Line Tracking Robot

Robotic Car Racer

Here is where it all started... Back in 2016, I entered a ​robotics competition, competing to see whose robot would ​be the fastest! It was my first introduction to how amazing, ​fun, and exciting real engineering can be. It was also the first ​time I learned about PID controller! The video you see is the ​final round of the race. It may not seem that fast, which it ​wasn’t, but considering the knowledge I had at the time, I am ​pretty proud of my younger self! (Plus, I won the competition, ​haha.)

Of course, there is no way I would just stop then. I had to ​keep improving the robot and my engineering skills! The first ​robot was made out of off the shelf parts. It was really hard ​to fully customized my robot.

In 2017, I got my hands on my first 3D printer and learned ​how to CAD. Just that one think opens me up to a lot of ​potentials. I also learned how to design my own printed ​circuit board (PBC).

The robot got smaller, lighter, better, and faster! And of ​course I won a few more competitions with the robot!

To be honest, third year was not the best in 2018. I was ​distracted by other projects I was working on. I barely worked ​on the 3rd generation. The design was more of an ​“experimental” design. I added a duct fan to allow the robot ​to go on an upside-down track. I learn how to use a speed ​controller for the first time here! The robot, however, didn’t ​turn out performing so well.