About Me...
Hello and welcome to my website. I have uploaded many of my projects relating to the field of Robotics and Electronics.
I was first introduced to robotics by a STEM volunteer (Mr G. Bulmer) and two volunteer Warwick University undergraduate students (Olmo & Alice) in November 2008. They came into my school every Wednesday afternoon for five weeks where they taught me and a group of my friends basic programming and electronics skills - enough to make a simple robot.
After that had ended Mr G. Bulmer was kind enough to visit school every Monday at the end of the day to continue teaching and helping me. We worked on various projects such as; strobe lights, line followers, card readers and wall followers.
I gradually started creating robots at home, I bought a Freeduino along with; switches, LEDs, a breadboard, and wires. I experimented with recreating what I had made at school and adapting it to perform slightly different tasks. I then bought some more complex parts such as motor drivers and IR sensors and started making very basic line following robots. I have made countless line follower robots most of which are no longer around, however with each one I learnt more about robots and this enabled me to create more complex robots.
In 2012 I started working at Fanuc Robotics in the Technical department, commissioning and despatching Robot arms and creating/programming robot demo cells to take to exhibitions.
I started studying Electronic Engineering at the University of Warwick in 2013 with the aim of learning even more about electronics and robotics in particular.
I am now a Warwick Volunteer's Project Leader, I experienced first hand how the Technology Volunteers can influence the lives of students, and now I am responsible for arranging school visits and visits to conferences to reach out to as many people as possible.
Background information:
Margaret Low: Works at Warwick University, and started a group called the Warwick Technology Volunteers. Interested in encouraging primary school children to program. Put Mr G. Bulmer in touch with Whitley Academy.
Mr G. Bulmer: Interested in developing technology projects for teenagers and adults. His goal is to develop interesting technology projects which can be used at home or in any group of interested people.
Useful links:
Warwick Technology Volunteer's Website
Contains information about the Warwick Technology Volunteer's and also many tutorials to get started with Arduino.
I was first introduced to robotics by a STEM volunteer (Mr G. Bulmer) and two volunteer Warwick University undergraduate students (Olmo & Alice) in November 2008. They came into my school every Wednesday afternoon for five weeks where they taught me and a group of my friends basic programming and electronics skills - enough to make a simple robot.
After that had ended Mr G. Bulmer was kind enough to visit school every Monday at the end of the day to continue teaching and helping me. We worked on various projects such as; strobe lights, line followers, card readers and wall followers.
I gradually started creating robots at home, I bought a Freeduino along with; switches, LEDs, a breadboard, and wires. I experimented with recreating what I had made at school and adapting it to perform slightly different tasks. I then bought some more complex parts such as motor drivers and IR sensors and started making very basic line following robots. I have made countless line follower robots most of which are no longer around, however with each one I learnt more about robots and this enabled me to create more complex robots.
In 2012 I started working at Fanuc Robotics in the Technical department, commissioning and despatching Robot arms and creating/programming robot demo cells to take to exhibitions.
I started studying Electronic Engineering at the University of Warwick in 2013 with the aim of learning even more about electronics and robotics in particular.
I am now a Warwick Volunteer's Project Leader, I experienced first hand how the Technology Volunteers can influence the lives of students, and now I am responsible for arranging school visits and visits to conferences to reach out to as many people as possible.
Background information:
Margaret Low: Works at Warwick University, and started a group called the Warwick Technology Volunteers. Interested in encouraging primary school children to program. Put Mr G. Bulmer in touch with Whitley Academy.
Mr G. Bulmer: Interested in developing technology projects for teenagers and adults. His goal is to develop interesting technology projects which can be used at home or in any group of interested people.
Useful links:
Warwick Technology Volunteer's Website
Contains information about the Warwick Technology Volunteer's and also many tutorials to get started with Arduino.