Individual Research Contributions to Group Project

1. Researched and brainstormed on potential topics for the project and give a short pitch on it during first team meeting.

2. Contributed to record and submit the team meeting minutes.

3. Participated in second team meeting, all our group members discussed together and finally decided our topics on autonomous excavators.

4. Contributed on writing and improving the problem and purpose statement of our report.

5. Researched relevant journals on autonomous excavators from SIT OneSearch and google scholar.

6. Report Contributions – Wrote the sections on technical advancements and benefits, detailing key improvements in current autonomous excavator technology, and what benefits our new autonomous excavator can bring.

7. Researched and cited relevant academic and industry sources to support our findings.

8. Designed and structured presentation slides for my assigned section(benefits and conclusions) to ensure clarity and engagement.

9. Delivered a segment of the presentation, communicating our proposed idea and its benefits to the audience.

Comments

  1. Brad Blackstone3 March 2025 at 01:21

    Dear Lanxin,

    This is a detailed post. Thanks for the effort!

    I appreciate the descriptions.

    I look forward to learning more about your current research process.

    ReplyDelete

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