Blogs from Adam.
Maintenance plan for website Although our main focus has been on the development of the micro-mouse, the continues development and maintenance of the website has been a high priority, Regular updates to the website were made when needed so that the website always stayed up to date with the latest progress on the development of […]
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Ethical considerations in the development of autonomous vehicles are crucial, especially when faced with potential flaws the could endanger lives. Our responsibilities are guided by the IET’s rule of conduct and its stance on whistleblowing. The IET promotes and encourages ethical behaviour in engineering. Each individual team member is responsible for our professional and personal
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In reflection, Equality, Diversity and inclusion (EDI) has benefited the progress of the team. Firstly, new skills and perspectives from the team members brings a diverse range of skills and ideas which help the overall performance of the team. A diverse team with a wide skillset enables more creativity and innovation, team members can share
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Throughout the month of April I have been working on the final preparations for the microhouse ready for Gregynog. This includes coding the combat mode, coding the Bluetooth menu + remote control mode, improving the obstacle avoidance code and general improvements to the micro mouse code to make sure its reliable and ready for the
Throughout the month of march I have been working on redesigning an improved version of the white line sensor as the old white line sensor gave different values for the same surface and the 2 front sensors was not on a single circuit board. There have been some issues that have developed with the line
Throughout the past month I have been working on the white line following algorithm. Much progress has been made and the micro mouse can now follow a white line although the program still needs some improvement as there are still some issues that can occur. Good progress has also been made with the shell design
February blog: Adam Read More »
I have thoroughly reviewed the ethics and sustainability principles and the IET rules of conduct. After reading through each key principles, I further understand the importance of following ethical principles and bellow are my thoughts on each key principle. The 1st point is “honest and integrity”. I understand it is important to act in a
Adam’s view on Engineering in society Read More »
Throughout the past month I have been working on the PCB circuit design and development of the website and I have added the latest information and photos of the IR sensor development for the website and continued to further improve the overall website. As project planner I have made sure that all the tasks are
November blog : Adam Read More »
In the team I have been given roll as project planner, technician, integrator, tester, data analyst, webmaster and web designer. The roles I’ve been assigned are suitable for my skillset. In the first 2 weeks I have helped develop the basic functions of the website such as adding all the pages and updating our progress
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