RobotX 2024

Concluded our recruitment for 2025. New members have begun their onboarding programme.

Secured 5th Place at the 2024 Maritime RobotX Challenge which was held at Nathan Benderson Park, Florida, United States from 3 – 9 November.

Successfully completed a 30-minute test flight of the new UAV.

Conducted the second water test at RSYC.

Conducted the first water test at RSYC, successfully controlling the propellers in the water.

Completed the development of a new GUI, providing a comprehensive view of AMS statuses.

Designed the reloading mechanism for the Ball Shooter.

Initiated work on the first-ever UAV landing dock.

Appointed Darren as the new Team Lead

Completed the first UAV flight test.

Conducted the second water test site reconnaissance at the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club (RSYC).

Conducted the first un-crating to inspect equipment conditions.

Darren, Yu Wei, and Rui Yue joined the team

Began perception work to identify landing markers and tin cans.

Conducted the first water test site reconnaissance at Nanyang Lake.

Finalised the ROS-based inter-module communication framework.

Tz Yuan and Tz Lung joined the team as Deputy Team Leads. The team was officially renamed "Archimedes."

Initiated development of the new UAV.

Developed and implemented control code for the propeller motor.

Completed the initial assembly of the Ball Shooter and began testing.

Tested the GPS module.

Completed preliminary code improvements for tasks 3 and 4, with successful tests in a simulation environment.

Set up a stereo vision system and trained it to detect objects, including buoys and obstacles.

Tested and improved code from the 2022 VRX competition, adapting it to meet the requirements of the 2022 RobotX competition.

Achieved manual control of the propeller.

Proposed a structural design plan for the Ball Shooter mechanism.

Established the foundational control logic for the ASV.

Initiated the development of the ROS communication framework.