I think diversity has been an extremely strong part of this project, it has promoted students from different backgrounds to mix and form new friendships and working partnerships. To begin with we had some issues with language barriers within the team as everyone on the team were from different international backgrounds so to begin with […]
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The Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles Blowing the whistleImagine that you discover that the design is flawed and that there is a large probability that one or more of the first production cars will kill a pedestrian. What are your team’s responsibilities under the IET’s Rules of Conduct and its guidance to members on whistleblowing? What is your team’s responsibility as
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Personal Statement of Commitment to Ethical Principles Upon exploring the RAE/EC Ethical Principles, I noticed an emphasis on integrity, honesty, and accountability. These principles resonate closely with my own personal values. As I finish my degree and begin my professional career, I will be committed to upholding these values in every aspect of my work.
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An estimate the billable time that went into the development of your mouse and the website. The average salary for an undergraduate engineer is currently £22,543 per year. Assuming the average working week is 37.5 hours we can then calculate the average hourly rate to be £11.56. Next, we need to calculate the total number
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Throughout April I was focused on getting everything finalised and working, making sure that all the different modes were coded properly and working. Having just got the shell back we had to ensure that the screen would fit inside the designated space, it didn’t quite fit which I had to sand down the edges to
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In the month of March. I started working on our special feature for our micro-mouse project. Thinking of various different ideas as to what we can go for and what would be good for a presentation in-front of the class. In the end we decided for our special feature we would use a display, and
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In February I began working on the white-line sensors, trialling different designs and what would work best, having them on a board a fixed distance apart around the line was what we ultimately went with for this design, then working on the code trying to discover ways of making the robot drive faster whilst also
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Through November I have been working on brushing up the website ensuring all the criteria have been met for the website initial assessment. Working on the general design getting it into a format and layout everyone on the team is happy with and beginning to add information about our micro-mouse and the overall project. Alongside
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I am the Webmaster tasked with working on the website learning how to use WordPress looking at formatting all the pages required for the specification so all the information can easily be added as we work throughout the project. Learning the interface of WordPress has been quite difficult as it’s very different comparatively to other
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