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    • Real-life Reinforcement Learning - Furuta Pendulum

      Building and training an inverted pendulum robot.

      Posted on August 31, 2024 • Project

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      A few months ago, I chanced upon a video that demonstrated a commercial Furuta Pendulum design used to teach control theory at the university level. As someone who is always itching to try a new reinforcement learning (RL) project, this felt like the perfect challenge to apply RL to a... [Read More]
      Tags:
      • SAC
      • reinforcement-learning
      • AI
      • robotics
    • DIY 3-Axis CNC Mill

      A deep dive into machining and precision robotics

      Posted on August 20, 2023 • Project

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      During my internship at HOPE Technik, I was enamored by the CNC machines in the workshop. Something about the speed, precision and capabilities of these machines piqued my interest greatly. Naturally, I had to build one for myself! A project that took over 2.5 months to materialise, it can be... [Read More]
      Tags:
      • cnc
      • machining
      • mill
      • robotics
      • fusion360
      • cad
      • 3d printing
      • fdm
    • Smart Wallet: Reimagined

      My first end-to-end design project!

      Posted on June 5, 2023 • Project

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      So, My 3D printed Smart Wallet broke :cry:. I always appreciated that it integrated cards and coins in such a sleek and nifty way (boo to money clips). The design, however, was greatly limited by the pure FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) approach. Since I was interning at HOPE Technik, I... [Read More]
      Tags:
      • dlp
      • fdm
      • 3d printing
      • waterjet
      • fusion360
      • cad
    • Hexago

      A forray into MCTS

      Posted on December 10, 2022 • Project

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      As a child, I really enjoyed playing Pentago. With the 6x6 board that came with the game, I liked to come up with new games to play with my friends. One such game I coined Hexago, a simple chess-inspired game where both players start with 3 rows of pawns and... [Read More]
      Tags:
      • MCTS
      • board game
      • hexago
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    Joel Ng  •  2025

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