{"id":5559,"date":"2011-06-06T17:12:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T21:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2015-03-04T11:42:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T16:42:55","slug":"wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot lawn mower team places third"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Times\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"Cambria\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }p { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } -->Wright State University&#8217;s robotic lawn-mowing team placed in the top three at the Eighth Annual Robotic Lawn Mower Competition held at Siebenthaler Garden Center last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the team are:<\/p>\n<p>Cory Snyder (Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering)<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Hodson (Computer Engineering)<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Kleinhenz (Electrical Engineering)<\/p>\n<p>Ed Velten (Electrical Engineering)<\/p>\n<p>Brian Roadruck (Electrical Engineering, helped this year and next year&#8217;s teammember)<\/p>\n<p>Nick Baine (Ph.D. student and student advisor)<\/p>\n<p>Kuldip Rattan, Ph.D. (Leed Electrical Engineering advisor)<\/p>\n<p>Scott Thomas, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering advisor)<\/p>\n<p>John Gallagher (Computer Engineering advisor)<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5559 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/robotlawnmowers1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/06\/RobotLawnMowers1-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of robotic lawn mower mowing grass near a white picket fence during the competition.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5550\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5550'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Wright State team was the only team to completely trim around the flowerbed, a skill that nearly earned the team first place in the competition.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/robotlawnmowers2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/06\/RobotLawnMowers2-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of crowd watching students remotely drive robotic lawn mowers.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5551\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5551'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Eighth Annual Robotic Lawn Mower Competition always draws a pretty sizeable and curious crowd.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/robotlawnmowers3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/06\/RobotLawnMowers3-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of the team sign for the Wright State University robotic lawnmower team.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5552\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5552'>\n\t\t\t\tStudents named their robotic lawn mower, &#8220;Autonomous WSU Mower Mows Outstandingly and Wonderfully.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/robotlawnmowers4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/06\/RobotLawnMowers4-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Wright State student remotely driving the Wright State robotic lawn mower.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5553\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5553'>\n\t\t\t\tAccording to the judges of the event, the Wright State team did better than any other team in trimming around the fence and the flowerbed.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/robotlawnmowers5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/06\/RobotLawnMowers5-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Wright State student remotely driving a robotic lawn mower.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5554\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5554'>\n\t\t\t\tFifteen teams from all over the country participated in the competition and 14 teams qualified to compete in the final competition including a team from Wright State University.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/robotlawnmowers6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2011\/06\/RobotLawnMowers6-140x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of the Wright State robotic lawn mower team.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5555\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5555'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Wright State robotic lawn mower team competed the first weekend in June in the Eighth Annual Robotic Lawn Mower Competition held at Siebenthaler Garden Center. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wright State University&#8217;s robotic lawn mowing team placed in the top three&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/06\/06\/wright-state-places-3rd-in-robot-lawnmower-competition\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span 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