Design and build a hydraulic actuated mechanical arm which can pick and place paper cups. Paper cups with letters printed on them will be provided and the challenge is to arrange the lettered cups to get a sensible word in the shortest possible time.

• Submit an abstract describing the design of the arm before February 15, 2012.
   
• Cups, with letters printed on them will be placed at Zone B. They should be picked and placed on the elevated platform(Zone A) in the any sequence to get the right word.
   
• The ”mechanical arm” should be setup in the staging area before starting the event.
   
• No part of the arm should cross the demarcating line before the commencement of event.
   
• The teams are allowed to start operating the controllers only after the start of timer, when instructed by the organizer.
   
• The timer will be stopped when all the cups have been arranged to form the right word in zone-A.

Specifications: (All Dimensions are in inches)

• A team can consist up to 4 members
   
• The arm should have a stable base and must be able to stand by itself at all positions.
   
•  All the joints of the arm must be actuated hydraulically and must be operated with manual controls.
   
• The controls must not be mounted on the any of the moving parts of the arm. The controls may be placed on the base or any part of the staging area...
   
• The participants will be allowed to handle only the controls and not the arm or the cups during the event.
   
• The participants are allowed to use any material (Popsicle sticks, ply wood, etc) to build the arm. Stock arms are not allowed.
   
• Electrical or Electronic components such motors, batteries  should not be used
   
• The judging will be based on time taken to achieve the task and special prizes will be given for design.
   

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