IDC Robocon 2017: Day 2

Day 2 of Robocon started out with a presentation of our ideas to a panel of professors representing the different universities. Thankfully, my team had several ideas for both the land and sea 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...

Day 7 – The Typical Singapore Rain

It’s Sunday! We have finally come to the end of the first week. What better way to end the week with one of Singapore’s famed tourist locations – Sentosa! We left in the morning in...

DAY 3 MIT ROBOCON

  As usual, we started the day with a briefing to discuss the agenda for the day and to answer any queries. We then proceeded to work on our robots. We discussed and took measurements such as,...

IDC Robocon Day 4: After the storm.

The typhoon Shanshan left Tokyo today, nothing much happened actually beside the cool breeze and the light rain that lasted for the entire day. (which was a great relief after the heat from a...

IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 4

My team’s strategy was to focus on completing the climbing robot before building the collecting robot.  We still have a long way in completing the climbing robot. For now we’re just experimenting on different designs...

Day 6 – Quick Tests and Weekend Kickoff!

On Saturday morning, we had just a quick 9am-12pm workday before taking the rest of the day to explore the city. The brief lab time served as a good opportunity to test out some proof...

Day 4 – Things Slowly Come Together

It’s getting close to the end of the first week and our team has certainly come a long way in this short amount of time. Our robot design is certainly improving and we’re settling...

The Force Behind the Robots

Find out the challenges and lessons learnt from participants of the annual IDC Robocon.

IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 6

It has been 4 days since we started building our robot and the progress for my team has been good. My team has managed to build both the base of the collector and the...

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