Just Thinking Aloud

Me and my colleagues at mapua robotics have been designing and fabricating the MAC for quite a time already. We've been conceptualizing it for about 7 months now and yesterday we unveiled our first most efficient prototype.

The MAC started with an all wood body and evolved into a bomb disposing celebrity yesterday. Its media appeal was so great that I was literally blinded by all the flashes yesterday at glorietta and it was a great feeling.

MAC is a remote controlled robot with the ability to see its surroundings and transmit its vision to it's operator. Cameras placed on strategic locations on its body enables the operator to see four different perspectives which enables him to navigate MAC and identify the location of explosives. There are two major parts of the robot; the mobile body, and the robotic arm. The hardest and trickiest part is designing the robotic arm but thanks to the perseverance of Jaylord Jauod, the arm worked.

In my own opinion, as a fabricator of MAC (I did not design anything on MAC but Jaylord is the ultimate designer and fabricator). MAC is just a product of basic engineering knowledge. There is nothing so complicated about it but its impact and signifince is so great which makes it a great robot. With proper funding, laboratory, equipment, knowledge and passion I believe we can still do greater things. MAC is just a beginning of endless possibilities.

As president of our organization, I am now thinking of building another mobile robot platform which can not only do one thing but multiple tasks as well.

Unfortunately, the funding is on us so help us God. Hehehe.

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