Discuss “Mobot competition draws on student's creativity”

Mobot, one of the least celebrated but most impressive events of Carnival, is a competition that pits teams and individuals in an attempt to build a robot that can navigate the slalom course on the sidewalk in front of Wean Hall. The competition ranking is based both on the number of "gates" the robot successfully passes through, and how fast it can pass through them.

The Mobot course, itself a landmark on campus, is a treacherous route for the mechanized competitors that traverse it every year. Starting near the side entrance to Doherty Hall, the course goes down two inclines and across rough, uneven concrete, twisting and turning before hitting the largest challenge in the final leg: the decision points. Here, the path diverges and the robot...