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Fox21Online The University’s entry into the Air Force Research Lab Challenge could help our nation's troops. May 16, 2021 DULUTH, Minn.- What has four wheels, two propellers, two cameras, and can climb walls? The newest rover designed by UMD students to deploy cameras or sensors in places hostile to a human operator.  “When you think, ‘oh I need to get something high up in the air,’ you think a plane or a helicopter or something like that — you don’t really think a little car with some propellers on it,” said Corey Knutson.  The University’s entry into the Air Force Research...

Fox21Online The students designed the rover for this year's U.S. Air Force Research Lab Challenge. May 10, 2021 DULUTH, Minn.- From the minds of UMD Students comes a robot that can climb walls, carry and drop off items — their entry in this year’s Air Force Research Lab Challenge. The challenge was to design a remote controlled, autonomous robot that could climb walls and deploy sensors or cameras in hostile territory. UMD’S rover is outfitted with a moveable camera for visibility, and four wheels and two propellers which allow the driver to actually drive it up walls to deliver payloa...