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[edit] Members
- Daniel Kruesi (Dan Krusi), Student, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
- David Grob, Student, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
- Prof. Stefan Keller, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
- Dr. Joachim Wirth, University of Applied Sciences Winterthur
[edit] Personal Reports
[edit] Dan Krusi
Realizing this project has been a dream of mine for a long time. Since childhood I have been interested in robots, and since my teenage years I have been building them. The mix of theory, mathematics, programming, and tinkering with hardware throughout the project was really fascinating. While at many times the wide range of topics we touched was a little overwhelming, as was the entire scope of the project, I believe the values and lessons I learnt throughout the project are a invaluable experience. Not only were we pushed on an almost daily basis to extend our knowledge to new unfamiliar areas and fields, but we were also given the chance to realize different aspects of computer science which we had learnt throughout the course of our studies. Working with David Grob, Prof. Keller, and Dr. Wirth was very comfortable. We all supported each other with the resources and knowledge we had, and in total spent countless hours brainstorming problems and solutions. As students presenting our own project idea, I felt the interest and support from the university for the first time. At times the project was frustrating when after so much hard work specific areas would just continuously fail and remain unresolved, and constant new unexpected problems would arise. But, in hindsight, this is normal for any hardware-related project. All the long nights and weekends were definitely worth it. Many thanks to all who supported the project - I look forward to continue using the emss framework to build mobile two-wheeled robots.
[edit] David Grob
Dr. Joachim Wirth has unfortunately left the HSR University of Applied Sciences so that he could not advise our Bachelor Thesis. Nevertheless, we found Prof. Stefan Keller which was very interested and motivated to supervise our project. Hence we could build upon our Semester Project and achieved exciting new developments as well as improvements of our previous work. The entire project was very interesting and versatile. Many fields of Computer Science were covered, from accessing hardware to network programming to graphical user interfaces. Also, many theoretical and mathematical work was undertaken, as well as reading of relevant papers of the field. The project was so interesting that many times we forgot the time and worked too much. However, that wasn't a problem as we where happy to accomplish the different goals set before us. The teamwork with Daniel Krüsi was very agreeable, and I treasure the cooperativeness of Prof. Stefan Keller and Dr. Joachim Wirth which were always available for questions. I have learned much and I would do the work again. Robotics will remain an interest of mine most definitely.
