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My second task during work experience was to get two cute Wall·E like bots up and running. The plan was to have them whizzing around whilst blaring out music. These bots seemed relatively cute and simple compared to the behemoth of the hexapod, so I began trying to fix them. Continue reading →

Having had no prior experience with any robotics, it was quite daunting to see a huge hexapod lying in front of me on my first day of work experience. This hexapod had been abandoned in a box for many years, wires were spewed out across its lifeless back and its circuitry was all exposed. It was my job to nurture this poor robotic ant back to health. Continue reading →

A robot is an autonomous or semi-autonomous electromechanical system that couples inputs, such as sensors, with actuators, such as motors via a control system. This control system and its overall ability to control the robot in a logical manner is often compared to the human brain. Continue reading →