Day 8 – Week Two Begins
It was the first day of the week, and so we did a lot of work. We finished the collector robot, and improved its wheels. Moreover, we’ve progressed a great deal on the orbit...
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...
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 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 6 – Explore Singapore!
Saturday was a half day, which was nice. We’re pretty much done with the first robot and we now had a chance to explore Singapore! The host team came up with a plan of...
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...
Day 5 – A Musical Detour
It’s finally Friday! After five days of intense prototyping, we’ve almost finished a robot. We did some final modifications and tested it on the track and it works pretty well. The electronics part is...
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...
Day 4 – ROBOCON Progress and Singapore Impression
Today, we are making great progress on the manufacturing and programming. Based on the two days’ designing work, we now have completed the basic framework and the storage (the structure that stores the balls)...
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...
