DAY 1 – 3..2…1…BLAST OFF!
The first day in SUTD Singapore, was like a dream come true for me. I was excited to be in such a beautiful place for the event and meet the participants from different countries.
The...
Day 9 – Finishing Touches… Hopefully…
As we reach the last remaining days to finish up the robot, we are scrambling to get everything done in time for field testing on Thursday!
The purple team had a very productive morning, as...
Day 10 – Actuator Testing
There are only a couple days left before the competition, and some people appear to be starting to feel the stress of the deadline!
We certainly have a long way to go before the robot...
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...
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...
Day 8 – Week 2 Already
Hi, I’m Masataka.
Today, I controlled the Space Robot and Orbit Robot by Bluetooth using Smartphone. Also, I was combining the code of line tracer Khaled made. In addition, Khaled and I tested servomotors of the...
IDC ROBOCON 2016: Day 12
Seeding contest today! It’s just a contest without an opponent to rank the teams for tomorrow’s actual contest. We had three minutes to complete the tasks.
Our climbing robot got stuck at the second slope,...
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 10 – The Finish Line Approaches!
We’re halfway through the second week, and it’s as if the last two days never existed. We’ve got a day to go before the final competition, and things seem to be getting completed. We’re...
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...
