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Student Name	UBTech	Tencent
Ayesha Aziz ALKAFF	UBTech was extremely well prepared and enthusiastic to show their products. They embrace innovation and clearly diversifies their product as much as possible to cater to different markets and age groups.	Tencent was truly an eye opening experience for me. It is clear why they dominate the global market, emphasising on the customer requirements and wants. They show no signs of slowing down, slowly but surely conquering different industries, and immensely succeeding in them.
Bernadine LYE Su Hui	UBTech is at the forefront of cutting edge technology in the realm of AI. In fact, “Machine learning is not really cutting edge technology.” - which was an interesting point. It was insightful to see how robots in movies are actually being realised by UBTech in real life, and its many applications. It would be interesting to see how cost can be minimized to reach out to more consumers.	Tencent is very diversified in its operations, and owes its success to its different modes of operations in various industries - investments, partnerships and direct ownerships. It was interesting how QQ and a WeChat - both products of Tencent, were not thought to be in direct competition, but as complementary platforms. The amount of different products and technologies by Tencent was really impressive - a company to continuously watch as it continues to expand its influence in coming years.
CHANG Jia Li	A robot can do a back flip better than me! I like how they focus on different aspect in providing the best robots such as in education or customer service. Furthermore, they improved the Walker Version 2.0 within a year which was amazing.	Really impressive exhibition and I'm so amazed with the technologies that they have! Tencent provides such a wide services and each of them is so good in their area. Definitely was a fun tour!
Chantalle NG	It was interesting to see how drones are able to greatly help people, other than personal entertainment. The one feature that stood out was how drones are used to help fire fighters fight fire. I think it is a great demonstration of how advanced technology will be able to aid people during such crisis.	With an in-depth explanation of what AR is, it gave me insights as to how the collection of data can create personalisations that can create endless user experiences.
Cheryl KOH Zhi Ying	“People should embrace technology advancement rather than fear it.” Technology helps us to better take on mundane routine tasks, enabling us to channel our resources towards more productive and enjoyable tasks. We should hence not fear being replaced by robots and AI, but focus on the positive possibilities they can bring.	“People should embrace technology advancement rather than fear it.” Technology helps us to better take on mundane routine tasks, enabling us to channel our resources towards more productive and enjoyable tasks. We should hence not fear being replaced by robots and AI, but focus on the positive possibilities they can bring.
Debbie LEE Shan Ying	Current tech products are more reactive than proactive. Making use of AI/ML result in more proactiveness because these robots can learn themselves. 5 years road map is to aim for a robot in every home. Main product is “Walker”, mainly for taking care of elderly due to increasing ageing population in China. Looking to release the product to the market around next December	Success mainly due to their huge investment in R&D. R&D makes up 50% of the team to identify new products for diffrentiation from competitors. B2B and B2C so they cover a very huge market segment, helps to gain foothold
Derrick LEE Ming Yang	Ideas don't come to you if you're sitting at home and waiting. Go out there and be like the product manager at DJI. Mavic Pro stemmed from a simple idea that the product manager found it inconvenient to bring the drone with him during hiking.	CoolHobo only got into an accelerator after 2 pivots. The accelerator helped them understand team dynamics, fund raising and branding. They successfully raised venture capital after the initial seed funding and will be raising their series A soon.
Gary CHUA Rongjie	Drones have a lot of potential to penetrate various industries. Being used mainly in the filming industry now, DJI has moved on to utilise AI to further enhance the experience. However in my opinion I think that the next hurdle will be the regulations and monitoring especially with urban cities having strict airspace rules. This is currently now mitigated through restrictions via software. But the question is will this be abused?	The most important thing about entrepreneurship as mentioned by the founder is teamwork. Being able to understand your team member’s working style and understand how to complement each other. Another thing was that the founder is being realistic, focusing on building SDKs to integrate into current applications which I feel is the right strategy for the Chinese market where many are used to using Wechat or Alipay.
GOH Jin Qiang	It is important to find out the limitation of DJI current product in order to grow and innovate – The birth of DJI Mavic Pro was discovered by DJI product manager during a hike as he sees the importance of having a portable, on-the-go product for adventure.	Other than understanding customer’s needs, CoolHobo sees the importance to “personalise customer experience with future in mind”. Thus, their innovations are not limited to today’s state of technology, but rather building SKU that could be integrated in tomorrow’s technology.
Gwendolyn GOH Wen Hui	The most interesting thing about UBtech is their ability to develop a new prototype robot in just one year. It is interesting to see how they educate people about coding and robots since young.	I’ve learned that Tencent is a user-centric company and they cover a lot more different products than just games.
HO Wei Hong	Use your own product to know the shortcomings in different scenario. Mavic was born this way.	Collect lots of information from users, connect these information together and collide them to form meaningful insights
HOW Zhiteng	Robots will soon be an integral part of our everyday lives, and UBTech's vision to have their commercial robots to be in people's houses in the near future seems probable. I believe these robots will add values to people's lives in many ways.	Technology is required in every possible industry as it helps improves efficiency. It is amazing to see how Tencent is able to branch out and impact in so many different industries.
LIM Yi Bin	From computers to laptops to robots, the progress in robotics will only progress further but a balance between the human touch and robot interaction is necessary in this process.	The expansion of a company may reap in the profits but in the long run, it's the community involvement and support for the less fortunate that will ensure continual support for it's products.
Mathilda NG	The company mainly uses AI to come up with futuristic robots and even ones to commercialize and use in future households such as the Walker, which acts as a butler. There is always a need to have progression in technology in order to improve the lives of the people and robots can help to ease many laborious tasks in such areas. With the rapid advancement in technology, the use of humanoid robots will also be useful in many areas as well.	The company provides a wide array of products and services ranging from the popular social media platform ‘Wechat’ to providing entertainment such as animation and games to others. Their philosophy of putting their customers first and being customer oriented has allowed them to be very successful in many areas of expertise. With 50% of the company focused on research, a lot of time and effort is put into providing the best solution and use cases for any product or service being launched.
Mohammad Hazmie Bin JAAFAR	You will never fly if you're too scared of failure. You will never know what changes you can bring to the world without taking the first step. Be bold, be brave.	"AR replicate our innate human desire to not only understand but to attach meaning to them.. it is grounded in the tenets of biology. We add a little bonus a give users superpowers"
Muhammad Hafizuddin Bin ABD RAHIN	DJI, which was ranked ninth in Robotics Business Review’s “Top Robotics Companies of 2017” had a wide array of products ranging from commercial to professional use. The rapid development of drone technology have a huge potential to affect many industries like construction and agriculture.	CoolHobo is an AR/VR company that focuses on retail. A more interactive experience while shopping online would definitely attract numbers. However, the technology is still rather young and would require more development to certain functions before the general public would actually find it useful enough to adopt.
ONG Li Ting	Ub tech aims to integrate intelligent robots into our daily lives and create a more intelligent way of living. It is interesting how Ub tech has marketed the robot “Walker” as a companion and service robot due to its very humanoid technology and intelligence. The speaker touched on how robots can take up riskier duties and mundane jobs to improve workplace safety, speed, consistency and productivity. The idea that workplaces with no human necessary human presence like factories and retail shop has come to fruition.	The display that caught my eye would be the VR shooting game where players are able to immerse themselves totally in the virtual world. This breaks the barriers of conventional online gaming by introducing a “physical action” component which brings the game closer to reality. I was surprised with how fast the AI of the game “GO” reacts to a player’s movements, promptly calculating and computing the best next move by learning from the players choices.
ONG Lin Sheng	I am quite amazed by the robotics from UBTech, how they transform from different prototypes to becoming a unicorn company today! Different use cases for data analytics and usage of technologies to meet the needs for everyone.	Tencent wow-ed me from its building to every showroom with different showcases and demos. The company tour exceeded my expectation and hope I have the chance to work in company like that someday.
ONG Yan Kai	While robots may make future lives easier, it also raises more concerns regarding data privacy. Given the recent discussions involving mobile apps tracking user data, we can be sure that more issues will be raised once robots enter our households. There’s always a trade off between convenience and privacy.	I find it interesting how thought leaders like Tencent allocate 50% of their manpower into research. No wonder they are able to provide such a wide variety of services and stay at the forefront of the industry.
Shaun John CHEETHAM	It was an amazing experience to see the progress in robotics and A.I that they have made. From one iteration to the next, the time taken is reduced but the leap in functionality is immense.	To see a tech company grow and diversify itself over the years the way tencent has is inspirational. Despite their meteoric growth, they still make it a point to give back to the community.
SIM Li Jin	Provides a range of products for each of the different education sector. Integrate into daily lives of commercial homes. #Dreamwithrobots	Connecting people for a greater future. The technologies they used have benefited sectors, such as health, entertainment, transport and government.
Stanley LIN Weijie	Singapore is a tropical country. Therefore, waterproof is needed for drones in order to be implemented everywhere in Singapore	Technology requires 5G, not visible in Singapore context. However, if it is possible, huge capital requirements is needed.
SZE Shao Tang	Drones are cool but may be a threat to privacy when not regulated properly.	"AR replicates innate human desires to not only understand places but to attach meaning to them. It is grounded in the tenets of biology."
TAY Wei Xuan	DJI is able to implement its drone solutions for many industries in many interesting ways. For example, the fire department in Paris were able to leverage on DJI drones that were equipped with thermal cameras to put out fires more efficiently.	Being able to learn from past mistakes is key if you want to be an entrepreneur. It is also important not to start a business with close friends.
TEO Wei Shen	Impressive as the flying demonstrations are, I took away from the visit the need to have dedication to technology - DJI views technology as the most important part of their company.	Apart from an appreciation of the definition of AR and what it does, I realise that CoolHobo's AR technology have the potential to, for example, reverse the "retail apocalypse". The visit was also a realisation of how "traditional brick-and-mortar stores have to evolve with the needs and demands of shoppers".
TIONG Nai Shi	Even though the commercialisation of their technology is in the far future, it was amazing to see how their robots are able to function.UBTECH are definitely one of the forerunners in their industry and will be revolutionary when their robots are available for the commercial market.	Tencent dabbles in many aspects of the community and I feel that they really do improve the quality of life through internet value-added services. They are definitely one of the main drivers to China's improvement over the years.
YONG Fu Xiang	The future of possible	Choose co-founder wisely. Find one that complement your strength and weakness. Operation and user acquisition cost must be carefully evaluated as they can be very costly, causing startup to fail.
YUEN Chui Shan	Mavic Pro’s structure was modelled to be the size of a water bottle.	Use data to create personalized and endless experience.