{"id":11877,"date":"2013-05-06T18:47:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=11877"},"modified":"2013-05-07T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:04:31","slug":"engineering-students-build-robots-that-mind-the-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/05\/engineering-students-build-robots-that-mind-the-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering students build robots that &#8216;mind the gap&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The challenge: Build a robot that can traverse an 8-inch gap, but that at start and finish is no taller, wider or deeper than 12 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a group of Baylor students nearing completion of Engineering Design I (EGR 3380) put their semester projects to the test. Some of the robot vehicles flew; some built their own &#8220;bridges;&#8221; some unfolded to add length, then refolded after crossing the gap. Each took a different approach. Most worked; a few didn&#8217;t. But every student had fun and learned in the process. Here&#8217;s a short video showcasing their efforts:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lqCD9IIp1oA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor engineering students!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You might also like:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2013\/01\/students-design-400-square-foot-housing-for-use-following-natural-disasters\/\">Students design 400-square-foot housing for use following natural disasters<\/a>\u00a0(Jan. 2013)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2012\/10\/engineering-students-take-on-new-challenge-in-baja-sae-competition\/\">Engineering students take on new challenge in Baja SAE competition<\/a>\u00a0(Oct. 2012)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2010\/10\/engineering-grads-earn-attention-for-eye-controlled-super-mario-play\/\">Engineering grads earn attention for eye-controlled Super Mario play<\/a>\u00a0(Oct. 2010)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/robot-apr13.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"robot-apr13\" width=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11883\" style=\"display:none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/robot-apr13.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/robot-apr13-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The challenge: Build a robot that can traverse an 8-inch gap, but that at start and finish is no taller, wider or deeper than 12 inches. Last week, a group of Baylor students nearing completion of Engineering Design I (EGR 3380) put their semester projects to the test. Some of the robot vehicles flew; some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-just-for-fun","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}