Robotic Mine Exploration

Punty writes "CMU has yet again pushed the envelope of robotic technology. After the Quecreek mine incident, technology experts made a quick move to come up with solutions to mine mapping. Well, CMU has made major progress thanks to Red Wittaker, who created the Mobile Robotics Development Course with such goals in mind. It is especially interesting to see that it is the students doing most of the work in such a complex project. The full story, along with links to the "Groundhog" and "Nomad" projects can be found here. . ."

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Especially interesting?

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It is especially interesting to see that it is the students doing most of the work in such a complex project.

Really? From my experience it's almost always the students doing most of the work.

The faculty is there to guide them, come up with the ideas, etc. -- but they use cheap student labor to get the job done.