Student story / Higher Diploma in Applied AI & Data Engineering

The first time the robot arm responded

Marcus returned to study after three years in logistics, wanting to understand the systems he used every day.

Engineering students examining a tabletop robot (generated demonstration image)

The first time the robot arm reacted to our data, the whole group went quiet.

Marcus Lee, first-year Higher Diploma in Applied AI & Data Engineering

Back in the classroom

In the warehouse I used a sorting system every day without knowing why it sometimes failed. Evening classes meant I could keep working while I studied.

In the lab

Our team trained a simple model so a robot arm could tell parcels apart by shape. When it worked for the first time, none of us could quite believe it.

Taking it back to work

I’ve started talking with colleagues about improving our sorting process. What I learn in class, I can use the next day.

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