Week 9 Post 3

I start realizing that I am coming to the end of my journey at the Collaborative Robotics Lab. It feels sad because I am used to working on something that I am passionate about and being independent in what I am working on. Also, I am sad because I am used to the creative people around me, working on projects that have never been explored before by other people, which daily gave me the inspiration to pursue my passions in AI. It feels like I always belonged to this lab and worked here for years, instead of two months. I do understand though that it is not the end because I might have an opportunity in the future to join this lab as a graduate student or a Ph.D. student. On the good side, I am getting progress on my kNN algorithm. I was able to fix the bugs that occurred last time, and I started getting the clustering that I needed. It seems like it is working; however, I am not sure if that is what I need exactly. The way I see the project, it goes exactly how it is supposed to go, but Mythra might have a different opinion since he knows exactly what it should look like. This is why I am excited to have a meeting with him on Monday after a month of barely communicating with him. I am excited to show my accomplishments and tests to Mythra, even if not everything is working the way it should. I get a feeling that Mythra would also be proud of me and my work, considering that I was the only one in the lab among other interns working by myself (with no supervision at all) for half of the internship. I am grateful for the skills that I learned here, such as the skill of working independently because I believe it will help me succeed in my future computer science classes at Berea College. Of course, most CS classes require students to work in teams; however, since I know how to work on my own, following my own progress, I might be able to integrate that confidence with my leadership skills, which will help me advance in my classes as a team member and as an independent student.