“This allowed us to find new members who had a passion for building robots.
“By the end of the event, the participants were able to compete in a combat robotics event with 1lb, 3D printed bots,” Jin says. It included developing a short curriculum to introduce students to Computer Aided Design (CAD) and 3D Printing participants also designed robots. Team Ribbot captain David Jin '20 said his IQP, which included other Team Ribbot members, was a great way to generate interest in combat robotics among new WPI students. WPI has also trained us and it trusts us, which is something you don’t find anywhere else,” said Cooper, describing how he had the freedom to work in the Washburn Shops, which houses programs in manufacturing engineering and materials science, for BattleBots-related projects. “WPI gives us the flexibility to work on our own schedules to get things done. frog-like battle robot that can travel at speeds up to 20 mph.ĭuring a recent interview, members of Team Ribbot credited classes they’d taken at WPI, while others pointed out work they'd done for their Major Qualifying Project (MQP) and Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) with providing them the skills and knowledge needed to develop a robot from initial designs, to creating a prototype, to getting the robot into final working order to be BattleBots ready.
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“My experiences throughout the Robotics curriculum at WPI taught me how to refine a design, troubleshoot, and work well under pressure when things inevitably go wrong,” says Christian Cooper ’21, design lead for the university’s 2020 Team Ribbot, which developed a 250 lb. When BattleBots viewers watch the WPI student team’s robot compete in the combat robotics television show on The Discovery Channel, they’re not only seeing a moving target compiled of metal parts they’re also watching the university’s Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach to education in action.Īccording to the team, it takes teamwork, interpersonal and problem-solving skills, and a hands-on mindset to develop a robot for a competition such as BattleBots, an international tournament-style competition where competitors aim for their robot to be the last one standing.
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