Robofest

This was the second robot competition that I take throughout my career as a roboticist at secondary school. This time the rule is different. The robot also different. This time we use Ma-Vin. Ma-Vin is a ready-built robot. All the part have been put all together. There are less space for creativity compare to Lego Mindstrom. The robot programing is using an easy icon-based visual programming and 'C' programmable WINAVR. With to me this program is not as complete as lego softwear. But its ok to me. As long as the robot can move.

But the real problem is not the robot. The problem was time of competition, was exactly same in the month of my SPM(Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) that was 27 Novembers 2007 the day after my final paper at PWTC(Putra World Trade Center). Even in the day of as important as SPM, I could not resist my addict in robot. Whenever I have a time usually between the paper. I will use it to think about robot or go to the lab to watch the progressions of the robot that is being develop by my juniors. One thing that I can not forget was, a week before a competition my teacher have brought the Ma-Vin home and gather all of my juniors to their house to think. How to make the robot move? The reasons was to prevent me from keep thinking about robot and want me to focus on SPM. But what make me laugh was after 5 day my teacher came to my house and with my parents permission he brought me to his house. The problem was the juniors do not no how to make a programme that is begin with distant sensor and end with line follower. I know what you all think but it's look simple but believe me it easy for mind to imagine but its hard for grasp it. But actually its easy if you know how, so that's happen here. For five day my juniors keep thinking how to solve it and blank. I only took five hour and the programme is completely suit with the robot. That is the gap between me and my juniors.

The day had come our competition is schedule on 9.00 a.m. We arrive a little let due of traffic jam. We rush to competition hall and luckily the only thing that we miss is opening event and rules announcement. Fuh.... Then we play like nothing happen. There are two stage in this robot competition. Group stage and elimination round. Our first battle is with school that I cant mention here. We are disqualified in our first battle because of our fault do not know the rules and the stupidity of my friends who touch the robot. Even after that we won all together the 3 battles with full marks 300, this time after I have scold him like hell. But we still did not have enough points to go to elimination round. Well I hate to continue this story because I HATE LOST!!

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