IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 14

Today is the last day of the program.  Two weeks flew in the blink of an eye. We were kept busy everyday for the entire two weeks that it did not feel long. I...

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...

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 2017: Day 7

Day 7 of IDC Robocon. Today we took a break from our usual routine of working on the robot and had a tour of the iconic locations in Hangzhou. Our first stop was 西湖,...

IDC Robocon 2017 Day 10 @ ZheJiang University

After a week of blood , sweat and tears in HangZhou, our bond with each other was pushed to a new height. The language barrier or sort was no long bugging us. Each hand...

Day 5 – Wrap-up!

Today is our 5th day together, and we have been working hard on our design. Our design is starting to come to life. However, there are still some limitations to our prototype, which we...

IDC Robocon 2016: Day 1

After a good night rest, today is the first day of our Robocon in Bangkok. The first day isnt of anything much but a welcoming event. We were sorted into our groups and met...

Day 3 – We finally make things!

I started Wednesday with a healthy breakfast at Economical Rice. Jarrod from Purple Team joined me. We made good progress today and built some important components. Dhanya worked on configuring the light sensors for the robot....

Day 1 – Meet New Friends

This is the first time for me to go abroad. Hence, I am so excited. I am excited not only about the intensive competition, but also meeting new friends. It’s the first day that we...

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...

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