FlipKart Grid 3.0:
Brief:
Behind the scenes in the e-commerce industry lies a sophisticated system of automation and robotics to help bring down costs and deliver goods to customers at the fastest speeds possible. Our current upcoming facility - expected to be one of the largest in Asia, has a throughput of over 40,000 units/hour. We are constantly looking for ways to increase our scale and speed while trying to minimize cost. That brings us to a problem that we have solved but looking at ways in which you can innovate.
Objective This competition aims to test 2 main capabilities in contestants:
1. A central monitoring/navigation system (such as a camera or multiple cameras) should be used to understand the arena and the position of the robots and instruct robots on actions to be taken.
Note: Arrangement of robot tracking via central monitoring system is “Flipkart Patent Pending”.
2. Swarm algorithms for maximizing the throughput of the given systems The participants are expected to build their own robot (both hardware and software) which is able to meet the above objective. In case any third- party hardware kit/software is being used, participants must declare it.
Bot Specifications:
● Each bot is to fit within 6x6 inch square
● Each bot has a tray on top to carry 20x20x20 mm cube (approximate size)
● Tray has the ability to flip to drop items in chute
● No sensors for navigation/object detection to be mounted on the robot The robot can only be touched by the operator when it is in the Induction zone