Effective Communications MEC1281

  Summary and Analysis Draft #4   MEC1281   Woravuth Chong (2003006)   According to the article “Soft robotic arm...” (Matheson, 2020), researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a system comprising of sensors with high compliance and an information processing model that allows a robot equipped with these to know its position in 3D space and move about efficiently. The sensors are wrapped all around the robot’s body like skin. Traditionally, robots get their configuration info from a complex system of cameras, which are unfeasible for actual soft robot applications. Truby, one of the researchers, said that “We’re sensorising soft robots to get feedback for control from sensors, not vision systems, using a very easy, rapid method for fabrication.” According to Matheson, Truby also said that the entire system is still inadequate, but it is a crucial foothold from which advances in soft robotic control can be made. Moving ahead, researchers

  Personal Critical Reflection for Effective Communications MEC1281- After 13 weeks of the course, I felt that I have managed to complete my goals of being able to speak confidently in front of a crowd that I am not familiar with as well as being able to write emails, letters and reports properly. In the beginning of the course, I had some trouble with speaking up in front of the class and often stutter a lot. However, I have improved over the 13 weeks and am now able to speak properly in front of my classmates. Without Professor Blackstone’s help by giving me the opportunities to practice speaking in front of my classmates during class (e.g., reading texts out loud during class), I would not have been able to improve. I have also brushed up on my writing and have improved a lot when it comes to writing a report and summary. Before the course, my report and essay writing are mediocre and are often filled with too much information. After going through the classes, I feel that my reports