Hopping Robot Captures Top Research Expo Honor

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Christopher M. Schmidt-Wetekam a Ph.D. candidate in UCSDs Jacobs School of Engineering and iHop a robot with a fine sense of balance.
Christopher M. Schmidt-Wetekam, a Ph.D. candidate in UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering, and iHop, a robot with a fine sense of balance.

The goal of Christopher M. Schmidt-Wetekam was to build a robot with off-the-shelf parts for his graduate research project that could roll around and hop over obstacles like a motorized kangaroo on roller skates. His two-wheeled creation called “iHop” does just that, an accomplishment that won Schmidt-Wetekam, a UC San Diego graduate student, top honors at the Jacobs School of Engineering’s annual Research Expo on Feb. 21.


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