BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Indian/Mahe BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T071407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+04 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19200101T001848 TZOFFSETFROM:+0341 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1TH;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+04 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211029T183509Z UID:336F8002-A4FA-4D60-BB7C-3E062999BE75 DTSTART;TZID=Indian/Mahe:20211023T180000 DTEND;TZID=Indian/Mahe:20211023T190000 DESCRIPTION:In the hope of appraising the overall effort of the executive c ommittee and the volunteers of the IEEE\, RAS student chapter of the Unive rsity of Peradeniya\, and to evaluate the performance of the enthusiastic participants of the Robotrick’21\, a task was given to the registrants. It was a simple task\, but with some constraints\, to test whether the new ly approached young souls to the robotics field has grabbed the knowledge provided by the eight webinars and the two workshops.\n\nThe awarding sess ion was to award the winners of the mini-competition held and inspire the newbies to achieve their dreams on the field. The keynote speech delivered by Dr. Pantaleon Perera on the 23rd of October\, 2021\, at the Awarding C eremony of Robotricks 2021/22\, left the participants to ponder. As he sha red his thoughts on the industry’s current status quo while stressing th at even though we may not have the resources to deliver the end product\, we’ve got the potential to be the driving force behind a robot’s creat ion. His ideas perfectly lined up with the vision of Robotricks 2021/22\, which was to spread extensive and domain-specific knowledge on Robotics am ong young aspiring robot enthusiasts around Sri Lanka.\n\nThe Robot Simula tion task presented to the participants of Robotricks 2021/22 allowed them to cement further the knowledge they had gathered. The participants were presented with the task of building a simulation of a line following robot from scratch on Webots. The submissions were then subjected to a rigorous evaluation process by a panel of experts. Marks were awarded mainly focus ing on the robustness of the algorithms used\, the feasibility of the phys ical design\, and the number of sensors used to navigate through the track s. Robot UNICUS 1 was awarded as the most popular robot based on the Faceb ook likes received. Robot Maywon by Rusiru Tharinda was awarded the fastes t robot in the competition for expeditiously navigating the tracks with th e least lap time. The awarding ceremony wouldn’t have been complete with out awarding the participants who had toiled hard to eliminate loopholes i n their algorithms while paying careful attention to the physical design a s well. It was truly a tedious task for the panel of judges to sift the be st of the best out of nearly 50 submissions received. Following the carefu l scrutinizing of the Judges\, Robot Maywon by Rusiru Tharinda and Robot G odspeed\, which was a combined effort of Vinura Wanniarachchi\, Kithuruwan Prathapasinghe\, Limalka Sadith were able to finish as Joint Runners up w hile Robot Detroit by Dinoj Supunsara bagged the Magicbit Development boar d which was awarded to the overall winner of the contest.\n\nSpeaker(s): D r. Pantaleon Perera\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm - Introduction\n\n6:05 pm - We lcome Address by the secretary.\n\n6:10 pm - Keynote speech on ‘Student ’s Involvement in Robotics – A Long Term Investment’ by Dr. Pantaleo n Perera\n\n6:45 pm - Distribution of Awards\n\n7:00 pm - Thank You Note b y Chairperson\n\n7:10 pm - Closing Ceremony\n\nVirtual: https://events.vto ols.ieee.org/m/287813 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287813 ORGANIZER:ieeeraspera@gmail.com SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Robotricks 21/22 - Awards ceremony URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/287813 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">In the ho pe of appraising the overall effort of the executive committee and the vol unteers of the IEEE\, RAS student chapter of the University of Peradeniya\ , and to evaluate the performance of the enthusiastic participants of the Robotrick&rsquo\;21\, a task was given to the registrants. It was a simple task\, but with some constraints\, to test whether the newly approached y oung souls to the robotics field has grabbed the knowledge provided by the eight webinars and the two workshops.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-we ight: 400\;">The awarding session was to award the winners of the mini-com petition held and inspire the newbies to achieve their dreams on the field . The keynote speech delivered by Dr. Pantaleon Perera on the 23</span><sp an style="font-weight: 400\;">rd</span><span style="font-weight: 400\;"> o f October\, 2021\, at the Awarding Ceremony of Robotricks 2021/22\, left t he participants to ponder. As he shared his thoughts on the industry&rsquo \;s current status quo while stressing that even though we may not have th e resources to deliver the end product\, we&rsquo\;ve got the potential to be the driving force behind a robot&rsquo\;s creation. His ideas perfectl y lined up with the vision of Robotricks 2021/22\, which was to spread ext ensive and domain-specific knowledge on Robotics among young aspiring robo t enthusiasts around Sri Lanka.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 4 00\;">The Robot Simulation task presented to the participants of Robotrick s 2021/22 allowed them to cement further the knowledge they had gathered. The participants were presented with the task of building a simulation of a&nbsp\; line following robot from scratch on Webots. The submissions were then subjected to a rigorous evaluation process by a panel of experts. Ma rks were awarded mainly focusing on the robustness of the algorithms used\ , the feasibility of the physical design\, and the number of sensors used to navigate through the tracks. Robot UNICUS 1 was awarded as the most pop ular robot based on the Facebook likes received. Robot Maywon by Rusiru Th arinda was awarded the fastest robot in the competition for expeditiously navigating the tracks with the least lap time. The awarding ceremony would n&rsquo\;t have been complete without awarding the participants who had to iled hard to eliminate loopholes in their algorithms while paying careful attention to the physical design as well. It was truly a tedious task for the panel of judges to sift the best of the best out of nearly 50 submissi ons received. Following the careful scrutinizing of the Judges\, Robot May won by Rusiru Tharinda and Robot Godspeed\, which was a combined effort of Vinura Wanniarachchi\, Kithuruwan Prathapasinghe\, Limalka Sadith were ab le to finish as Joint Runners up while Robot Detroit by Dinoj Supunsara ba gged the Magicbit Development board which was awarded to the overall winne r of the contest.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font -weight: 400\;">6:00 pm -&nbsp\; Introduction</span></p>\n<p><span style=" font-weight: 400\;">6:05 pm&nbsp\; - Welcome Address by the secretary.</sp an></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">6:10 pm&nbsp\; - Keynote spee ch on &lsquo\;Student&rsquo\;s Involvement in Robotics &ndash\; A Long Ter m Investment&rsquo\;&nbsp\; by Dr. Pantaleon Perera</span></p>\n<p><span s tyle="font-weight: 400\;">6:45 pm - Distribution of Awards</span></p>\n<p> <span style="font-weight: 400\;">7:00 pm - Thank You Note by Chairperson</ span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">7:10 pm - Closing Ceremony< /span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR