WLBZ, WABI cover land drone competition
WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on a land drone competition among mechanical engineering students at the University of Maine. As part of their capstone, students were tasked with developing and building a fully autonomous land drone that can traverse unstable, muddy terrain to patrol the border between the U.S. and Canada. The students subjected their devices to a series of challenges including crossing a stream, navigating GPS and recording data, according to WABI. Mick Peterson, a UMaine mechanical engineering professor, spoke with WABI about the capstone project. “We need to get them ready to go out into the job market,” he said. “What we’re really doing is transitioning from the foundations of engineering to the applications.”