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Could a robot work its way through the heavy doors, steep stairways and tight corridors of a Navy ship to potentially alleviate Sailors of repetitive maintenance tasks?
Local college students sought to answer that question as they brought robots they had designed to navigate a ship-model obstacle course in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s (NSWC PHD) first Robot Rodeo competition, held May 19 and 31 at the command’s Fathomwerx Lab at the Port of Hueneme in Port Hueneme, California.