Recently, I participated in Oregon State University’s Engineering Expo. Every year, freshmen are encouraged to enter innovative designs based on the TekBot learning platform used in the ECE program.

A friend and I decided that we would try to implement a macro system for the robot: by using an NES controller, we could have the robot record button combinations and sequences, then play them back later.

Boy did we learn a lesson about procrastination. We started working 24 hours before the project was due, and only ended up getting it finished at 2 in the morning. We ended up having to scale back our plans. But not too much. What we built still is awesome.

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