Day 2 – Into the Unknown
IDC Robocon was a great opportunity to meet people and build interesting robots. Day 2 was the day we actually started brainstorming for ideas. This was a little hard because of the language barrier...
Day 3 – New Field, New Designs!
After presenting our ideas and progress to the professors and mentors yesterday, the purple team was ready for the first full work day!
We continued to build on our 2 robots scoring strategy, and began...
IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 2
After the challenge announcement yesterday, it is finally time to start working. Its brain storming day! At the end of the day we were expected to present our ideas to the professors and mentors...
IDC Robocon 2017: Day 9
Last Sunday’s city visit gave us a good rest and the final competition is just in this Friday.
The most difficult part in this competition is to climb the second cliff of the land area. We...
The Force Behind the Robots
Find out the challenges and lessons learnt from participants of the annual IDC Robocon.
DAY 9 MIT ROBOCON
So close yet so far.
We assembled our first robot. This robot will perform a very specific task of placing the Lunar Flag Module in one of the third highest designed area.
The arm of the robot...
DAY 7 MIT ROBOCON
It’s the weekends! During my weekends I visited Harvard and Walmart.
HARVARD
On the way to Harvard, I came across a supermarket selling Asian produce. The business was run by a Korean family.
I was surprised to see...
IDC Robocon 2017 Day 1 @ ZheJiang University
It was exciting yet trilling to be selected for the prestigious IDC Robocon, an international robotics competition held at ZheJiang University this year. IDC Robocon is a robotic contest that encourage the learning and...
Day 11 – Testing Time
Today is field testing, and we were trying very hard to finish up our robot in time for that.
However, at field testing, our team did not perform well. In fact, we got negative points....
Day 7 – Rest Day
Sunday was our only full day off out of the two weeks, and it was great to take a break! Many of us used the day as an opportunity to do some exploring at...
