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application of mechanical and electrical technology in industry to deliver information

quickly. Hence, this application can be used in the future when utilizing constrain control
and electrical communication. Communication here refers to the passing of the Gerege

between the two robots using relay system.

Although both manual and auto robots fulfills the criteria of the rules, there are still

some limitations but can be improved. For example, inadequate financial resource limits the
materials used to build the robots and practice field. The purchased qualitity reflects the

sturdiness and durability of the final product. Next, is the equipment. Encoder is

implemented in the manual robot and can only be used as a semi-auto control since it can
only count up to a certain desired distance. Despite the fact that fiber optic sensor is more

commonly used, it has similar function as the encoder. Thus, the possibility for other
occasions will vary to some extent. For example, the lighting from the field at the

competition may differ from the lighting during the practice field. Thus, it will affect the
colour sensor readings. That is why encoder is more preferable. For the automatic robot, the

limitation depends on the mechanical structure of the robot. If the structure of the robot is

poorly built, it may damage the components such as motors, sensor or driver.

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