Q3 edition

July-Sept 2017
2018
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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter
IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (RAS)
Reported by Ahmad Anas Yusof and Noor Ayuni Che Zakaria,
anas@utem.edu.my; ayuni.uitm@yahoo.com

Technical workshop on Robotics and control

systems – By Quanser Inc, Canada.

A group photo of the In Genius World –Robotics for Kids event

Young Innovator Challenge

On 21st July 2018 the Young Innovators Challenge

IEEE Robotic and Automation Society (IEEE RAS) has
successfully organized a workshop on 9th July 2018. The
main focus of the event was to introduce the new
learning concepts with the latest technical tools
developed by Quanser for areas of control systems and
Robotics. Different experimental models were
introduced for both the lecturers and the students. The
integration of the experimental models with the latest
software and the simulation with Matlab were
demonstrated for the audience
has been organized in UCSI. The YIC is a platform
that is provided for the millennial to showcase their
invention skills that is to be used in various
industries Students from various schools within the
Kuala Lumpur region participated to showcase their
best effort to build a working concept prototype
that performs certain tasks which is controlled
either by an Arduino microcontroller or and
Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

InGenius World – Robotics for Kids

The Robotics for Kids event was organized by IEEE RAS

Malaysia and IEEE UCSI Student branch and IEEE HKN
UCSI Branch on 18th and 19th August 2018. The main
focus of the event was to expose young kids from age 6
to 12 years old to basic of engineering, robotics and
coding. This workshop’s mission was to observe their
Prof Lijiljana
interest in Robotics and Engineering by teaching them via
Trajkovic (Left) and
hands-on methods. Dr. Samsuzana Abd
Aziz (Right)