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PMJ Makers from Politeknik Mersing

TEAM SUPERVISOR: Mohd Nazrul Effendy Mohd Idrus

TEAM MEMBERS: Abdul Salam Saad
Mohd Khairul Anuwar Mohd Khairi
Zainuddin Mat Taib

ABSTRACT

Today, the application of robotic technology is rapidly expanding and getting more
important. Such technology is used to develop machine that can substitute humans and

replicate human action. ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ROBOCON) is a robot

competition organized every year. Each year the competition has different topics, but
generally speaking two or more robots must be used to complete the tasks. One of the robots

would be manually controlled while the others are automatic. In ROBOCON Malaysia 2019,

there are several tasks that have to be done by the manual robot. The first team to achieve
Uukhai is the winner. Therefore, there is a need to develop the Messenger Robot 1 (MR1)

and the Messenger Robot 2 (MR2) that can do the tasks and earn the points. The MR1 uses
Arduino platform to control the movement (move forward, backward, turn left, and turn

right) and mechanism (gripping, extending, and lifting). Furthermore, the MR1 have
adopted the pneumatic technology method as the mechanism for gripping, extending, and

lifting. While the MR2 also uses Arduino platform to control the movement (four legged)

and mechanism (gripping). The results of developing the manual robot for ROBOCON
Malaysia 2019 show that the MR1 is able to complete every task given. However, an

improvement has to be done to ensure that the robot is going faster than its current
performance.

1.0 INTRODUCTION

There have been previous studies that investigate problem-based and project-based

learning and its impact. Alternative learning methods and environments like project-based

learning are playing an increasingly important role in shaping the students for their future
professional life [1]. Every year, since 2003, undergraduate students from this Polytechnic

participate in the annually held ROBOCON competition organized by the national Asian
Broadcasting Union (ABU). Each year, a different problem statement is posed by the

hosting country and teams prepare robots on their own to solve it. The mission in the

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