In case you missed it, Union's
team raked up Dartmouth in the
first installment of “Robot Rivals,” which aired on May 14.
Three mechanical engineering
students — Jason Fishner, Marissa Post and Adam Retersdorf – are representing
the College on the Do-It-Yourself Network show, which was taped last December.
By winning, the Union
team advances to the next round and a shot at the $2,000 scholarship. (Without
giving away the ending … stay tuned for news of a campus event in June to
premiere the final show and to honor the Union students for their awesome
performance.)
The teams
were asked to design and build a robot that can rake leaves and capture them on
board the robot, according to the Robot Rivals web site said. “Union
designed a robot with a combine mechanism consisting of sheet metal fins
riveted to an attachment chain, while Dartmouth built a robot using a series of fans to vacuum leaves up
through ductwork into a quick-release leaf bag. Both robots come together late
in the day, but Union's 'Dutch-Bot' bagged the win, and Dartmouth's 'Mega Maid' had to make like a tree and leave.”
Robot Rivals is found locally on Channel
1065 of the “On Demand” cable system offered by Time Warner. Shows
are repeated; see web site below for schedule.
“Robot Rivals” pits student teams
from all over the country in a competition to build a robot to complete a task.
The shows, taped last fall in Knoxville, Tenn.,
will be aired throughout May and June. See the following website for more on
this week's show and the other air dates: http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_drob/episode/0,2046,DIY_14305_32006,00.html