LEGO Balloon Fiesta
event held
The UNM
Mechanical Engineering Department held a LEGO robot competition
May 3 at noon in the Mechanical Engineering building.
The end-of-year
competition, LEGO Balloon Fiesta, featured teams
of engineering students who have designed and built computer-controlled
autonomous mobile robots. The semester-long class requires students
to build all components of their robot including the computer.
On-board sensors and actuators allow the robot to operate fully
hands-off.
Designing
and constructing these robots embodies the complete spectrum
of engineering, plus it is fun, said Gregory P. Starr,
professor of Mechanical Engineering.