{"id":13483,"date":"2012-06-04T15:53:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T19:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2012-06-06T09:32:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T13:32:41","slug":"engineering-students-mow-their-way-to-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/06\/04\/engineering-students-mow-their-way-to-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering students mow their way to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wright State University team placed first in the ninth annual ION Robotic Lawn Mower Competition.<\/p><\/div>\n

A team of Wright State University engineering students and faculty took home the top prize at the ninth annual ION Robotic Lawn Mower Competition held at Siebenthaler\u2019s Beaver Valley Garden Center in Beavercreek. The team placed first in the advanced category.<\/p>\n

Challenges in the advanced category included precision mowing (against a picket fence and around a flowerbed) and avoiding a radio-controlled poodle.\u00a0Wright State was the only team to complete the task on its first attempt.<\/p>\n

The Wright State Robotic Lawn Mower Team:<\/p>\n

Students<\/strong>
\nVictor Agbugba
\nNick Blaine
\nJared Brockman
\nRon Dexter
\nRichard Fowlkes
\nDavid Hettlinger
\nAndrew Johnson
\nNicole Kleinhenz
\nElena McClellan
\nBrian Roadruck
\nCory Snyder
\nJeffrey Wildermuth<\/p>\n

Faculty<\/strong>
\nKuldip Rattan, Ph.D.
\nJohn Gallagher, Ph.D.
\nScott Thomas, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n\t\t