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IRC 2025 Notes

The SPROS Space Robotics Society competition requires teams to submit a System Design and Development Review package by November 10, 2024, and confirm participation by December 5, 2024, for the IRC Finals taking place from January 28 to February 2, 2025, in Goa, India. Teams must operate their rovers remotely from designated base stations with strict communication and operational guidelines, including penalties for non-compliance. Additionally, teams must ensure their communications equipment adheres to Indian regulations and is capable of handling interference in a high RF environment.

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IRC 2025 Notes

The SPROS Space Robotics Society competition requires teams to submit a System Design and Development Review package by November 10, 2024, and confirm participation by December 5, 2024, for the IRC Finals taking place from January 28 to February 2, 2025, in Goa, India. Teams must operate their rovers remotely from designated base stations with strict communication and operational guidelines, including penalties for non-compliance. Additionally, teams must ensure their communications equipment adheres to Indian regulations and is capable of handling interference in a high RF environment.

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 SPROS – Space Robotics Society

 Teams must submit a System Design and Development Review (SDDR) package before
November 10, 2024.
 The video component will be a 5-minute video showcasing salient features of rover design
and its readiness.
 All the teams qualified for the IRC Finals will have to confirm their participation by December
5, 2024.
 Competition Dates - IRC Finals will be held from January 28 – February 02, 2025, at BITS
Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India.
 Failure of a team member to follow an instruction or command explicitly directed to that
team and/or member will result in a 20-point penalty, which will be deducted from their
overall score.
 Teams will operate their rovers from designated base stations. These base stations will be
isolated such that the visibility of the course is blocked to the operators. Basic Indian-style
power outlets (220V, 50Hz), tables, and chairs will be provided.
 All the competition events will be held in full daylight or under adequate artificial light.
 The GPS coordinates provided shall adhere to the WGS 84 datum standard. The format for
the same will be latitude/longitude in decimal degrees.
 There will be a radio communication line of sight from the command station to the rover for
all the on-site tasks. Rovers are expected to travel 500m at most from the command station.
 Testing will not be allowed at the site during or before IRC-2025.

 The rover shall be a stand-alone, off-the-grid, mobile platform. Tethered power and
communications are not allowed. A single connected platform must leave the
designated start line.
 The maximum allowable mass of the rover when deployed for any competition mission
is 65 kg (excluding drone).
 There is no vertical height limit for IRC 2025.
 The rover shall be operated remotely using wireless communications with no time
delay. The operators will not be able to view the rover or the site directly, and line-of-
sight communications will be available for all the missions. Teams must power down
communications equipment at the event sites while not competing to not interfere with
other teams.
 Steered directional antennae may use a mechanised antenna mounted outside that is
controlled via an electronic signal from the command station. Signal strength, relayed GPS,
or other strategies may be used to give feedback on antenna direction, but it is not allowed
to mount a camera on top of the antenna for visual feedback.

 Base station antenna height is limited to 3 metres and shall adhere to all applicable
regulations. Antenna bases must be located within 3 meters arc of the team’s command
station.
 Teams are responsible for ensuring that they comply with the Indian regulations for the
frequency band in which they operate.

 Teams should ensure that their communications equipment can automatically or


manually switch between frequency bands, should there be any interference from an
innocent third party.
 Teams must inform the organisers of IRC about the communications standards they will
be using, including frequency bands and channels, by December 1, 2024. Teams will be
allocated a frequency range within their operating frequency band(s) which they must
operate within at all times.
 The teams are strongly encouraged to investigate spread spectrum, automatic channel
switching, frequency hopping, or other interference-tolerant protocols.
 Communication on the 5.8GHz band is recommended for less interference.

 The Finals will take place in an area which has a high RF (particularly WiFi)
environment. Teams should consider this when designing their communications
systems, and take steps to avoid foreseeable complications.
 Before the start of the mission, teams will get 10 minutes as the setup time to set up all
necessary systems and equipment at the base station. After completing the mission,
teams will have to switch off their radio communication equipment immediately, and
they will have 5 minutes to disassemble all the equipment and vacate the base station.

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