Row, Row, Row Your Robot

Row, Row, Row Your Robot

pb by Anthony FalcobppResearch students from Peterhouse College in Cambridge build a “row-bot” to mimic the actions of a college rower.pThe rowing robot uses two electric motors to move along a horizontal track. The movement controls the oars and allows the robot to “feather” and “square” like a real rower. It took the students about eight months to design and cost at least $650 in parts, but the researchers hope other schools will create their own as well, in order to compete.ppAccording to Dr. Andre Rosendo, who oversaw the making of the row-bot but hasn’t taken credit for the pun, the student-led project “aims to take the longstanding Cantabrigian rowing tradition to the next level of automation while fomenting engineering skills among its students.”ppbr pThe post Row, Row, Row Your Robota appeared first on Vocativa.


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