What do we mean by "No Legos"?

We do not mean that we don't like Legos, or that playing with Legos is a bad thing. What we mean is that our robots and robotic devices are made from scratch, in other words, they are engineered. One can argue that using Legos to build a robot is engineering and we cannot dispute that--in fact, we encourage it as an easy and quick way to develop skills in construction, programming, and the use of sensors and actuators. You will see, however, as you browse deeper into our site that there are "No Legos" because all of our robots were designed and built by our student engineers, many of them just a few months away from being degreed electrical engineers, using prototyping techniques that involve devices and parts from many sources and vendors. If you have enjoyed building robots and other devices with Legos, then you are sure to enjoy taking your interest to the next level.

Our robots are truly unique creations and that is why our student teams have named them.

Below is a rogues gallery of them with their engineers.

S.L.A.B. 2008 IEEE Student Robotics Competition/Region 5 Conference/Kansas City Missouri

           

                                                            S.L.A.B.                                           Eric Veltz • Chris Hayes• Patrick Traveler • Luis Espinoza • Hien Nguyen

Cardinal Project 2008 Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge/NASA Johnson Space Center/Houston Texas  

       

                           

              B.E.A.S.T.: Josh Landry • Gus Becker • Laurie Crawford •Jay Barnett                                        D.E.E.P.: Nick Vinson • Josh Shenkir • Paul Davis • Josh Hollis • Jason Patterson

Direction: Nicholas Cooper • Nelson Gaspard• Erin Tade • Jessica Burch• Jake Truncale • Daniel Gimber

Squirt 2008 Trinity College Fire Fighting Robot Competition/Hartford Connecticut

Aaron Chinn • Melanie Griffith • Squirt • Patrick Cobb • Bryan McGallion • Randi Parker (not present)

(The Antipyros)

N.O.R.R.I.S.  2007 IEEE Student Robotics Competition/Region 5 Conference/Fayetteville Arkansas

     

Adam Hollyfield • Mike Truman • Robert Harrison • Zach Coffman

Red Rover  2007 Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge /NASA Johnson Space Center/Houston Texas

                                                                                                   Cade Brazzil • Greg Gattis • Jace Daigle • Martin Martinez

L.U.R. 2006 IEEE Student Robotics Competition/Region 5 Conference/San Antonio Texas

                                                                                  Chase Gibbs • Mike Grass • Heather Hudson • Jerry Smith

RoboCards Telerobot 2005 Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge/NASA Johnson Space Center/Houston Texas

Colin Mahaffey • Truong Tran • Tahir Raza • Michael Andrews • Matthew Majors

L.U.A.L.F. 2004 IEEE Student Robotics Competition/Region 5 Conference/Denver Colorado

                                                                                                                         Ryan Crow • Scott Sheppard • Brad Breaux

L.U.C.I.F.E.R. 2003 IEEE Student Robotics Competition/Region 5 Conference/New Orleans Louisiana

                                                                                                                         Michael Adix • L.U.C.I.F.E.R. • Thomas Trenta