Hallmark Sets a Benchmark on Global Platform

The Nalayaks, the robotics team of Hallmark Public School Panchkula feels ecstatic on its splendid triumph of ‘Best Robot Design for Strategy Innovation’ Award amongst 91 teams from 36 different countries in the FLL International Open Championship at the University of Bath, Bath (United Kingdom). India stands proud to witness its budding technical experts – Jatin Chhabra, Pankhuri Garg, and Kunal Garg – at such a tender age making their country win such a significant award and get recognised at a global platform.

Once again the Nalayaks have proved that they are Genius. The team believes that it’s their perspective that matters the most. As impossible says- “I’m Possible”. NALAYAKS “NA! (WE ARE) Layaks.” Interestingly the three musketeers have put it in a right way that perspective does matter and perhaps it is an integral part of mankind and its history.

The Nalayaks are the Genius

Exhuberant over their achievement at an international platform, Jatin Chhabra-the captain of the Nalayaks exclaimed, “The very thought of participating in the international competition and competing with foreign kids itself was as thrilling as the actual experience. Despite increasing politicization among different nations, especially a country like Pakistan, we had altogether a different experience. Our interaction with other teams, to some extent, bridged the gap and enhanced the mutual understanding & global unity.” When asked about their Robot Design, Jatin said, “It requires remarkable inventiveness, imagination, exceptionally hard work with an earnest strategy to build an innovative and incredible robot that can perform the assigned tasks impeccably in specific time limit apart from having a visual appeal.”

It is the invincible attitude and the undaunted will power of the entire team inclusive of Pankhuri Garg- Robot Operator-cum-Project Lead and Kunal Garg- the Chief Programmer that such an exceptional achievement could have been possible.

Feeling on the top of the world, Parkhuri Garg shared, “It was really an exciting and fun global robotics-based, life skills challenge program that ignited in us an enthusiasm for discovery, science, and technology. We spent most of our time in the school laboratory developing the most innovative, economical and effective solution to the problem of ‘Varroa mite’ for our project enticed us to think like scientists and engineers. More challenging was to represent India as well as striving to create a niche at international level. Now that we have won this competition, it is certainly going to brighten up our profile.”

Kunal Garg, who has already represented India in MOS Championship-USA, shared his team’s journey to the University of Bath, UK how they used to feel butterflies in their stomach before every challenge, “Representing India and endeavouring not to let down our motherland amongst 36 nations was the real pressure and challenge. But with a firm faith and strong conviction in our hearts, we went ahead amidst critical analyses and feedback of our performance provided by the panel of jury and won the Best Robot Design for Strategy Innovation award.”

Benchmark on Global Platform

Mr. Jivtesh Garg-Director of Hallmark Public School congratulated the team Nalayaks for its glorious victory in the FLL International Championship and also wished them the best of luck for the future.

Calling it a fantastic accomplishment, Ms. KavitaWadhwa-Principal of the school felicitated the team members for setting another benchmark on a global platform.

Know Their Robot

The Robot game is not lucid as it seems. There is months of preparations and dedication involved and of course most of the time is dedicated in making of a Chassis. Chassis is the base which will decide the fortune of the team. Every team plan and build it with the help of design and mechanical assistance of their team members and further programming is done to carry forward the game.

The NALAYAKS chassis is a wonder box and they are proud of it. They have put in their best efforts to create a chassis which has many scandalizing features. It is something where your trust lies in. The NALAYAKS chassis has 3 colour sensors which instantly take commands and follow it up during the game, they have designed racks which are meant to complete the tasks, they have build various cages of different sizes which can be quickly fit in or get attached to the chassis in a few seconds; saving their precious time and making them score more.

The Gear Job

Gears are something which can make you perplexed as well as put you in a dilemma at the same time. One has to be very careful while using them. The NALAYAKS have used many different Gears in their Chassis and they are very confident about their unique qualities. The kind of gears chosen is Bevel gears, Tooth gears, crown gears, Pinion and Dog gears. One very important thing to be kept in mind while attaching them with chassis is the gap or the distance required between the gears, their sizes and suitability. Gears monitors and works as driving mechanism to the chassis. Pankhuri the project head of the team said, “Dog gears are my personal favourite because of its clutch mechanism that helps in quicker attachment between the cages and the chassis.” Pinions are basically driving gears, they speed up the chassis and crown gears are powerful, rough and tough, they are also called knob gears. Streamlined use of hear suitability is again important. The team thus is applying different mechanism to tackle various challenges and overcoming complexities of the game.

Distinctiveness of their Rob

Not many are good at taking risks but when it comes to The NALAYAK, they are up for turning any stone in every possible way! They have used Gyro sensors which have not been used by any of the team presently in the competition. They are also known as angular velocity sensors. They are sharp and sensitive in nature. It work as a magnet or compass in the chassis. It is a product of future electronics. They are many types of gyro sensors, it is very important that you pick the most suitable one for your chassis. There qualities are that they are angle sensing and works as control mechanisms for the chassis. The team gives Kunal every bit of praise since he is the programmer and has done great research in knowing it.

The NALAYAKS & The LEGO League Championship

The LEGO League is an interesting solution building competition which will inspire generations to find sustainable development in a right way. Each team has to build a constructive solution to various environmental challenges. There are rules which have to be followed strictly by the teams. Each team will be given 3 attempts to demonstrate their best and attempt with maximum points will be taken as the final score of the respective teams. Time is going to be a major struggle for the teams. Since as many as 100 teams are going to perform so the time is limited. 

Team The NALAYAKS 

One female and two male members of the team are subjected to handle different positions in the team. The Captain and Mechanical Designer of the team is Mr. Jatin, 11th grade student who is a master in analysing different challenges with his unique capabilities. Here comes Ms. Pankhuri, a vibrant girl who is the Project Head of the team and holds great potential and knowledge of the whole project. The last and the youngest Programmer of the team is Mr. Kunal, who is a keen observer and a dynamic boy and an expert in quick solutions. 

The Strategy – Go Bold

The team is dedicated towards finding a suitable solution in order to tackle different environmental challenges. They are working tough in order to get their robots and their mechanism right. They are aiming to score near about 400 points and are equally excited to visit United Kingdom for the first time. Beating the national and the regional teams in the past, they are now ready to thrash their major competitors in the finale. They say, “It is going to be a life changing competition leading us towards many opportunities in the forthcoming future.”

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