About 380 students from 55 secondary schools and polytechnics all over Malaysia partook in four sessions of聽 VEXCode VR workshop, recently. Hosted by the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET), Robotics Club MMU Melaka in collaboration with the Student Enrollment Office (SRO) and IFI (HK) Ltd., the sessions were conducted by the Robotics Club committee members through virtual mode. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fazly Salleh Abas, the dean of FET, and Mr. Andy Lee, the President of IFI (HK) Ltd. also delivered their welcoming remarks to all participants via a video.
The workshop is aimed to prepare the participants for the upcoming MMU-VEX Robotics Competition (MVRC 2021) that will be held in September 2021. The participants were exposed to hands-on experience in developing and simulating a virtual mobile robot in the VEXCode VR platform. The workshop also covered several modules namely 鈥淚ntroduction to programming language and VEXCode VR鈥, 鈥淎djusting drive and changing speed of robot in a project鈥, 鈥淚ntroduction to control flow鈥, and 鈥淭he use of electromagnet in VEXCode VR鈥.
The workshop also received overwhelming feedback from the participants. The organiser also encouraged the participants to practice more and get themselves familiar with the VEXCode VR platform for their upcoming MVRC 2021.
