Yesterday night when I arrived home it was almost 23 o'clock. It had been a busy and tiring day. I and Jorrit worked on the CyberRobot until 22 in the evening and then we were kicked out because the building was going to close.
When I looked back at the day I saw that despite all the obstacles and things which didn't work, we were succeeded to make our first Demo.
In the morning I bought the new LinkSys N+ wireless router. A wireless accesspoint is needed so the MacMini in the CyberRobot can connect to. Once in the office, I began to install. Although I have installed many wireless access points for myself, friends and families, but this one would not work. I was almost 3 hours busy with it and the result was negative. Later that day Johan, another colleague working on Webchair, appeared too. In no time, the office was in a real chaos! There was almost no room to sit and have the lunch.
Above: Chaos in the Room
It was about 5 o'clock when things began to work. The router started to work magically without doing anything and I finally could find why the serial ports couldn't be opened. The FTDI drivers should be loaded first by a shell script. I still have to find a way to automize it. I gotta learn unix/linux and shell scripting.
until about 22 o'clock I and Jorrit were busy trail and erroring and preparing things for tomorrow for the big day. We then had to leave the building.
The presentation and demonstration
In the morning I prepared a power point presentaion and then left for the Hage. My dear teacher Ans Sarianamual was also going to come too. When she arrived, I introduced her to Jorrit and then I went further preparing the MIEP and the walls.
Graham was in Germany in the last few days and he was on his way for the demonstration from Berlin. At 14.30 everything was setup and Graham, Christina, Ans and Jorrit were there. I have to admit that I was very stressed and nervrous. I started the presentation and explained them what I had done in the time I was there and what my results and perspectives were.
until about 22 o'clock I and Jorrit were busy trail and erroring and preparing things for tomorrow for the big day. We then had to leave the building.
In the morning I prepared a power point presentaion and then left for the Hage. My dear teacher Ans Sarianamual was also going to come too. When she arrived, I introduced her to Jorrit and then I went further preparing the MIEP and the walls.
Graham was in Germany in the last few days and he was on his way for the demonstration from Berlin. At 14.30 everything was setup and Graham, Christina, Ans and Jorrit were there. I have to admit that I was very stressed and nervrous. I started the presentation and explained them what I had done in the time I was there and what my results and perspectives were.
Above: Yosuf at his presentation
After the presentation, it was time for demonstration. I and Jorrit started what we had prepared and the show was started.
Jorrit was filming and here are some parts of the demo:
At presentation, everyone was quiet, but when the demo started, almost everyone was shouting. I and Jorrit were very happy that they liked it and most important of all that the CyberRobot was doing how it had to work.
Above: the CyberRobot with his big bro, from the older generation
I should say that the demostration would have not been possible without the hard work of Jorrit who built the Robot. Also Nicolo, another colleague from the HKU, is supposed to make one, but it still has to come.
Above: Jorrit building the CyberRobot
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