Thesis: I have submitted my thesis to my tutor to check that I have achieved everything that is required for submission. I will then hopefully have a bit of time to make any changes that need to be implemented. My submission date is 31.12.15 but I am aiming to submit before Xmas as it would be nice to have Christmas without stressing about getting all my work in the day before new years. I do think this is a bit of a strange time to have a hand in date, it is going to be massively busy on the trains and everyone will be in new years mode.
Animatronic: As you can see in the pics Aldous is now in uni, I still need to attach some bits and pieces that I have not had chance to fit yet like the banks of switches and the right hand. I will be staying over with friends for the next few days so I will hopefully be able to finish all these parts and move on to the programming pretty quickly.
Feelings
I am very happy to have the Aldous at uni, as far as I am aware my viva is going to be happening early Jan so its really important that I have everything up and running for then.
Evaluation
There is still a bit of work to be done before I can put my feet up and enjoy Christmas, the right hand is stil in bits in my bag so I will put these together at my friends house tonight and get it fitted onto Aldous in the morning. The banks of switches I may make a start on after getting some food as I think the PGR is still open till 11pm at the moment. I will have to check with reception on my way out but if this is the case I will stay on for a few more hours and get this element fitted.
Analysis
The situation of the project makes sense, it is a bit strange seeing Aldous in uni and I am worried that he may get knocked or someone takes a dislike to him and decides to give him a punch or two. I made a sign asking people not to do this but god knows what will happen over the Christmas period whilst i am away. The again I may be becoming a bit protective of this animate object ! or maybe the process of animation has in some way given the character life in my head. The other thing I need to do is fit the speakers that arrived the other day, they are still in boxes shoved in the bottom of my bag so need to have a look at them as see if they need putting together in any way. I may take these for my friends to examine as they are all music students and may have some ideas on placement to get the best sound out of them.
Conclusion
In conclusion this is a very exciting / nervous session, I am right on the edge of things and that is where everything happens good or bad its going to happen regardless. I aim to get the whole character finished in the next 4 days as then I need to travel home and back to work for a few days. I seem to be clashing with everybody else's deadlines too as uni is really busy at the moment and people keep popping in and out of the room only the be confronted by Aldous, I wish I had my video camera with me to capture this as its quite entertaining to watch.
Action Plan
The action plan is to finish the robot and do any corrections that need to be done to my thesis, wish me luck and see you on the other side.
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