WORKSHOPS

Objectives:

Design, fabricate & program on Autonomous-Guided Vehicle with a gripper installed performing line tracing & pick and place tasks

 

Tasks:

1. Dispense First-Aid Kit

2. Transporting Fire Extinguisher

3. Carrying Injured Victims

Objectives:

• Set up Arduino board

• Program electrical components

• Build a useful circuit

MAE Robotics club and Aeronautical club are hosting a hands-on Arduino and Python on IMU workshop!

Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) is a device that measures the specific force and angular rate of a body. Participants would be able to program Arduino devices, and gain an understanding on Python simulation.

 

Learning Outcomes:

• Retrieve and interpret data from accelerometer

• Use this data to create an accurate simulation of IMU

In collaboration with IES-NTU, TechSource & MathWorks

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Learning Outcomes:

• MATLAB Fundamentals

• Basic Operation on Images

• Images Segmentation and Analysis

• Feature Matching and Tracking

Speakers:

1. Paul Lefeuvre

 

Project: Monitor the physical conditions of a tree pot (temperature, humidity, soil moisture) and reporting the data live to mobile phone through Bluetooth

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Learning Objecties:

• Introduction to the sensors (DHT11 Temperature and Humidity sensor & Capacitive soil moisture sensor v1.2)

• Introduction to the Bluetooth sensor(HM-10 Bluetooth module)

• How to use mobile app with the Bluetooth sensor

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding of Arduino microprocessor

• Wiring of circuits

• Connection and function of some electrical components (potential meter, push button, LED)

• Coding in Arduino IDE.

Speakers:

1. Yu Xuan

2. Carlo

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Learning Objectives:

• Basic Info of Creality CR-10 3D Printer

• Steps to print

• Printer maintenance

• Do's and Don'ts

Speakers:

1. Chen Lequn (PhD Candidate, MAE in SIMTech)

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Learning Outcomes:

• Introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS) and ROS2, the cutting-edge robotics middleware used in industry and academics to construct robot applications.

• Installation instructions for ROS and ROS2.

• ROS and ROS2 fundamental design and development principles include software architectures, communication protocols, visualizations, package management, and more.

• Several case studies of ROS applications from industry and academics.

• A hands-on ROS2 practice session.

Speakers:

1. Adhiraj Mahajan (Factorem)

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Learning Outcomes:

Basis of Technical Drawings

• Projections and views

• Geometric & Dimensional Tolerancing

• Best practices for revisioning & locking drawing configurations

• How to fill in tittle blocks

• Common mistakes while making technical drawings

Tolerance Stackup & Analysis

• What is tolerance stack-up: Stastistical and worst case analysis

• Industry applications of tolerance stack-up and how to use it in design

Learning Outcomes:

• Know how to utilize GitHub 

Speakers:

1. Yu Jie

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Learning Outcomes:

• Machine learning overview

• Introduction to deep learning and neural networks

• Keras basics

• YOLO object detection

Speakers:

1. Leonardo Edgar

 

Learning Outcomes:

• Basic Introduction on OpenCV

• Image basics (eg. drawing on images)

• Image processing

• Object detection

Learning Outcomes:

• Pin allocation and how to install sensors and motors

• How to process input from sensors

• Controlling servos and motors

• Making a simple robot with ultrasonic sensor and servo

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding of Arduino microprocessor

• Wiring of circuits

• Connection and function of some electrical components (potential meter, push button, LED)

• Coding in Arduino IDE.

Speakers:

1. Yuwen

 

Learning Outcomes:

• What is IoT & Arduino

• Arduino IDE & Basic functions

• General electronics

• HC-05 Bluetooth module

• Hands-on

Speakers:

1. Ju Jianing

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Learning Outcomes:

ROS Basics

• Review of basic concepts

• Review of ROS communications, including topic, service, action, parameter server

• Hands-on using turtle_sim package: understand the concept of topics

ROS Advance

• Review of ROS communications

• Writing code in Python/C++ to control processes in ROS

• ROS control in advance robots

Speakers:

1. Yu Wen

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Learning Outcomes:

• Basic info of Creality CR-10 3D Printer

• Steps to print

• Printer maintenance

• Do and Don’t

Speakers:

1. YuXuan

 

Learning Outcomes:

• What is Arduino

• Arduino IDE & Basic functions

• General electronics

• Arduino Simulator

• Mini-challenge

Speakers:

1. Gao Jingwen

 

Learning Outcomes:

• Design for 3D printing

• 3D printer set up

• Cura settings

Speakers:

1. Chua Yong Chun

 

Learning Outcomes:

• Interface & Shortcuts

• Sketch

• Features

• Assembly

• Basic Simulation

Speakers:

1. Liao Yuwen

 

Learning Outcomes:

• Common Materials

• Manufacturing Processes

• Example Flows

Learning Objectives:

• Providing basic Arduino knowledge through the workshop

• Dive into components of an Arduino Car

• Cover the various communication channels from Laptop to Arduino

• Explain the concepts of line tracing

• Team Bonding between club members.

Learning Objectives:

Teaching of Infrared Red

• Introduction of IR Sensor

• Reflected vs Ambient Light

• Single Line Tracking + Code

• Double Line Tracking (Method 1)

• Optimized Double Line Tracking (Method 2)

Commencement of building the robot.

• Wiring and Assembling with frame (30 mins)

• Coding Line Tracking for Double IR

• Schematics and Code will be provided/guided through

• Calibration of Thresholds Demonstration

Learning Objectives:

Teaching of Arduino

• Working on Microcontroller

• How Motors work, Types of Motors

• Current Limitations, Motor Drivers, H-Bridges and Polarity

Commencement of building the robot

• Wiring and Assembling with frame (30 mins)

• Coding, Configuring esp32, setting up an Android app and Bluetooth (30 mins)

• Schematics and Code will be provided/guided through

Speakers:

1. Yang Haoning

2. Mr Ng Moo Kheo

3. Elson

 

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce to students the facility available to them

• Make known to the students on the safety requisites when using similar machines

• Allow students to get a first hand experience with the different machines (Milling, Lathe, Drilling, Bandsaw)

Speakers:

1. Wan Ting

 

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce club members to GIT.

• Allow them to have hands-on experience with GIT.

Description:

• In collaboration with Microsoft Student Partners & MAERC.

• It introduces Azure Cognitive Services to participants (done in Python), where users develop and test their code throughout the event, following instructional videos and help pages.

• This special session, in collaboration with Microsoft Student Partners (MSP), aims to introduce members of any skill level to Artificial Intelligence and how it may be applied on gaming applications.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Introduces Artificial Intelligence and Azure Cognitive Services

• Implementation of concepts such as landmark matching, optical character recognition, and JSON & Python Dictionaries

• Teaches participants to test their code in a tournament

Speakers:

1. Wan Ting

 

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce club members to Raspberry Pi.

• Explain its uses, applications and connections.

• Introduce Linux and link to ROS.

• Provide hands-on experience for club members by working on a mini project.

• Team bonding between club members.

• Build a NAS system on Raspberry Pi

Learning Objectives:

• Provide hands-on opportunity for club members to experience and learn the basic knowledge and skills in the industrial manufacturing process (Milling machine + Lathe machine + Rough Cut Machines)

• Bond club members together through teamwork by fabricating a product together.

• The new products built and excess machining materials can also be used for competitions in the future.

Speakers:

1. Wan Ting

 

Learning Objectives:

• Allow new club members to come together and get to know each other better.

• Impart basic Robotics knowledge through Lego robotics.

• Provide hands-on experience for club members by organizing a Sumo competition

Speakers:

1. Wan Ting

 

Learning Objectives:

Providing more Arduino knowledge through the workshop

• Basics of ultrasonic sensors

• More coding for Arduino, continuing from last Arduino workshop

• Coding (30 mins)

• Wiring and Assembling with frame (30 mins)

• Each participant given a hard copy of block diagram which shows how the components are connected

Team Bonding between club members

Speakers:

1. Haoning

 

Learning Objectives:

• Impart basic Solidworks knowledge.

• Provide hands-on opportunity for club members to experience Solidworks.

• Sketching 2D parts

• Basic 3D part modelling with Extrude and Revolve tools

• More advanced features such as holes, fillet, chamfer, etc.

• Participants are to come out with the design resembling the one in the 2D drawing given to them

Speakers:

1. Wan Ting

 

Learning Objectives:

Providing more Arduino knowledge through the workshop

• Basics of ultrasonic sensors

• More coding for Arduino, continuing from last Arduino workshop

• Coding (30 mins)

• Wiring and Assembling with frame (30 mins)

• Each participant given a hard copy of block diagram which shows how the components are connected

Team Bonding between club members

Speakers:

1. Jing Xuan

 

Learning Objectives:

• Teach the club members advance techniques of GIT.

• Introduce club members to GitHub.

• Allow them to have hands-on experience with GIT and GitHub

Speakers:

1. Yan Paing Oo

2. Kendrick Chin

 

Learning Objectives:

• Impart basic CAD and Arduino knowledge through sharing sessions by technicians and alumni

• Provide hands-on opportunity for club members to experience making a robot from scratch

• Promote interaction between club members and alumni by having some experienced alumni to teach during the workshop

Day 1 (CAD component)

• Sketching 2D parts

• Basic 3D part modelling with Extrude and Revolve tools

• More advanced features such as holes, fillet, chamfer, etc.

Day 2 (Arduino component)

• Basic working principles of the electrical components used in the robot

• Basics of electrical wiring

• Basics of coding for Arduino

• Coding (60 mins)

• Wiring and Assembling with frame (60 mins)

Speakers:

1. Jing Xuan

 

Learning Objectives:

• Teach the club members advance techniques of GIT.

• Introduce club members to GitHub.

• Allow them to have hands-on experience with GIT

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce to students the facility available to them

• Make known to the students on the safety requisites when using similar machines

• Allow students to get a first hand experience with the different machines (Milling, Lathe, Drilling, Bandsaw)