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Didn’t get much firing from the panels, thank God!

Despite everything is over, I spent the last two nights at lab (although most of the time I was sleeping here). The main reason is that I can’t seems to concentrate on my works when I’m in my room. The attraction of my sleeping bed was too great.

The another reason is this is the time when I have to rush all the long delayed assignments and projects which will due in these two weeks time. Can hardly squeeze sometime out for relaxation or preparation for my final exam, which will begin by next Monday.

The third reason, I’m starting to miss uni life (although I’m still here). These few days at lab reminds me of the time when I was still in the Robocon team. Seeing the juniors rushing their works, training, the cooperation between members and the laughter we shared together, I can’t help but to accept that I can hardly enjoy this joyful moment anymore in 1 month time.

My future, undecided… Probably won’t further for master at the moment, unless someone sponsor me . Got a job offer from a company at KL, so probably will give it a try first.

Til then…

The one year duration is coming to an end, but thinking back since I first started, I’ve been kept on down grading my scope of work. I’ve always wanted to learn and try more, but somehow my “demotivating and lazy” side always prevails. One year ago, the initial plan was something like this:

OK you might start scratching your head now… what the hell is this? Well, it is a single wheel balancing robot. When I say SINGLE WHEEL, the wheel is actually just a red rubber ball, and the robot is balancing on top of it, without dropping of course. Cool huh?

But now all I did is just an ordinary two wheeled balancing robot. You might ask what’s so different between this and mine? Well…

1) Mine doesn’t have wireless remote control to make it move around.

2) Mine got no Graphical User Interface (GUI) to analyze the robot performance and system parameters.

3) Mine got no sensor to detect obstacles.

4) Mine is done by much trial and error, which spent me most of the time doing unnecessary testing and reconstruction.

5) Mine is still not balancing perfectly.

6) And most importantly, mine got an extra wheel… which makes the whole thing from cool become totally UNCOOL.

Tomorrow will be the “judgment day”. There is nothing much I can do right now in less than 24 hours. I am prepared to accept any harsh comments from the panels.

Wish me luck…

9 days left to my viva… and my boy is still not “standing still”… Nah, don’t think “dirty”  things ok…

For those who don’t know what bothers me most for the past whole year and those who are not sure of what I’m crapping here , it’s my final year project… A two wheeled self balancing robot… Lots of trial and error involved and lots of frustration. Modification after modification, and now it’s finalized.

My very first version that didn’t work at all:

Weight: about 4 kg something (not including circuits and drivers)

Height: 0.7 meter

Reason of failure: The motors are too heavy, resulting low center of gravity.

The second version that’s unstable:

Weight: 2 kg

Height: 0.55 meter

Reason of failure: Frankly, I also don’t know what’s the reason… it balanced at one spot, then started swaying bigger and bigger, then fell. Maybe the algorithm was not right or suitable.

…And now, the third and final version.

Weight: 1.8 kg

Height: 0.36 meter

Deliverable: Uncertain, still in the process of tuning.

Gonna rush for the next few days… Hopefully everything goes well.

If you gonna ask me, what I enjoyed most in university?

Working on projects?

Playing games til late night?

Being a geek?

Obviously none of the above, but I’d rather say, being TOGETHER.

It’s been quite sometime since we had the chance to gather everyone, from 1st to final years together. This time, we did it at Desaru, Johor. A wonderful weekend and memorable trip, thanks to everyone for making it happened.

Journey started

Arrival at Lotus Desaru

Squeezing into the small coach

The “All Saints” of Mechatronic

View of Lotus Desaru

War in water

Victory !

Water splash Take 1

Take 2

Take 3

Beach monkeys

Bullied by seniors

Some of the funny faces…

Cold~~~~~

Sand surgery

Being tortured

Kiss Lick my ass!

Sawadeekap! Ah gua from Thailand…?

Sexy butt~~~

Getting ready for BBQ

Boss inspecting

Curi makan

Watched too much comics

Orientating session

Potential 姐弟恋 …?

Sexy “pole” dancing

Weight lifting

In the journey of life, we would be meeting different people at different stage and time. Some would just pass by, and some would leave a mark in our heart. No matter where we will be and what we will do, it’s important that we appreciate each and everyone around us. We may not know, that somehow this bond, will one day bring us back together again…

“Appreciate what you have, because you have it…” - by GYS

Friendship forever ~~~