TECH-QUILA
It was one time where one could get to see football being played in the tennis court. The IT Tennis courts probably witnessed its largest audience, when the first-years amassed to watch, and take part in Tech-Quila, an event organized by TAC (Technical Activity Centre) especially for them.
In Tech-Quila, the creativity didn’t stop with the name. Conceptualized with an aim to provide a level playing ground for first years and to provide a prelude to Technex, Tech-Quila set the stage for the final show in Jan. Robosoccer was the name of the game, and the mission of the participants was to make two robots, one with an attacking mechanism, and one with a defending mechanism, a football simulation. A few rules were set, but none that prevented innovation.
Hats off to the first yearites. They met the challenging task of making their first robot with zeal and came up with rather interesting mechanisms for their attack and defense. Although not much time was given, they showed great enthusiasm and interest in making their robots and were constantly pestering their seniors for guidance, of which they received ample. Their seeds of effort bore fruit, in the arena on the 31st of October, when they locked horns in the field (a few, literally!).
The games were a big success. Encouraged by their classmates who had come to watch, quite a few teams put up rather laudable performances. There were a few one sided games but a lot of the games had nail biting finishes. There were even a few penalty shootouts! The best times in the game was when the ball stopped agonizingly close to the goal, with either team struggling desperately to maneuver their robots to hit the ball. In all, 20 teams took part in the competition, and the team which emerged the champions was the team from Computer Science and Engg. who called themselves “Dragon”. During the course of the event, the Technex Team unveiled its mascot, Technu, and also gave a presentation of Technex’07. The event went well into the night, and it was almost 2 a.m when “Dragon” was finally crowned winner of Robosoccer.
(Reported by S.Vignesh, 2nd Material Sci and Tech)