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Going for the Gold

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Going for the Gold

By MIT News Staff on February 20, 2013

In December, robots created in Professor Harry Asada’s Introduction to Robotics class (2.12) were put to the test in a friendly competition. Students applied what they learned in class to build mechanical gymnasts, such as this high-bar robot.

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