Bot Bash 2025 represents Sri Lanka's most ambitious foray into competitive combat robotics, blending mechanical engineering prowess with strategic combat dynamics. This expanded ruleset provides an exhaustive framework for participants, judges, and organizers, ensuring operational clarity while maintaining the competition's core principles of innovation, safety, and fair play. The championship invites global competitors to test their robotic creations under rigorously standardized conditions within a 20ft×20ft battle arena, employing a hybrid tournament structure combining league matches and knockout finals. With weight limits capped at 15kg and dimensional constraints of 50cm³, participants must balance destructive capability with defensive resilience while adhering to strict safety protocols governing weapon systems, power supplies, and movement mechanisms.

Section 1: Competition Foundations & Organizational Structure 🏆⚙️

Bot Bash 2025 is the largest combat robotics event ever organized in the Asian region. In 2025, Bot Bash introduces three critical innovations for robot battles:

1. Dual-stage tournament architecture combining round-robin qualifiers with elimination finals.
2. Standardized scoring metrics evaluating damage output (50% weightage), tactical aggression (20%), spatial control (20%), and strategic adaptation (10%).
3. Modular arena design featuring eight retractable pit zones activated through motion-sensitive floor panels.

These developments aim to elevate technical standards while preserving accessibility for amateur builders. The competition serves dual purposes: advancing Sri Lanka's position in competitive robotics and providing a testing ground for autonomous systems under combat conditions.

1.1 Governance Framework 🛠️📝

A five-member oversight committee comprising mechanical engineers and robotic specialists administers the championship. Key governance pillars include:

• Technical Compliance: All robots undergo pre-tournament inspection across 23 parameters, from weapon torque measurements to battery containment integrity.
• Ethical Engineering: Prohibitions extend beyond explicitly dangerous weapons (e.g., explosives) to include psychologically disruptive systems like high-frequency sonic emitters.
• Dynamic Rule Adaptation: Real-time adjustments permitted for environmental factors (e.g., monsoon-proofing electronic components) through majority committee vote.

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Section 2: Participant Eligibility & Registration Protocols 📝🤖

2.1 Team Composition Requirements 🏅👥

The competition welcomes multidisciplinary teams of 2-5 members, requiring:

• Minimum two operational specialists (driver + weapons technician present during matches / can use only a maximum of 2 controllers).
• One drone pilot to handle the additional attack drone (More details given under Section 3.2. 05/06.

Recent analytics indicate optimal team performance correlates with balanced skill sets: 40% mechanical engineering, 30% software programming, 20% tactical strategy, and 10% materials science expertise.

2.2 Registration Requirements ✍️📋