Chicago team triumphs in tense hoops game
By Julie Wurth
Sunday March 9, 2008
Robert K. O'Daniell photos/The News-Gazette
Steve Kearney, a senior at the University of Illinois at Chicago, maneuvers his team's EDT-Odin robot into position for a score Saturday at the AMD W.J. 'Jerry' Sanders Design Contest in the Kenney Gym Annex on the UI campus.
URBANA – It was a little bit boxing, a little bit "Survivor," and a whole lot of engineering know-how.
Tensions ran high at the annual AMD W.J. "Jerry" Sanders Design Contest Saturday at the University of Illinois Engineering Open House, where robots battled to collect frisbees and hoops in a two-level arena surrounded by frenetic fans.
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