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Critical Reflection

   In the formal letter written in the first lessons, the goal of improving my speech and presentation skills were set, as well as learning more about critical thinking skills. Over the weeks, by doing research on the research topics, critical thinking skills had to be used to evaluate the articles. And especially now, as we are writing our critical reflection, are looking back on the past lessons and experiences during this module to reflect on what we have done to achieve our goals. The lessons tasked us to read and understand the resources before explaining the knowledge to the rest of the class. By doing so, the concepts had to be understood before we would share them with the class, and with that, we also had the chance to continuously present to others. The first few presentations were based on whatever little knowledge I had of presenting from past modules back in my polytechnic days, where I learnt to be clear and articulate when speaking for others to be able to u...
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Reader Response Draft 3 of Mars Rover Mobility

From the article "Mars Exploration Rover Mobility and Robotic Arm Operational Performance"(Tunstel et al., 2005), for NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to traverse the uneven surface of Mars, they are equipped with multiple features to aid with their mobility. Such features include high torque, all-wheel drive, with a double-ackermann steering system for the six-wheeled robotic rovers. A rocker-bogie suspension system allows the rovers to traverse the uneven ground with a level difference of 25 centimetres without tipping over and rolling. Each rover also has multiple camera pairs. Front and rear camera pairs are mounted on the body for sensing and evading danger. While another camera pair is mounted at a fixed height of 1.3 metres above the ground and is used for global path planning and visual odometry. Visual odometry uses the images taken from the elevated camera pair to map out the terrain of Mars for autonomous control (Tunstel et al., 2005). The mobility of NASA Rover...
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Reader Response Draft 2 of Mars Rover Mobility

                   From the article "Mars Exploration Rover Mobility and Robotic Arm Operational Performance"(Tunstel et al., 2005), for NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to traverse the uneven surface of Mars, they are equipped with multiple features to aid with their mobility. Such features include high torque, all-wheel drive, with a double-ackerman steering system for the six-wheeled robotic rovers. A rocker-bogie suspension system allows the rovers to traverse the uneven ground with a level difference of 25 centimetres without tipping over and rolling by allowing all 6 wheels to be in contact with the ground at all times.  Each rover also has multiple camera pairs. Front and rear camera pairs are mounted on the body for sensing and evading danger. While another camera pair is mounted at a fixed height of 1.3 metres above the ground and is used for global path planning and visual odometry. Visual odometry uses the images t...
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Reader Response Draft 1 of Mars Rover Mobility

                 From the article "Mars Exploration Rover Mobility and Robotic Arm Operational Performance"(Tunstel et al., 2005), for NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to traverse the uneven surface of Mars, they are equipped with multiple features to aid with their mobility. Such features include high torque, all-wheel drive, with a double-ackerman steering system for the 6-wheeled robotic rovers. A rocker-bogie suspension system allows the rovers to traverse the uneven ground with a level difference of 25 centimetres without tipping over and rolling by allowing all 6 wheels to be in contact with the ground at all times.  Each rover also has multiple camera pairs. Front and rear camera pairs are mounted on the body for sensing and evading danger. While another camera pair is mounted at a fixed height of 1.3 metres above the ground and is used for global path planning and visual odometry. Visual odometry uses the images taken from...
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Summary Draft 2 of Mars Rover Mobility

               From the article "Mars Exploration Rover Mobility and Robotic Arm Operational Performance"(Tunstel et al., 2005), for NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to traverse the rough and rocky terrain of Mars, they are equipped with multiple features to aid with their mobility. A high torque, all-wheel drive, and double-ackerman steering system are employed for the 6-wheeled robots. A rocker-bogie suspension system allows the robots to traverse uneven ground with a level difference of 25 centimetres without tipping over and rolling.                Each rover also has multiple camera pairs. Front and rear camera pairs are mounted on the body for sensing and evading danger. Another camera pair is mounted at a fixed height of 1.3 metres above the ground and is used for global path planning and visual odometry, which estimates the displacement of features captured in overlapping images from the ...
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Summary Draft 1 of Mars Rover Mobility

            From the article "Mars Exploration Rover Mobility and Robotic Arm Operational Performance"(Tunstel et al., 2005), f or NASA Rovers Spirit and Opportunity to traverse the rough and rocky terrain of Mars, a high torque, all-wheel drive, and double-ackerman steering system is employed for the 6-wheeled robots. A rocker-bogie suspension system allows the robots to traverse rocky terrain with a level difference of 25 centimetres without tipping over and rolling.                 Each rover also has multiple camera pairs. Front and rear camera pairs are mounted on the body for hazard detection and avoidance. While another pair that is mounted at a fixed height of 1.3 metres above the ground is used for global path planning and visual odometry, which estimates the displacement of features captured in overlapping images from the camera (Tunstel et al., 2005).         ...
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Formal Letter

  Subject: An Introduction About Myself Dear Professor Brad,                         This letter serves as a self-introduction about me. My name is Kenneth Soo, and I am currently studying in the robotics systems course at the Singapore Institute of Technology and also a part of your class in the critical thinking and communication module.                 A brief backstory, I graduated with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic in 2019. Although hoping to pursue my interest in Programming and Information Technology, I ended up choosing this course as it was the closest to my specialization of machine design back in my third year of polytechnic studies. My final year project had me programming a programmable logic controller, which used a different form of programming from the one we were taught during programming classes, but with challenges I th...
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