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CTC students prepare for bot battle
Seniors in the county’s precision machining program at the career tech center will compete again more than 40 other teams in a “bot” competition tomorrow.
“Bots” are mechanical warriors pitted against one another and popularized by the “Battle Bots” television show. The Springfield-Clark Career Tech Center’s machining program created their first ever “bot” for a competition last spring and will compete with that same machine tomorrow at the Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association’s Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Show,
At their first competition the team’s “bot” won three of four matches. As you can see from the picture above (courtesy of staff photographer Marshall Gorby) the team’s bot is pretty simple.
“As ugly as it is, that’s it,” instructor Mike Whitmer joked.
It works by wedging underneath it’s opponent so the other “bot” can’t move, the students who worked on the project said.
Look for more in tomorrow’s paper.
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