Hello from Tokyo!!
Just within a short time of 36 hours, I was in 4 different places - Hangzhou, Singapore, Taiwan, Tokyo. In case you are wondering why, I rushed off from Hangzhou (ALP) to return back...
The Force Behind the Robots
Find out the challenges and lessons learnt from participants of the annual IDC Robocon.
IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 9
After a day of rest over the weekend, we were back to the testing of our robot yesterday. Most robots are fine, however there will always be features to be improved. For my case,...
IDC Robocon: Day 12
I fidgeted with my pen nervously as the countdown on my Casio Watch slowly creeped towards the 0:00 mark. No, this was not the final of the IDC Robocon but a different final altogether....
Day 10 – The Finish Line Approaches!
We’re halfway through the second week, and it’s as if the last two days never existed. We’ve got a day to go before the final competition, and things seem to be getting completed. We’re...
Day 3 – Rachel Reed
I was a last minute addition to the MIT/USA team and didn’t have a lot of background knowledge of what IDC Robocon was going to be. Coming into it I didn’t have very high...
IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 12
Seeding contest today! It’s just a contest without an opponent to rank the teams for tomorrow’s actual contest. We had three minutes to complete the tasks.
Our climbing robot got stuck at the second slope,...
Day 4 – Final Design Ideas!
Today, I started helping out with Solidworks. Due to my lack of skills in Solidworks, I had some difficulty with coming up with the models for cutting. Each of us had our own ideas...
IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 8
After the tiring field trip yesterday, we are back to building our robots! My team is progressing slowly compared to the other teams. We are almost done with our climbing robot and haven’t started...
IDC Robocon 2017: Last Day
Today is the last day of IDC Robocon’17. The whole competition seems like a dream for me. In these 2 weeks, we worked with more than 50 students who are from 8 different countries.
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