Technovation '10 - Technical Symposium Of MGIT: Events in Hyderabad

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Technovation is the national level technical symposium organised by the Department Of Mechatronics at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT). The symposium is on from 6th to 9th April, at the college's campus in Gandipet. This 3-day technical fest has several interesting events that involve robots, junk, paper planes and sometimes even real people.

A details list of the events is as under:

Paper Presentation

One of the most important events of the symposium, it sees students of several colleges participate. This year, the topics are:

Mechatronics System Design/ MEMs

Instrumentation and Control Systems

Recent trends in Automobile Engineering

Recent advances in Material Technology

Image Processing

CAD/CAM

CIM/FMS

FEM/CFD

Alternative Fuels

Robotics/Automation

Automotive Electronics

Microcontrollers/PLCs

Concurrent Cngineering

Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic

Non-Conventional Energy Systems

Expert systems in Manufacturing Technology

Nanotechnology & Virtual Manufacturing

Pocket Mein Rocket

A paper plane contest where participants are required to make a plane from the raw materials that will be given on the spot.

Junkyard Wars

Model the required entity out of the provided junk from the mechanical backyard.

Mec'collage

Cut pictures relevant to a particular topic (provided on the spot) from the material provided, and paste them on a chart to express your ideas. The required print material (newspapers, magazines and stationery) will be provided by the organizers.

Technical Potpourri

The event is a combination of a Technical Quiz, Technical Dumb-charades, and Technical Pictionary.

Robotics

Robotics Workshop

The workshop is being organized by ARK Technosystems, in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, which in turn will provide certificates for all the participants.

Aqua Race

Prepare a floating robot which can be propelled forward so as to complete the race course in minimum time.

Robosoccer

The aim is to design a robot that can kick the ball and score the goal. The robot can be either wired or wireless.

All-Terrain Race

Each competing team must design and prepare a manually operated bot which is required to travel through a series of different terrains like mud, gravel and grass.

Line Follower

In this event, the robots have to cross a maze without trespassing into the opponent's territory.

Step Climber

Each competing team must design and build a manually operated bot which must ascend and descend a staircase in the least possible time, step by step.

Sumo-Bot

Participants must make a robot capable of pushing out the opponent