MIT robots to compete on Colonial-inspired course - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts Institute of Technology students this week are recreating pivotal moments leading up to the Revolutionary War. Earlier this semester, 153 students, mostly sophomores, were tasked with building robots as part of their undergraduate mechanical engineering class. On Wednesday, 137 of those students will compete in the semifinals, on a course inspired by the American Revolution, to secure one of 16 open slots in the finals Thursday. They'll join 16 other students who have already qualified for the finals. The events, held at MIT's Johnson Ice Rink, will take the robots through obstacles that include a replica dock, boat, and church steeple.