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Discuss “Robots cruise and crawl to the finish line”

Last Friday, under clear skies and with the blessing of warm weather, Carnival?s MOBOT competition took place on the sidewalk in front of Wean Hall. A new course record was set by Josh Pieper, a masters electrical and computer engineering student, for completing the course in one minute and one second. Pieper?s car, named ?Rio,? zoomed down the course, surprising spectators with its speed in following the line and beating the previous record by more than ten seconds.

Ten undergraduate teams competed in MOBOT, in addition to one open competition participant and three exhibition teams. The MOBOT course consists of a curvy white line that goes under 14 gates through which robots must pass without any human guidance. The last section of the course...

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