Competitions
We’ve run robotics competitions at the National, Regional, and International level.
From technical considerations such as defining what ability we want to evaluate and how to design challenges to evaluate these abilities, to logistical requirements such as tournament formats and ensuring the optimal conditions for robot operation, there is a ton that goes into a fair, well-run competition that provides competitors with an avenue to hone their abilities and develop cutting edge solutions.
Robocup
National
We have been chairing the Robocup Junior (RCJ) Soccer league in Singapore since 2018. In 2021, this also included piloting a new set of rules designed to embrace the virtual medium in an inherently adversarial competition.
Regional
We were invited to be on the Interview Panel of the Robocup Junior (RCJ) Soccer league for the inaugural Robocup Asia Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. When Robocup Asia Pacific went virtual in 2020, our expertise was called upon again as we were part of the RCJ Soccer Organizing Committee
International
We were on the Organizing Committee of RoboCamp, also refereeing for the Robocup Junior (RCJ) CoSpace finals at Robocup International Montreal 2018
WRO-X
International
We judged for the Surprise Category for WRO-X, the virtual event which was held by the Canadian national committee in place of the traditional World Robot Olympiad when COVID struck in 2020. The Surprise Category involved teams designing a robot to complete a task within 24 hours from the announcement of the challenge. Our jobs ranged from grading their runs based on their video submissions, to deliberating and standardizing ruling decisions which arose from the ad hoc nature of the event. At the end of it, we reflected on what could be done better as we embrace the Virtual format as an inevitability, and a circumstance we must own.
FIRST Lego League
National
We were the Chief Referees for FLL Singapore in 2018 and 2019, while also being on the Interview Panel in the 2019 edition
National Robotics Competition
National
We were the Chief Referees in Singapore for the Robot Arm (2017) and World Robot Olympiad categories (2017, 2019)
Exhibitions
As educators, exhibitions give us an opportunity to bring our works to a larger audience. With our clients, we strive to demonstrate the potential of our platforms by applying our expertise to them.
We’ve built exhibits for public facing events like Makerfaire, Tech Saturday and GET UP, industry-wide events and competitions like EduTech Asia and the National Robotics Competition, and internal events for companies.
OmniDrive
Exhibited at:
IMDA Tech Saturday
Platform:
LEGO Mindstorms EV3
LEGO Technic
Joinmax (Omniwheels)
OmniDrive is built on 4 holonomic Omni-Directional wheels, which allow the robot to travel in any direction on a plane instantaneously. Orientation is locked on with a Gyro sensor with a PID controller, with the control interface being a joystick for translation and a knob for rotation. Setpoints are sent via Bluetooth to the robot.
Proj FAILED
Exhibited at:
MakerFaire
National Robotics Competition
Platform:
LEGO Mindstorms EV3
FAILED stands for Four Wheel Drive, Automatic 3 Speed Gearbox, Independently Suspended, LEGO MINDSTORMS car, Educational, Demonstration.
Clad in a wireframe, the user gets a close-up view of every feature we’ve built into the car.
Ackermann Steering 
Differential Steer 
Independent Suspension 
Automatic Gearbox
eV3ND
Exhibited at:
GET UP
Platform:
LEGO Mindstorms EV3
eV3ND is a programmable vending machine controlled by a colored cube. By placing the cube in different orientations, users can encode a sequence of actions to be carried out by this cartesian robot. With a daisy-chained controller (pictured), the arm moves to the requested bin and dispenses the contents onto a belt, which moves it out towards the user.