Sri Lanka’s first dedicated IoT competition “SLIOT Challenge” and “Robo Games” concluded at the recently held Techno 2017 Exhibition. The SLIOT Challenge, a collaborative effort between the Sri Lanka Telecom Group, the University of Moratuwa and the Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka (IESL), was brought together to encourage the technological sector and the many innovative and entrepreneurial minds in the country.
The challenge was held under ‘Graduate’ and ‘Open’ categories. Team ‘ASDF’ of the University of Moratuwa, won first place in the under graduate category of the IoT competition showcasing an innovative solution for a monitoring system for the usage of water for plants.
1st runners up in the same category were the ‘Innovation Seekers’ from the institute of Vocational Technology for their proposal on a monitoring system for machinery condition. Team ‘Zeon’ won the open category with their IOT based agriculture management system, whilst team ‘Smart Paddy Fields’ were the 1st runners up for their creative solution in paddy field management. The Robo games was a separate aspect at the Techno 2017 exhibition, which was also powered by SLT. The University of Moratuwa assigned varying tasks to the teams eager to participate in this category and innovative Robo’s were built to complete those tasks and presented at the exhibition by Robo enthusiasts as well as beginners. Team ‘Code’ of ICBT were adjudged the winners whilst the ‘Titans’ from SAITM were the 1st runners up and the ‘White Walkers’ from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ruhuna were the 2nd runners up in the Undergraduate category.
In the ‘open’ category, team ‘Zenith’ of Royal College Colombo were adjudged the winners, Team ‘LHAMO’ of Thalawakele TMV and Team Curiosity of Kuliyapitiya Central were adjudged 1st and 2nd Runners Up respectively.