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Week 3 (May31 - June 6) :

    Work Stuff: This is so far the most rewarding week in my programming task. I have been able to develop more on the ideas about image processing. The lesson that I have learned is that let do it and we will find a better way. For example, I have created different versions of a program of which the usage is to make the robot turn around looking for a designated color. I owe the very first version to the book “Learning Computing with Robot,” because I get a piece of code in there and alter it to serve my purpose. My first version ended up with 2 recursive functions and countless loops. As I debug the program to make it work, I have acquired more understanding about how blob works as well as I have motivated to find a way to make my program run better. As a result, my latest version has a better blob filter technique, and more efficient algorithm. Specifically, I have manually selected the blob of an object, and I combine the color picture and the blob picture of the object to find the level RGB of the object’s color. I convert hat RGB numbers to YUV numbers using the command Y, U, V = rgb2yuv(R, G, B). Together with the command such as configureBlob() and getBlob(), I have been able to acquire the position of the blob in the picture, and from there I can order the robot to track down the object with the color that I want.
   

    Life Stuff: As the Memorial Day weekend extends to Monday, my husband and I took our kids to Mall America to relax and hang out. Our family has a fun time at the Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America. We went on balloon ride, Diego's Rescue Rider and needless to say that our kids are toddler and preschool. Let me be clear, the Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America is an exciting place that everybody should check out if they are in Minnesota. Completed in March, 2008, this giant indoor playground has many different kinds of rides and games just for everybody.

Going on the Balloon Ride