- Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 Press Release
There was a Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 Press Release on June 26th for the world finalists in Seattle, WA. Apparently I did not attend because I came back home in China and could not get a visa within one week to get back to the states. So I missed a chance to meet Bill Gates [...]
- Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 Software Design US + Canada Final
I got a flight from Rochester, MI to Seattle, WA on June 10th for Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007 Software Design US + Canada Final. However, I missed the plane. Fortunately, they rebook me to another flight right after this one so I got to Seattle on the same day. I went to the hotel and [...]
- Overlord: The Competition
So we borrowed two Student Government vans, one for the robot and two people with all the tools that we can take with us, the other for five people with food and drinks and of course laptops. On 7am June 8th, we set off from Rochester, NY. It was a boring road trip, totally six [...]
- Overlord: The Last Five Days For Preparation
So, IGVC was on June, 8th. I stopped blogging since there was too much work to be done. Basically, everybody came back to the lab and started working really late. We decided that the top server box was too ugly, so we bought a new suitcase with $15 bucks. The suitcase was easy to cut [...]
- Overlord: Day N-6
Six days till IGVC. Alan worked on the battery mount a little bit. And Alex, Josh came back to the lab today. They helped Alan put the track modules and center chassis together to test the new motor wiring. Mark finished his Lidar mount and it looks beautiful. I got the other relay, so I [...]
- Overlord: Day N-7
Exactly one week till IGVC. Today I made this small black box to hold PWM driving system, strobe light control system and wireless emergency stop system. This box will be put onto the robot directly, and there will be two USB cables, a parallel cable and 12V power supply coming from the top box to [...]
- Overlord: Day N-8
Eight days till IGVC. So we decided to put a top box on top of the robot. And Alan found a decent server box and customized a cover for it. Inside the box, there are the ITX miniBoard, the Trimble GPS unit, the Linksys wireless router, a 12V to 24V step up power regulator, the [...]
