- Posted on 28 Feb 2017
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Blog post #2 from Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS) PhD student Janindu Sithumini Arukgoda, embedded in Team VICTOR, the Virginia Tech Grand Challenge entry for the 2017 Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC)
This involves the 'dungeon sessions' - the whole team gets together in a lab and nobody leaves until we figure out the problem and solve it. Sometimes we pull all-nighters as the time we have left is getting shorter very quickly.
This involves the 'dungeon sessions' - the whole team gets together in a lab and nobody leaves until we figure out the problem and solve it. Sometimes we pull all-nighters as the time we have left is getting shorter very quickly.
This involves the 'dungeon sessions' - the whole team gets together in a lab and nobody leaves until we figure out the problem and solve it. Sometimes we pull all-nighters as the time we have left is getting shorter very quickly.
This involves the 'dungeon sessions' - the whole team gets together in a lab and nobody leaves until we figure out the problem and solve it. Sometimes we pull all-nighters as the time we have left is getting shorter very quickly.
This involves the 'dungeon sessions' - the whole team gets together in a lab and nobody leaves until we figure out the problem and solve it. Sometimes we pull all-nighters as the time we have left is getting shorter very quickly.
I'm flying to Abu Dhabi ahead of the other team members and will meet them there. We begin preliminary tests on the actual competition field from 11 March.
I'm flying to Abu Dhabi ahead of the other team members and will meet them there. We begin preliminary tests on the actual competition field from 11 March.
Just when I feel that I have finally settled down in Blacksburg, it's time to leave! It would be nice to have a couple of weeks under the sun before travelling from the northern hemisphere winter to the southern hemisphere one - but having survived winter here in Blacksburg a Sydney winter will be a walk in the park!
Next we hear from Janindu will be from the heart and heat of the competition 16 - 18 March.