The Robot @ Factory Lite challenge is based on the rules of the Robot@Factory with some mechanical and hardware simplifications. While in the original challenge the robot had to pick up the box with a forklift, in this version the robot can drag the box using an electromagnet. The dimensions will also be adjusted so that this competition can attract smaller robots whose control can be done with an embedded system or with a simple microcontroller.
The floor will be replaced by a two-sheet A0 print, where black lines on white background can be used for robot localization. The layout will be simplified to facilitate the maneuvers related to the transport and collection. The incoming and outgoing warehouses location remains the same. In the first round, similarly to the original challenge, it is necessary to move the boxes between the incoming and outgoing warehouses. In the second round some boxes must be processed by machines and in the third round some boxes will have to go through two processing machines. The goal will be to transport as many boxes as possible in the shortest time. The different boxes can be recognized by the robot through an RFID reader.