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 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...
Day 12 – Bringing It All Back Home
It’s Finals day! We met in the fab lab at 9am and went straight to the auditorium to practise before the qualifying rounds took off. We were on the same side as the Brown,...
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 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 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 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 6 – Tour in Tokyo
Today was a brief respite from the workshops as we were taken on a tour in Tokyo by our hosts. To begin, we visited the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Sumida - this famous museum was...
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...
IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 0
DAY 0
We checked in our baggage at 1045am, and board at 1130am.
After 2 hours of flight, we are here!
But it’s extremely crowded and we queued for an hour.
Met the person in charge that is picking...
