Undergraduate students Katie Henderson and Jodie Nye will be battling it out against fellow contestants in the brand new series of BBC’s Robot Wars.
3 March 2017
Katie and Jodie, who are both studying for a BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering, are long-standing fans of the show and will be one of the few all-female teams to have taken on the challenge with their robot ‘Ms Nightshade’.
Speaking about her experience Katie said: “It was an honour to represent the 亚洲麻豆精品在线 and also to promote female engineers. I worked on the design and Jodie and I collaborated on putting our robot together. I knew I wanted our robot to be different and something that had not been seen on the programme before and to be able to defend itself and attack from all angles.
“The biggest challenge was managing our time to meet the deadlines for the project whilst continuing to focus on our courses. We really underestimated the time needed to build and test the robot, but got there in the end.”
Left to right: Katie Henderson and Jodie Nye with 'Ms Nightshade'© BBC/Mentorn Media Scotland/Alan Peebles
Robot Wars hosts Angela Scanlon and Dara Ó Briain© BBC/Mentorn Media Scotland/Alan Peebles
Jodie commented: “The whole experience has been incredible. I can’t compare it to anything that I have ever done before. The most valuable thing for me apart from gaining the practical skills from constructing and assembling the robot was the chance to develop presenting and communication skills from appearing on the programme.
“Being part of an all-female team was a real honour. I am so grateful to the university for the support it gave us to make what for me had always been a childhood dream.”
The latest series of Robot Wars starts on BBC 2 on Sunday 5 March.
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