost. Ten teams from the leading schools of Panchkula are participating & the selection was done on first come first serve basis. Each team comprises of three students within the age group of 9-16 years & a mentor can accompany each team.

Rajesh Arora, Vice President, Techtronics India, said that aspects like 'Move Block','Move forward' with increased speed and 'Move backward with decreased speed', 'move around a box' will ensue as part of the preparations. Then would come introduction of Touch Sensor and Ultrasonic sensor followed by practical tasks. The Robots built will be dismantled for the finale –'Pathfinders' and under this teams will rebuild the Robot and complete tasks assigned over two rounds after-which the winners will be declared.