Here is some additional information about the animation from Han:

Well, the first idea that came to my mind was solar panel because it provides free energy. But I know that most of my competitors will use the same common idea or imagine a better one, so I spend the majority of my time thinking about how to use solar energy in the most efficient way. Rather than imagining something else innovative, I believed that the highest chance to get into the finals is to make our animation stand out from the rest in using the most common idea.

So, I did some research on solar panels about how they function and how they conserve energy. I actually bought a solar panel to see how it really works. Then I listed the occasions when we need energy the most but couldn't get them. Then, integrate the use of solar panels into these sorts of situations in the most efficient, easiest ways, and that was how I came out with idea of solar canvas.

Learning the software:

I attended Montecito Fine Arts College of Design for about 1 to 2 years, so I have experiences in the field of 3D modeling, animation, and rendering. Frankly, I was one of the youngest students taking 3D studio courses in that college, and my skills was above class average, so I felt I was ready to take on the challenge of the Autodesk Visualization Competition. However, 3Ds Max was not the software I used in that college, so I have learn 3Ds Max from scratch by myself. But already having experiences in Montecito, learning this software was not difficult. In order to produce an animation that stands out, basic tutorials were not sufficient. I went to sites like youtube.com or google.com to search for advanced or intermediate tutorials. Learning these tutorials was one of the hardest steps because they always use different versions of 3Ds Max. And numerous times, my computer was infected with viruses and pop-up ads from searching for these tutorials.

Teamwork (Credit):

• My mentor, Mr. Fretz, helped me the most. If he had not informed me about this competition, I would not have entered or even know this had existed. Also, he gave me suggestions correct the animation and the storyboard.
• Kanon Shiu, Shaun Liyange, and Albert Lo had helped me pick the background music for the video. However, due to the short time we had, we were not able to obtain consent from the author of the music.
• Michael Wu, Jonathan Chien., and Bob Zou had helped me on constructing the base for the idea.
• Peter Krogen and Tim Wong guided me through the first few steps of how to use the software.
• Peter Bai (Linhan Bai), although he wasn't in the robotics class, he helped me put the animation together and made it into a video. The voice in the animation was also his voice.

Entering the Adv. Robotics Class was probably the best choice I've made in my whole school life.