{"id":809,"date":"2023-08-23T19:54:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T00:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/?p=809"},"modified":"2023-10-12T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:30:50","slug":"bb-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"BB-8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>*Best Engineering Award*<\/strong>\n<strong><em>by Nicolas Wilkinson, Sara Swanlund, Jack Reynolds, Kristin Vose<\/em><\/strong>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bring a science fiction and fantasy character droid, BB-8 to life in a way that allows the user to play with it as a general remote-controlled toy, but also as a platform to add their own modifications to and learn robotics concepts from.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"482\" class=\"wp-image-863\" style=\"width: 420px;\" src=\"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-04-05-225409.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-04-05-225409.png 784w, https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-04-05-225409-262x300.png 262w, https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-04-05-225409-768x881.png 768w, https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-04-05-225409-250x287.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"483\" class=\"wp-image-875\" style=\"width: 343px;\" src=\"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10.png 474w, https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/Engineering.Purdue.edu\/toydesign\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-10-250x352.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ME444 Spring 23 Team C4 &quot;BB-8&quot;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUt8RCZ4ITI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Best Engineering Award* by Nicolas Wilkinson, Sara Swanlund, Jack Reynolds, Kristin Vose. 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