Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Contestants Lineup (-ma)


Team Members:
Edwina(lead programmer)
Justin (robot design)
Aaron(robot design)
Comments:
Fastest. Toughest. Serious Threat



Team Members:
Teck Chai(robot design)
Tauriq(Lead Programmer)
Yu Xuan(robot design)

Comments:
Hand picking the puck very amusing. Overall cool mechanism but slow



Team Members:
Ivan(Lead programmer , assist robot design)
Victor(robot design)

Comments:
Impressive programming such as taking carpet reading in an instance and storing it in the robot.
Small and very fast


Team Members:
Me( lead programmer and design)
Yew Yang (assist design)
She Han (talk crap)

Comments:
Mr Maggot ver 1.2b has additional wide bumper. Average speed and very fast picking puck mechanism. Shovel style.



At the end of the competition, Edwina's team place first, and Raymond's team sec, Victor's third and mine 4th. There are 7 robots in total. The other three was not taken picture.

Sunday, May 6, 2007

Robot Phase 2


Aerial View



Side View

Mr Maggot ver 1.2
Change Log
- Improved maneuverability (ms 322)
- Smaller but faster
- Fishing strings and gear for shovel mechanism
- Temporary bumper switch added
- 2 sensors inputted. One for detecting the puck and the other for the carpet


Completion: 80%

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Robot Phase 1















This is the first peek at my robot.
Code named: Mr Maggot

Functions:
Pick pucks and moves around
randomly

Pros:
Big and huge.
Resembles Optimus Prime
Red

Cons:
Heavy
Maneuverability is hellish
No C language inserted yet
Don't know what it is capable of

Inspirations:
Ancient old-school catapult

My own comments:
Hmmm...Not to shabby
Still plenty of improvements

Completion:20%