Friday the final

 After a great week full of new experiences, especially in robotics which we don’t usually get to explore, we had finally reached the last day.

The morning started like usual: wake up early and go get a good breakfast. The breakfast hall was more crowded than before because a new school had arrived the day before, but that didn’t stop us from getting our share.

After breakfast, everyone packed their stuff. Since it was the last day and there was no receptionist at the hostel, we took all our bags with us to school. We were allowed to arrive at 10AM which was nice because it gave us some extra time to get everything packed and ready to go.

When we arrived at the school we went straight to class for our last two hours of work time before the presentations. We used that time to fine tune our programs and prepare everything for the presentation.

Then it was time for our last free lunch. We were welcomed with a barbecue and a DJ playing music for the students. The weather was great which made it even better. The only downside was that the barbecue wasn’t included in the program so we had to pay for it separately. Most of us still chose to pay and just saved our free sandwich for later or for the trip home.

After the break it was finally time to start the presentations and demonstrations. Most teams were a bit nervous and so was ours. The order was decided randomly and our group was one of the last to go. Watching the presentations was really nice and most of the demos went well. It was clear that coming up with an idea is easier than doing a full project around it. A lot of teams ended up having more content than expected, which showed how much work goes into robotics.

When the presentations were done the teachers gave a final talk and thanked us for all the work we had put in. They seemed really happy with the results. They also discussed a few things for the coming years and then said goodbye.

As we headed to the station we all said our goodbyes to new friends and to PXL Hasselt. A long trip home was still ahead of us, but it marked the end of a week we had all been looking forward to. It definitely lived up to our expectations.

Ricardo Arts

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