Dunwoody College of Technology hosts robotic snowplow competition


Dunwoody College of Technology hosts robotic snowplow competition

E.J. Dangle, Dunwoody’s dean of robotics and manufacturing, watched from the sideline as his students competed. 

“This is really, really cool,” Dangle said. “These students have been working on these plows since the last three months.”

Dangle says this gives them a unique, career-like experience and a chance to get away from the textbooks and chalkboards.

“This is cool because it’s a collaboration beyond just one department at Dunwoody,” Dangle said.

“For us, this involves students from our electronics program, our engineering department, our robotics program, our welding program 

and our machining program. So they not only program and wire, but we’ve got welders on the team that helped construct and build this machine.” 

Dunwoody has done well in the past. Just last year it had teams come in first and third place. 

A first-time robot snowplow this year from the college was called “Wechuge,” a name for a mythical man-eating spirit.

“It’s very rewarding for us. I’ve been doing all my testing indoors, but to actually bring it outside and have it work is amazing to see,” Donald Posterick, Wechuge’s lead programmer said.

This is a resume booster, senior Hayley Lazaard said. She had a hand in Wechuge’s construction and plans on including that on her resume when she graduates in May.

“One of the best things about it is that we did it in-house, so it’s our robot completely,” Lazaard said. 

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