Autonomous Vision Guided Robotic Arm

For the demonstration video, follow the link: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zainabshahkhan_fyp-nust-robotics-activity-6821833733297975297-WsA8 ABSTRACT Automation in the industry is vital for achieving unmatched product quality and preventing defects and workplace accidents. Robotics is an upcoming field in Pakistan with very few applications found in the local industry. This project demonstrates a native-built prototype of a Pick and Place Robot arm …

To Lose Everything and Find Much More

Sometimes life puts you in one inexplicably tricky situation when you are least prepared for it and in retrospect, it becomes THE turning point; the moment which changes everything forever. And how everything would have been different had it not been for that one moment… Everyone has it different but all I’m sure about is …

Rantings of a 20th Century Princess

Here's a legit but often unheard conversation from the princesses of the 20th century. You might be surprised by how much you can relate to this.

A Mindset Frozen in Time

When people justify the mistakes of a ruling party with the "moral degeneration of society" card, I just lose it. It may be very enticing to blame the masses for the wrong deeds of powerful men and pat yourself on the back but that is far from the truth. Who hasn’t heard the infamous: "Random …

The Price of Beauty

  I have a strong distaste for people who capitalize on their looks. I am a person who listens and reacts to just about everyone in the same degree. And more often than not people take my inclusiveness for weakness. But every once in a while some offended hot shot thinks they can best me …

What Makes Us

  The houses never changed on those streets of gold, As I was walked by a woman silvered over and old. To a shop of whimsical tyres; oh, how long I'd await the trip! After spending days empty of asphalt and speed dips. I was the only girl for a block or two, I’d chat …

Same Old Brand New

Sometimes when I look around me, I feel that I have not moved very far from where I first began. Always the same streets, same monsoon of prejudice I have breathed since the day I came to life. My favourite songs talk about journeys I have never taken and my heart feels like a temple …

Here’s What I Did Last Summer

Worrying about your career is normal. It means you actually worked hard for this, physically and mentally. Let the stress drive you otherwise there's no point in worrying about something that doesn't yet exist. Every kid out there is in the same race and giving it what they think is their utmost best, your best; …

I was a child broken more by her attitude towards her circumstances than the circumstances themselves. Felt grown up when I was required to stay young for a few more years. Found solace in thirteen year old things and struggled to let go of these things when at eighteen, I learned that by studying well …

Crossing the Line between Hate and Love

Walking through the corridors of burnt hopes Where the heartfelt hugs started to feel like ropes. The smiles started to falter, the days turned long. Being around those familiar faces just started to feel wrong. I begun to think there wasn't a single face to begin with, A facade here and there, a mask. I …